BRS Behavioral Science Review Questions

Flashcards covering key behavioral science definitions, childhood psychiatric conditions, and clinical management from practice review questions.

School refusal

A condition in which a child complains of illness and resists going to school despite unremarkable medical findings, best managed by having parents bring the child to school and reassuring them by specifying the pickup time.

Conduct disorder

A behavioral disorder characterized by aggressive and harmful actions, such as fighting with other children and catching and torturing animals (e.g., birds, squirrels, and rabbits).

Level 1 ASD

A presentation of Autism Spectrum Disorder differentiated from Level 3 ASD by the absence of language delay, where the individual possesses a good vocabulary and speaks in complete sentences despite social deficits and restricted interests.

Motor and vocal tics

Repetitive, involuntary movements and sounds—such as shoulder shrugging, excessive eye blinking, and shouting words—that place a child at increased risk of developing obsessive-compulsive disorder in adulthood.

Enuresis

Involuntary bed-wetting in a developing child beyond the expected age of continence, occurring even when physical examination is unremarkable.

Bell and pad apparatus

A behavioral conditioning device used as an intervention for nocturnal bed-wetting (enuresis) prior to pharmacologic therapy.

Desmopressin acetate

The pharmacologic agent of choice for managing enuresis in a child when non-pharmacologic behavioral interventions, such as fluid restriction and the bell and pad apparatus, have not been effective.