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CME November 2010
CME We invite readers to earn Category I Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits each month through the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Each month a selected article in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry will be associated with a CME offering. To earn CME credit, the participant will need to read the selected article, answer an evaluation, and complete a post test online. Participants are required to answer at least 70% of the questions correctly to earn CME credit. This opportunity is supported by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Elsevier at no cost to the participant. An assessment examination to obtain Journal CME credits can be found at www.jaacap.org. The questions below are reprinted here for our readers’ convenience, as CME credits can only be earned online. The participant must obtain a score of 70% or greater to receive CME credit. The CME questions for the November 2010 issue of the Journal refer to the article “Neuropsychological Functioning in Tourette’s Syndrome” by Dr. Sukholdosky et al. The complete article can be found on page 1155 of the November issue.
Learning Objectives Upon reading this article, readers should be able to: 1. List neuropsychological tasks that were used in the present study and understand the variables measured by each task. 2. Identify the areas of impairment in neuropsychological functioning in children with Tourette’s Syndrome (TS) compared to children with TS and co-occurring attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). 3. Identify similarities and differences in the results of the present study compared to earlier investigations in regards to the neuropsychological functioning in children with TS with and without ADHD. 4. Explain the role of co-occurring ADHD in the development of neuropsychological deficits in children with TS.
CME Questions 1. Which of the following neuropsychological assessments used in this study is primarily a measure of cognitive inhibition? a. Boston Naming Test b. Developmental Test of Visual Motor Integration c. Purdue Pegboard Task d. Stroop Color-Word Interference Test e. Trail Making Test
2. According to the findings of this study, children with Tourette’s Syndrome (TS) and co-occurring attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) demonstrate neuropsychological impairment in: a. nonverbal reasoning. b. probabilistic learning. c. short-term memory. d. sustained attention. e. visual-graphic ability. 3. According to the study findings, which of the following neuropsychological functions were impaired in boys but not girls with TS (without co-occurring ADHD)? a. Fine motor control b. Inhibitory control c. Response inhibition d. Sustained attention e. Visual-motor integration 4. According to the results of this study, children in which diagnostic category would be expected to display neuropsychological impairment on the greatest number of tasks? a. Children with ADHD only b. Children with ADHD and TS c. Children with ADHD, TS, and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder d. Children with TS only e. Children with no diagnosis (healthy controls)
JOURNAL 1178
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AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY VOLUME 49 NUMBER 11 NOVEMBER 2010
Learning Objectives Upon reading this article, readers should be able to: 1. List neuropsychological tasks that were used in the present study and understand the variables measured by each task. 2. Identify the areas of impairment in neuropsychological functioning in children with Tourette’s Syndrome (TS) compared to children with TS and co-occurring attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). 3. Identify similarities and differences in the results of the present study compared to earlier investigations in regards to the neuropsychological functioning in children with TS with and without ADHD. 4. Explain the role of co-occurring ADHD in the development of neuropsychological deficits in children with TS.
CME Questions 1. Which of the following neuropsychological assessments used in this study is primarily a measure of cognitive inhibition? a. Boston Naming Test b. Developmental Test of Visual Motor Integration c. Purdue Pegboard Task d. Stroop Color-Word Interference Test e. Trail Making Test
2. According to the findings of this study, children with Tourette’s Syndrome (TS) and co-occurring attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) demonstrate neuropsychological impairment in: a. nonverbal reasoning. b. probabilistic learning. c. short-term memory. d. sustained attention. e. visual-graphic ability. 3. According to the study findings, which of the following neuropsychological functions were impaired in boys but not girls with TS (without co-occurring ADHD)? a. Fine motor control b. Inhibitory control c. Response inhibition d. Sustained attention e. Visual-motor integration 4. According to the results of this study, children in which diagnostic category would be expected to display neuropsychological impairment on the greatest number of tasks? a. Children with ADHD only b. Children with ADHD and TS c. Children with ADHD, TS, and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder d. Children with TS only e. Children with no diagnosis (healthy controls)
JOURNAL 1178
www.jaacap.org
OF THE
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY VOLUME 49 NUMBER 11 NOVEMBER 2010