1. TRUE/FALSE?
A. Anxiety disorders occur more commonly in girls than boys pre-pubertally.
1. TRUE/FALSE?
B. Anxiety disorders increase the risk of developing depression and substance disorders.
1. TRUE/FALSE?
C. Extreme worry that others will think badly of you is a characteristic of a specific phobia.
1. TRUE/FALSE?
D. A family history of depression or anxiety are not associated with childhood anxiety disorders.
1. TRUE/FALSE?
E. There is no relationship between attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and anxiety disorders.
2. Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is a pervasive condition in which the child experiences:
A. Fear of fear.
B. Continual apprehension and anxiety about future events.
C. Continual flashbacks to past events.
D. A desire to check that the environment is safe.
E. All of the above
3. TRUE/FALSE - regarding assessment of child and adolescent anxiety.
A. Teachers, parents, and other physicians may be sources of assessment information.
3. TRUE/FALSE - regarding assessment of child and adolescent anxiety.
B. The area of diagnostic consideration should be narrow in focus.
3. TRUE/FALSE - regarding assessment of child and adolescent anxiety.
C. When screening suggests a possible anxiety disorder, the child and family should be offered a comprehensive diagnostic assessment that addresses the medical conditions of the child, the nature of the child's relationships with his or her external environment, as well as all facets of the child's development.
3. TRUE/FALSE - regarding assessment of child and adolescent anxiety.
D. The developmental history obtained should be in depth with special consideration given to social and affective consequences of developmental phenomena.
4. TRUE/FALSE - Cognitive restructuring, a component of CBT treatment for childhood
anxiety, involves:
A. Challenging and replacing dysfunctional anxious beliefs.
4. TRUE/FALSE - Cognitive restructuring, a component of CBT treatment for childhood
anxiety, involves:
B. Generating thoughts that are more accurate.
4. TRUE/FALSE - Cognitive restructuring, a component of CBT treatment for childhood anxiety, involves:
C. Encouraging children to “face their fears”.
4. TRUE/FALSE - Cognitive restructuring, a component of CBT treatment for childhood anxiety, involves:
D. Challenging the biases that children with anxiety hold about how frequently bad events might happen.