You have enrolled your 6-year-old ADHD patient and parent into a Parent Training program, and they have completed the 6-week intensive with slight improvement.  You have decided to initiate treatment with medication, and have recommended Kapvey (Clonidine ER) 0.1 mg HS.  The mom asks how it works and why you are giving it at night, when he needs help during the day.  How do you respond? What are the risks and benefits of this medication? Please answer the question thoroughly in complete sentences.

Mary is a 25-year-old who presents with concern about anxiety.  Upon further examination, you identify that her daily ruminations involve overeating.  She is 5’2″ and weighs 200 lbs.  She admits to binge episodes several times a week, eating an entire container of ice cream, as well as daily rumination after eating, that she should not have eaten as much as she did, or the type of foods selected.   Discuss some medication options for a patient with Binge Eating Disorder. Please answer the question thoroughly in complete sentences.

You are seeing a 4-year-old Caucasian Male patient with his mother, who was referred by the pre-school due to behavioral acting out in class, not completing work, or following directions.  Mom asks you to “put him on Ritalin” because he is “too hyper”.  How do you respond?  Describe best practice for the use of psychotropic medication in young children.  Address approaches to include informed consent and ongoing monitoring. Please answer the question thoroughly in complete sentences. 

Fill in the blank. Diagonal dominance is _____________ for convergence of the Gauss-Seidel method.

Determine an eigenpair for each eigenvalue of the following matrix. (If your browser is not properly displaying the matrix, it is A = .) Type your eigenpairs in the textbox, and upload your work to the Exam 3 Work assignment.

What are the amplitude and phase of the following sinusoid?

Immediately after submitting this exam, you will upload your work to the Exam 3 Work assignment.

Why are the normal equations for the line of best fit contained within the normal equations for a parabola of best fit?

Consider the following set of data. Suppose we want to fit a model using general linear least squares with two basis functions. What would you choose as your basis functions? Briefly explain why? (We are not looking for exact numbers necessarily. We are evaluating your thought process.)

In 5.9, the reading describes the 1960s as a decade of significant contrast. Which of the following statements best captures the primary “idealism” and “strife” that defined this period in American history, as presented in the text?