Intro Flashcards
When did the Mental Health Act implemented?
1959
What are the IQ levels of classification?
- Average = 100
- Mild = 50-70
- Moderate = 35-49
- Severe = 20-34
- Profound =
What were the ideologies of Institutional Care?
Segregation and Aggregation
What impacts did the White Paper (1971) have on services?
- Make people and families central
- Individualise services
- Residential arrangement: community and small
- Create access to genetic services with specialist back-up
What were Emerson and Pretty’s (1987) 3 social role valorisation rules?
- Experience and behaviours reflect environment
- Full participation in community life is a right and need
- Enhance quality of life
What are O’Brien’s 5 accomplishments for services?
Choice Community Presence Competence Participation Respect
What deficits does the DSM use as criteria for Intellectual Disability?
Reasoning, Problem solving, Planning, Abstract thinking, Judgement, Academic learning, experiential learning
What deficits in adaptive functioning are associated with ID?
Communication skills
Social skills
Personal independence
School/work functioning
What are the 3 major causes of ID and examples of each?
- Prenatal: chromosomal, gene, multi-factorial inheritance, other non-genetic causes
- Perinatal: Biomedical and environmental factors
- Postnatal: Biomedical and environmental
What are the 3 types of chromosomal prenatal causes of ID?
Numerical
Structural
Single gene
Define behavioural phenotype.
Associated with the cognitive, behavioural and emotional characteristics.
Define Physical phenotype
Physical characteristics: difference/disorder
Define total specificity
Only one syndrome shows that specific behaviour
Why research phenotypes?
- Clinical issues: prognosis, specific interventions
- Theraputic nihilism: unchangeable behaviour
- Understanding disorders in other populations
