Which Represents a Common Best Practice in the Provision of Services

question 25

Multiple Choice

Which represents a common best practice in the provision of services to children with chronic or complex conditions?

• A) Care is focused on the child's chronologic age.
• B) Children with complex conditions are integrated into regular classrooms.
• C) Disabled children are less likely to be cared for by their families.
• D) Children with complex conditions are placed in residential treatment facilities.

Recognize the characteristics and diagnostic criteria of Persistent Depressive Disorder.

Distinguish between different specifiers and their symptoms in depressive disorders.

Identify factors associated with a worse course in Major Depressive Disorder.

Comprehend the FDA black box warning on the use of antidepressant medications and associated age-related risks.

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Definitions:

Obsessions

Persistent, unwanted thoughts, images, or urges that cause distress or anxiety.

Compulsions

Repetitive behaviors or mental acts that an individual feels driven to perform in response to an obsession or according to rules that must be applied rigidly.

Desensitization

A technique used to reduce or eliminate an organism's response to a stimulus by repeated exposure to that stimulus.

Implosion

A rapid inward collapse of a structure or material, often used in psychology to refer to a therapeutic technique for confronting fears.