ABNORMAL/CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY

THINGS TO REMEMBER

DISORDER PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER/AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER

AUTISTIC DISORDER---Impairments of social interaction---Problem in communication---restricted and repetitive patterns of behavior are quite evident

ASPERGER’S SYNDROME

---exhibit the same signs as those with an autistic disorder -- do not show severe impairments in language development

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RETT’S SYNDROME--Apparently normal prenatal & perinatal development --Apparently normal psychomotor development through the first 5 months after birth Normal head circumference at birth

---Deceleration of head growth between ages 5 & 48 months ---Loss of previously acquired purposeful hand skills

CHILDHOOD DISINTEGRATIVE DISORDER

PDD-NOS

--Multiple regression in skills after a relatively prolonged period (at least 2yrs) of normal functioning.Most typically, acquired skills are lost in ALL areas.

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DISTRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS & ADHDATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER

---characterized by inattention, impulsivity and hyperactivity.----Symptoms must be present before the age of 7.Must be present in at least two settings

TYPES:

1. ADHD, Predominantly Inactive2. ADHD, Predominantly

Hyperactive-Impulsive Type3. ADHD, Combine Type

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The disorder is an enduring pattern negativistic, disobedient, hostile, and defiant behavior towards authority figures

CONDUCT DISORDER

Is an enduring set of behaviors that evolves over time; usually characterized by aggression and violation of the right of others.

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READING DISORDER/ DYSLEXIA--Significant impairment in reading acquisition that does not have any demonstrable cause in visual, hearing, or physical disorders.

MATHEMATICAL DISORDER/DYSCALCULIA

--- Impairment in the development of arithmetical or mathematical skills that is sufficiently serious to interfere with academic achievement or daily living.

DISORDER OF WRITTEN COMMUNICATION

---The impairment may be exhibited in a variety of ways, the most common of which are spelling errors, grammatical or syntactic errors, punctuation errors, poor paragraph organization, and excessively poor handwriting.

LEARNING DISORDER- NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIES

MENTAL RETARDATION or should I say CONDITION

MENTAL RETARDATION "Mental retardation means significantly sub-average general intellectual functioning existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior and manifested during the developmental period, that adversely affects a child's educational performance.“

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MILD MR MODERATE MR SEVERE MR PROFOUND MR

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ENCOPRESISInvolves repeatedly having bowel movements in inappropriate places after the age when bowel control is normally expected.

ENURESIS

Involves release of urine into bedding, clothing, or other inappropriate places.

“ I am who I am?” PERSONALITY DISORDER CLUSTER A- ODD/ECCENTRIC

PARANOID PERSONALITY DISORDER

--Pervasive distrust and suspiciousness, sees motives of others as malevolent.

SCHIZOID PERSONALITY DISORDER

-Pervasive detachment from social relationships and a restricted range of emotional expression interpersonally.

“ I am who I am?” PERSONALITY DISORDER

SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER -Little capacity for close

relationships accompanied by cognitive or perceptual disturbances and eccentricities of behavior

“ I am who I am?” PERSONALITY DISORDER

CLUSTER B- EMOTIONAL/ERRATIC

ANTI SOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER --Pervasive pattern of disregard

for and violation of rights of others since age 15

BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER

-Pervasive instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image and affect with marked impulsivity by early adulthood.

Can we talk? COMMUNICATION DISORDER

SPEECH

PHONOLOGICAL DISORDER --occurs when a child does not develop the ability to produce some or all sounds necessary for speech that are normally used at his or her age.

STUTTERING

-discoordination, or fragmentations of the forward flow of speech

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LANGUAGE

EXPRESSIVE- LANGUAGE DISORDER

--Scores obtained from a standardized individually administered measures of expressive language development are substantially below

MIXED RECEPTIVE-EXPRESSIVE LA LANGUAGE DISORDER

-child communicates using speech and appears to understand spoken language at a level that is lower than expected for the child's general level of intelligence.

-- Problem in comprehension.

“TICS”TICS DISORDERS

TOURETTE SYNDROME--is an inherited neuropsychiatric disorder with onset in childhood, characterized by multiple physical (motor) tics and at least one vocal (phonic) tic

CHRONIC MOTOR OR VOCAL TICS DISORDER

-Is defined as the presence of either motor tics or vocal tics but not both.

“TICS”TICS DISORDERS

TRANSIENT TIC DISORDER--presence of single tic or multiple motor or vocal tics or both.

TIC DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED

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