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Exam IV Flashcards

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Severity of Intellectual Disability Levels

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Mild- most common, 85%, Moderate, Severe, Profound

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I.Q. tests determined:

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level of severity of ID in DSM IV

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Levels of functioning determine:

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level of severity of ID in DSM 5

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How to find IQ

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Chronological Age/Intellectual Age x 100

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Down Syndrome

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A genetic abnormality, trisonomy 23, greater risk if mother is over 35 while pregnant, comes with health issues and intellectual impairment.

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Recessive Gene Disorders with Intellectual Disability

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Fragile X, Teysachs

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FAS

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The most preventable diagnosis with intellectual disability, usually have the same physical appearance, can have emotional issues.

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FAS

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The most preventable diagnosis with intellectual disability, usually have the same physical appearance, can have emotional issues.

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Mainstreaming

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Putting kids who are normally in a specialized classroom into a general education classroom for at least part of their day.

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Learning Disorder

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A disorder in reading, math, or written expression that is not due to an intellectual disability.

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Stereotypic Movement Disorder

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Non-functional and repetitive movement in toddlers. May be caused by headbanging, toddlers can outgrow this.

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Tourette’s Disorder

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Multiple motor or vocal tics for at least a year, not always corprolalia, can be comorbid with ADHD, Genetic.

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ASD

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4 disorders combined to make ASD, deficits in social interaction, communication and language. Can have strong skills in one area, more males.

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ASD

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4 disorders combined to make ASD, deficits in social interaction, communication and language. Can have strong skills in one area, more males. Medications, behavioral therapy.

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ADHD

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Inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity before age 12. Leading reason- mental health referral, kids can outgrow it. can be genetic or caused by reduced activity in parts of the brain, can be treated with medications or behavioral therapy.

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Anorexia Nervosa

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Restricted caloric intake to not maintain body weight, intense fear of gaining weight, can also binge and purge, BMI 17 or under, preoccupied with food, treated with individual or family therapy, weighing.

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Bulimia Nervosa

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More common than anorexia, binging and purging, can cause tooth decay, heart arrhythmia, more than 1 time a week, large amounts of food at one time

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Binge Eating Disorder

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Intake of large amounts of calories without purging. Tied to emotional eating, can start in adulthood. CBT and anti-depressants.

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Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder

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Does not eat enough to have nutritional needs met, no relationship to body image, replaced feeding disorder in DSM IV.

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Pica

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Eating non-foodat least once a month, may have intellectual disability, iron deficiency, OCD or an idiopathic.

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Pica

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Eating non-foodat least once a month, may have intellectual disability, iron deficiency, OCD or an idiopathic.

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Insomnia

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Difficulty falling or staying asleep, causes fatigue, Can be episodic or persistant, causes psychological distress, treated with melatonin, behavioral therapy or benzodiazapines

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Hypersomnolence Disorder

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Sufficient sleep with excessive tiredness, usually between 15 and 30. Can be Kline Levin syndrome. Comorbid with depression.

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Obstructive Sleep Apnea

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A cease in breathing during sleep caused by a blockage of the airway.

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Restless Leg Syndrome

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Persistant urge to move legs, 3 times a week for 3 months, can be more prevalant in pregnant females.

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Encopresis

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Frequent passage of feces in inappropriate areas.

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Enuresis

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Urinating on bed or clothes, Not only at night, but also in the daytime. Usually resolved by adolescence. Behavioral modifications and classical conditioning

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Sleep Disturbance

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Because of a mismatch between sleep-wake cycle and a person’s schedule.

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Delirium

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Change of consciousness, disorientation, memory, hallucinations and reduced attention, most develop at the end of life, higher risk are children with illness, advanced age, males or those exposed to toxins.

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Neglect Syndrome

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After damage to one hemisphere of the brain, an inability of a person to perceive stimuli on one side of the body or environment not due to lack of sensation.

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Wernicke’s and Broca’s Area

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Two parts of the cerebral cortex linked to speech. Involved in the production of written or spoken language.

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Polypharmacy

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Not looking at the specific mix of drugs a client is given from different physicians.

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Agnosia

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Lack of recognition

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Dementia

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Cognitive decline in one or more areas of cognitive function, can have aphasia, agnosia, apraxia, disturbances in executive functioning, minor declines in all areas with a gradual onset.

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Perceptual-Motor Activities

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Allow sensory information to be successfully obtained and understood with appropriate reaction.

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Executive Function

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Management of cognitive functions.

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Alzheimer’s Disease

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Progressive and irreversible disease with a clear decline in memory and learning, steady decline without plateaus, and no other condition.

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Brain lesions and Alzheimers

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Studies have shown that brain lesions may lead to Alzheimer’s disease.

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Substance abuse amnestic disorder

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Comes after intoxication and withdrawal, can cause anterograde or retrograde amnesia, confabulation or perseveration.

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Anterograde Amnesia

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Inhibits ability to remember new information.

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Anterograde Amnesia

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Inhibits ability to remember new information.

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Retrograde amnesia

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inhibits ability to remember old information.

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Confabulation

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Filling in fake details

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Perseveration

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Repeating something verbally.

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Vascular Neurocognitive Disorder

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Can be due to stroke, symptoms like Alzheimers with a wide variety of symptoms

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Parkinson’s Disease

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Degeneration and involuntary physical movements caused by a destruction of dopamine

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Nurse Practitioners

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Have an MSN (masters of science in nursing), can prescribe under supervision, usually in-patient services

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Competency

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Mental ability to handle legal affairs, assumed competent until proven otherwise, must be able to understand charges, understand seriousness, and able to assist with attourney.

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Jackson vs. Indiana (1972)

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Can’t hold off trial indefinitely for testing of competency.

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David Burkowietz Case

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Was found to be faking insanity. Son of Sam killer.

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Sanity

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How responsible were the convicted for their action and how sane were they at the time of the crime. Do they understand that the act was wrong and can they control their conduct?

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Involuntary Commitment

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Must be a danger to themselves or others, 90% aren’t violent, the length ranges from days to a week.

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Rights of those involuntarily committed

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Right to treatment, Least restrictive treatment, can refuse certain forms of treatment for reasons.

54
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Civil Commitment Hearing

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A testimony of an evaluation of the mental status of the committed. Allow for a short duration of hospitalization, evaluation is then presented in court.

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Psychologists’ Ethical Principals

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Confidentiality, Duty to Warn, Reporting abuse

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Tarasoff

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Helped get ‘Duty to Warn’ in the public eye. Man was stalking a woman, mentioned her by name to her therapist, she wasn’t warned and was killed.

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Confidentiality

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Not to discuss the content of counseling sessions, except when a patient releases info in writing, suspected elder abuse or child abuse, harm to self or others.

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