Friendship
What will be an ideal response?
Based on common interests and mutual liking in children; intimacy and loyalty are more important among adolescents, particularly girls
Friends usually alike in age, gender, and race
Children with good friends have higher self-esteem, are more likely to act prosocially, and are less likely to be lonely and depressed
Not all friendships beneficial for children and adolescents (e.g., co-rumination)
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What will be an ideal response?
In the textbook case of Arthur, who was diagnosed with brief psychotic disorder after talking about his secret plans both to save the world's starving children and to break into a foreign embassy, his parents had no power to have him involuntarily admitted to a psychiatric hospital because he was a. diagnosed incorrectly
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Describe three of the more common subcategories of schizophrenia by presenting cases that illustrates their characteristics
What will be an ideal response?