child and adolescent psychiatry Flashcards
of children will experience a psychiatric disturbance that is sufficiently severe to require treatment or to impair their functioning during the course of a year
5% - 15%
Significantly sub-average intellectual functioning (IQ)
Significant limitations in adaptive functioning
Communication
Self-care
Life skills
Health and safety skills
Mental Retardation (DSM-IV)/Intellectual Disability (DSM-V)
range of mild ID
moderate?
severe?
profound?
Mild ID 55 - 70
Moderate ID 40 - 55
Severe ID 25 - 40
Profound ID under 25
85% of individuals with Intellectual Disability
Educable with special education assistance
Read, write, simple math
Concrete thinker
Expect to be able to hold a job, live independently
Mild Intellectual Disability
10% of individuals with Intellectual Disability
Talk, recognize name, basic hygiene, do laundry, handle small change
Minimal academic progress
Live with family or in supervised group home
Work in sheltered workshop or supervised activities
Moderate Intellectual Disability
Unable to complete self help
Likely to require care in an institutionalized setting
Profound and SevereIntellectual Disability
Affects 1%-2% of the population
Mild: .37% to .5% of population
Moderate/Severe/Profound: .3%-.4%
Mild more common in lower SES, Moderate/Severe/Profound are equally common across SES
Male to female ration 2:1
Intellectual Disability Epidemiology
what are the MC cause of mental retardation?
most common chromosomal cause?
most common heritable cause?
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome most common cause
Down Syndrome most common chromosomal cause
Fragile X Syndrome most common heritable form of mental retardation
Inborn errors of metabolism (e.g., Tay-Sachs) account for a small percentage of cases
t/f. Moderate/Profound/Severe often have identifiable cause
true
what causes mild MR?
Mild often does not have an identifiable cause and is likely developed through a combination of genetic and other factors
name 3 prenatal factors that may cause intellectual disability?
Prenatal factors
Substance use/abuse
Maternal malnutrition and illnesses
Exposure to mutagens
name 5 perinatal factors and early postnatal factors
IT HEM
Perinatal and Early Postnatal factors
Traumatic delivery/brain injury
Infections
Head injury
Exposure to toxins
Malnutrition
Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder
Disruptive Behavior Disorders
Mood Disorders
Anxiety Disorders
Habit disorders and stereotypies
Seizure Disorder
all the above disorders are _______
Intellectual Disability Comorbidity
what are three factors that can impact a child’s level of functioning?
Child’s level of functioning can be impacted by:
Environmental stimulation
Poverty in environment
Cultural factors
can intellectual disability be cured?
intellectual disability tx?
Intellectual Disability itself is not treated or cured
Treat problematic behaviors
Treat comorbid conditions
Teach independent living skills
Provide special education assistance
Inability to achieve in a particular academic area at the level predicted by an individual’s cognitive abilities
Generally Borderline IQ or above
Diagnosis requires standardized IQ and achievement testing
Disorder is “treated” through special education services
Learning Disorders
Reading Disorder
Mathematics Disorder
Disorder of Written Expression
Disability can be in one or more areas
In DSM-V, child is diagnosed with Specific Learning Disorder, with impairment in reading, written expression, or mathematics
2-8% of children
Male to female ratio 2-4:1
what are learning disorders
what are three learning disorder comoribidities?
ADHD
Mood Disorder
Truancy, School Refusal, Substance Abuse
These may be associated with frustration due to school difficulty and failure
Expressive Language Disorder
Mixed Receptive-Expressive Language Disorder
- Combined into Language Disorder in DSM-V
Phonological Disorder
Speech Sound Disorder in DSM-V
Stuttering
Childhood Onset Fluency Disorder in DSM-V
Communication Disorder NOS
what are communication disorders
An impairment in the comprehension and/or use of a spoken, written or other verbal symbol system
Receptive-taking information in
Expressive- getting information out
Language Disorders
Poor articulation or pronunciation
Substitution- wight for right, toat for coat aminal or animal
Distortions-brlu for blue, crat for cat
Omissions- oke for joke, ining for signing
Additions- aluminininum for aluminum
Phonological Disorder
Repetitions & prolongation of sound, syllables or words, that interrupt the flow of speech
Occasional secondary characteristics or tics such as stamping the foot or throwing the head out to get the sound out.
Stuttering
what are 4 assessment issues in speech?
Concomitant retardation or learning disability
Dialect
Regionalism
Facial structure (cleft palate etc.)
what are the 5 pervasive developmental disorders that are
In DSM-V, these are subsumed under Autism Spectrum Disorder
Autistic Disorder
**Rett’s Disorder- **only in females;6 months of normal development, followed by regression
Childhood Disintegrative Disorder
At least 2 years of normal development, followed by regression
Asperger’s Disorder
PDD NOS (pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified)
Qualitative impairment in social interaction and social communication
Restricted repetitive and stereotyped patterns of behavior, interests, and activities
Symptoms are present in the early developmental period
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Parents may notice problems with social interaction in first few months of life
May not develop normal pattern of smiling or responding to cuddling
Failure to develop spoken language often leads parents to seek medical attention
Range from complete lack of speech to mildly deviant speech and language patterns
Intense and rigid commitment to maintaining specific routines
Autism Spectrum Disorder
70% show some evidence of mental retardation
25% have comorbid seizure disorder
Prevalence: 10-15 per 10,000 individuals
More common in males, 3:1 or 4:1
Only 2-3% are able to progress normally through school or live independently
Etiology unknown
No link to childhood immunizations has been proven
Early diagnosis and early intervention leads to best outcome
Universal screening at 18 months is recommended
Autism Spectrum Disorder (con’t)
how to do you tx autisim spectrum disorder?
Special education intervention
Speech and Language Therapies
Usually done by speech therapists
Social Skills Training
Sensorimotor Therapies
Usually done by occupational therapists
Intensive Behavior therapy
Start as early as possible
Home-based approach seems best
Pharmacotherapy
Does not alter the natural history and course of autistic disorder, but can be helpful in controlling specific symptoms (aggression, sleep problems, etc.)
Many categories of medications are used, including antipsychotics, SSRIS, stimulants, anticonvulsants, and alpha-adrenergic agonists
Often referred to as “mild,” “high-functioning” autistic disorder
Impairment in social interaction
Restricted, repetitive and stereotyped patterns of behavior, interests and activities
No clinically significant delay in language development
No clinically significant delay in cognitive development
Asperger’s Disorder
If an individual has marked deficits in social communication with no additional criteria of Autism Spectrum Disorder, consider evaluation for ________, a new disorder in DSM-
Social (Pragmatic) Communication Disorde
how is asperger’s diagnosed?
Asperger’s Disorder is no longer in DSM-V, but subsumed under Autism Spectrum Disorder. Autism Spectrum Disorder is diagnosed with specifiers:
Level of Severity
With or Without Intellectual Impairment
With or Without Language Impairment