What factors impact the outcome for children with traumatic brain injury?
What will be an ideal response?
The younger the child at the time of the TBI, the more adversely they will be affected. The severity of the damage and the degree to which the child's environment is accommodating also have an impact. Most mild injuries have no lasting effect.
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Kalia wants to approach the birth of her first child as a natural process. Her midwife advises her to use __________ because it is more suited to this approach.
A. an epidural B. the Lamaze method C. a medical center D. sedative drugs
Juan and Jacob participated in the longitudinal study by Bagwell, Newcomb, and Bukowski (1998) on friendships. At age 11, both Juan and Jacob identified one another as mutual friends. Juan and Jacob will likely __________.
A. have less stable family interactions in adulthood B. report about the same level of depression in adulthood as the 11-year-old group members without stable mutual friends C. be divorced more often as adults than the 11-year-old group members without stable mutual friends D. report high levels of self-esteem in early adulthood
Many lesser health complaints can also be psychosomatic. They include which of the following?
a. fatigue b. premenstrual problems c. sexual dysfunctions d. all of these
Rates of child maltreatment tend to ________ as children grow older
Fill in the blanks with correct word