Which intervention would qualify as primary prevention of violent ...

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Which intervention would qualify as primary prevention of violent behaviors in children and adolescents?
 
  a. Forbidding the child to continue friendships with violent peers
  b. Limiting exposure to violence on TV, video, and computer games
  c. Seeking counseling for a child who has been experimenting with drugs
  d. Showing a unified approach to parenting when dealing with a violent child

Question 2

The mother of a child describes her child's annoying behavior as not being able to sit still or to stop jerking his arms when told to. Which disorder does the nurse suspect?
 
  a. Tourette's disorder
  b. Oppositional-defiant disorder
  c. Pervasive developmental disorder
  d. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
Studies suggest that an obsession with violence in video games, movies, music, and writings increases aggressiveness in children and adolescents. The other options are relevant only after the risk for violence has been established.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A
The parent describes simple motor tics that are involuntary behaviors and characteristic of Tourette's disorder. The child is not being defiant because he has no control of the tics. Alt-hough the child displays repeated motor behaviors, they are unrelated to hyperactivity be-cause they are not generalized and occur only sporadically. These involuntary tics are not seen in pervasive developmental disorders such as autism.