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Childhood Disorders Flashcards

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Characteristics of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) (3)

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  1. restricted repertoire of activities, repeated routine
  2. impaired verbal/nonverbal communication, lots of imagination
  3. impaired social interactions, adverse response to extra stimuli
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Childhood disintegrative disorder (3)

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Requires impairment in at least 2/3 areas:

  1. social interaction/nonverbal behaviors, peer relationships, social reciprocity
  2. communication. delay of speech. unable to initiate or sustain conversation. repetitive use of language
  3. restricted, reptitive, stereotyped patterns of behavior, interests and mannerisms
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Asperger’s disorder

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  1. impaired social interaction
  2. restricted patters
  3. NO delay in language
  4. NO cognitive delay
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Pica

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eating non-nutritive substances (like dirt) for at least one month

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Rumination disorder

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  1. mentally retarded children (3months-1 year) or bulimic
  2. period of normal function and then
  3. child regurgitates/rechews food
  4. does this for satisfaction..
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Reactive Attachment Disorder

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  1. emotionally withdrawn behavior towards caregivers
  2. persistent social and emotional disturbance
  3. risk factor: child has experienced pattern of extremes of insufficient care
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Disinhibited Social Engagement Disorder

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  1. child actively approaches unfamiliar adults
  2. risk factor: child has experienced pattern of extremes of insufficient care
  3. child has developmental level >12 months
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ADD/ADHD

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inattention, hyperactivity, impulsivity

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Disruptive, Impulse control

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  1. cannot self-control emotion and behavior
  2. child manifestation of antisocial personality disorder
  3. ADHD is comorbidity
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Disruptive Mood Dysregulation

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extreme lack of behavior control in a persistent way (not episodic) with irritability (whereas bipolar is episodic)

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Intermittent Explosive Disorder

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child must be at least 6 yrs of age. similar to dysruptive mood dysregulation

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Oppositional Defiant Disorder

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  1. angry/irritable mood
  2. argumentative/defiant
  3. vindictive (revengeful)
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Conduct Disorder:

  • child onset must have at least one behavior before 10 yrs old
  • adolescent onset means no behaviors prior to 10 yrs old
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  1. Aggression
  2. Destruction of Property
  3. Decietful/theft
  4. Serious violation of rules
  5. limited prosocial emotions
  6. lack of guilt/empathy
  7. lack of concern over performance
  8. shallow affect
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Separation anxiety disorder

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  1. repeated distress when separated from home or major figure
  2. worry about losing or harm befalling major figure
  3. refuse to go to school or places bc of fear of separation
  4. fearful to be alone
  5. can’t sleep unless near major figure
  6. nightmares of separation
  7. physical complaints (headache, stomachache) when separation is anticipated
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Encopresis

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Feces are passed into inappropriate places at least once a month

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Enuresis

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nighttime urine accidents in children who are 5 yrs or older

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Tourette’s syndrome

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multiple motor and/or vocal tics

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Chronic motor or vocal tic disorder characteristics of the tics:

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involuntary, sudden, ejaculatory, recurrent, repetitive, non-rhythmic/interval, purposeless

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Child Depressive Disorder

5 behavioral, 4 mood

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anhedonia
depressed mood
hopeless, worthless
angry, defiant, irritable
stomachaches and headaches
decreased energy
social withdrawal
low grades and missing school
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IQ range for mild and moderate impairment

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mild: 50-70
moderate: 35-50

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3 mechanisms of Down’s

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  1. trisomy 21
  2. nondisjunction -> mosaicism
  3. translocation 15:21
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what age of mother does risk of Down’s of child start to increase?

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32+ years

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progression of Down’s

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relatively normal for first 6-12 months

all downhill from there, decline of IQ, marked deterioriation by 30s to 40s (brain degenerates similar to Alzheimer’s)

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typical phenotype for children with fragile x syndrome

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large long head and ears
short height
hyperextensible joints
macroorchidism
retardation
choromosomal abnormality
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Fetal alcohol syndrome:

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  1. ADHD, learning disorders and even mental retardation
  2. facial dysmorphism (flk)
  3. cardiac defects
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Genetic relation in autism
risk for first degree relatives
monozygotic vs dizygotic twins

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50x greater in first degree relative

monozygotic 3x more likely than dizygotic

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