Chapter 13: Neurodevelopmental and Neurocognitive Disorders

Question 1

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Answer 1

Description: inattention and hyperactivity

Treatment: primary treatment is medication (stimulants). Combination with CBT (CBT for parents with kids younger than ten usually) seems to be most effective

Question 2

What are the effects of medication in ADHD?

Answer 2

kids do better with paying attention in class, but not better on report cards

Question 3

Learning Disorders

Answer 3

Problems with one certain aspect of school, if there’s problems with all aspects of school its intellectual disability

Academic problems in reading, mathematics, and/or writing

Reading difficulty most common

Treatment: requires intense educational interventions

Question 4

Autism Spectrum Disorder

Answer 4

Problems occur in language, socialization, and cognition

differing degrees

vaccines don’t cause autism

Treatment: behavioral intervention

Question 5

Intellectual Disability

Answer 5

IQ below 70 and have difficulty functioning because of it

Difficulties in three domains: conceptual, social, and practical

Treatment: no, chronic. What helps is behavioral intervention