- SSRIs are ineffective in adolescents.
- The potential for increased suicidal ideation, requiring close monitoring.
- Adolescents should be on adult doses immediately.
- Only psychotherapy is effective for adolescent depression.
Category: Developmental Pcychology
- Intentional non-compliance.
- Cognitive changes or early neurocognitive disorder.
- Normal forgetfulness of aging.
- Lack of desire to live.
- Developing fixed mindsets.
- Promoting self-efficacy, coping skills, and social support.
- Encouraging avoidance of challenges.
- Focusing solely on academic achievement.
- Concrete operations.
- Conservation.
- Magical thinking/Animism (preoperational stage).
- Formal operations.
- It is a sign of a pathological personality.
- It reflects the normative adolescent drive for identity formation and peer acceptance.
- It indicates a lack of parental discipline.
- It is a permanent trait that will persist into adulthood.
- New onset dementia.
- Delirium superimposed on potential baseline cognitive decline.
- Normal aging.
- Severe depression.
- Cognitive development.
- Attachment style.
- Moral reasoning.
- Language acquisition.
- Identity vs. Role Confusion.
- Intimacy vs. Isolation.
- Generativity vs. Stagnation.
- Trust vs. Mistrust.
- Wait and see, language develops at its own pace.
- Seek an immediate speech-language pathology evaluation.
- Read more books to the child.
- Enroll the child in a preschool program.
- Avoidant Personality Disorder.
- Selective Mutism.
- Social Phobia (generalized).
- Autism Spectrum Disorder.
- Identity vs. Role Confusion.
- Intimacy vs. Isolation.
- Generativity vs. Stagnation.
- Ego Integrity vs. Despair.
- Potential for teratogenic effects, especially during critical periods of development.
- Only minor allergic reactions in the fetus.
- Enhancement of fetal development due to varied nutrients.
- No impact, as over-the-counter drugs are generally safe.
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder.
- Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) or Conduct Disorder.
- Specific Learning Disability.
- Separation Anxiety Disorder.
- Object permanence.
- Conservation.
- Egocentrism.
- Reversibility.
- Limit physical contact to avoid spoiling the child.
- Respond consistently and sensitively to the infant's needs and cues.
- Encourage independence from birth.
- Only feed the child on a strict schedule.
- Early-stage Alzheimer's disease.
- Normal aging.
- Delirium, requiring immediate medical investigation.
- Severe depression.
- Abstract reasoning and hypothetical thinking.
- Hands-on activities, symbolic play, and sensory exploration.
- Logical operations and concrete problem-solving.
- Formal scientific experimentation.
- Normal adolescent rebellion.
- Major Depressive Disorder, requiring prompt clinical evaluation.
- Experimentation with drugs.
- Academic stress.
- Wait until the child is older for assessment.
- Seek immediate developmental screening and consultation for early signs of ASD.
- Encourage more TV time for stimulation.
- Assume the child is simply shy.
