Intellectual disability

Question 1

intellectual disability is characterized by significant limitations in which areas

Answer 1

intellectual functioning
adaptive behavior

Question 2

what 3 domains must be assessed for a dx of intellectual disability

Answer 2

conceptual (academic)
social (relationships)
practical (personal hygeine)

Question 3

what is encompassed by the conceptual domain

Answer 3

competence in memory, language, reading, writing, math, acquisition of practical knowledge, problem solving, and judgment

Question 4

what is encompassed by the social domain

Answer 4

awareness of other’s feelings, thoughts, and experiences, empathy, interpersonal skills, friendship ability, and social judgments

Question 5

what is encompassed by the practical domain

Answer 5

learning and self-management

Question 6

what are the 3 diagnostic criteria for intellectual disability

Answer 6

-deficits confirmed by clinical assessment and standardized intelligence tests
-adaptive functioning deficits that cause failure in meeting developmental/cultural standards for independence and social responsibility
-onset during early developmental period

Question 7

IQ score in mild intellectual disability

Answer 7

50-70

Question 8

IQ score for moderate intellectual disability

Answer 8

35-50

Question 9

IQ score for severe intellectual disability

Answer 9

20-35

Question 10

IQ score for profound intellectual disability

Answer 10

<20

Question 11

what is severity in intellectual disability based on

Answer 11

level of adaptive functioning

Question 12

alexia

Answer 12

failure to read

Question 13

agraphia

Answer 13

failure to write

Question 14

aphasia

Answer 14

failure to communicate

Question 15

which antipsychotic is frequently used to control anger and aggression in intellectual disability

Answer 15

risperidone

Question 16

second most common cause of intellectual disability

Answer 16

Fragile X syndrome

Question 17

Prader-Willi syndrome is almost always associated with what

Answer 17

compulsive eating
hyperphagia
obesity

Question 18

phenylketonuria (PKU)

Answer 18

inborn error of metabolism

Question 19

intellectual disability in Down’s syndrome

Answer 19

typically mild - moderate

Question 20

intellectual disability in fragile x syndrome

Answer 20

mild - severe
often meet criteria for autism and avoidant personality disorder

Question 21

intellectual disability in cats cry syndrome

Answer 21

severe

Question 22

intellectual disability in PKU

Answer 22

severe

Question 23

what other disorders are frequently comorbid with fragile x syndrome

Answer 23

autism
avoidant personality disorder

Question 24

rett syndrome

Answer 24

degenerative form of autism that only affects females

Question 25

what characterizes neurofibromatosis

Answer 25

cafe’-au-lait spots on skin and neurofibromas

Question 26

what characterizes childhood disintegrative disorder

Answer 26

regression in several areas of functioning after at least 2 years of normal development

Question 27

what causes lesch nyhan syndrome

Answer 27

deficiency of an enzyme involved in purine metabolism

Question 28

severe, compulsive behavior in lesch nyhan syndrome

Answer 28

compulsive self-mutilation by biting mouth/fingers

Question 29

there are high rates of what 3 things in infants born to alcohol consuming mothers

Answer 29

ADHD
learning disorders
intellectual disability

Question 30

infant withdrawal symptoms

Answer 30

irritability
hypertonia
tremor
vomiting
high-pitched cry
abnormal sleep pattern