Adolescence and Childhood disorders. Flashcards
What is pruning and myelination?
Pruning: getting rid of the neurons which you don’t use.
Mylenation: Mylenating and speeding up the ones which you do use.
What happens to dopamine during puberty?
Baseline dopamine is lower but the release levels are raised when you do something compelling.
Explain the limbic system during adolescence?
Limbic system is involved in making rapid decisions (such as fight or flight).
The prefrontal cortex evolves slower and is involved in rational thinking (empathy, insight, judgement, planning for the future).
Intellectual disability DSM 5 and symptoms?
Mild ID IQ and symptoms?
Moderate ID IQ and symptoms?
Severe ID IQ and symptoms?
Clinically you don’t actually determine if someone is severe or moderate, they will just get the help that they need.
Profound ID IQ and symptoms?
Boarderline IQ? Symptoms?
Autism spectrum disorder DSM 5
Aetiology of ASD?
ASD assessment results?
Poor social skills, elevated aggression.
ADHD DSM 5.
WHat are the 3 subtypes?
Pros and cons of medical treatment of ADHD?
What treatments can you give?
Behavioural treatment for ADHD pros and cons?
What does ODD stand for? What is the DSM 5 for it?
Oppositional defiant disorder
Differential diagnosis for ODD?
ODD treatment?
Conduct disorder DSM 5.
CD differential diagnosis?
What is more serious, CD or ODD?
CD is more serious and should be ruled out before diagnosing ODD.
