Mental Disorders Flashcards
change in acquisition of intellectual skills and adaptive functioning, reduced behavioral performance, and subaverage general intelligence manifested in first 18 years of life
intellectual developmental disorder
cause of intellectual developmental disorder
heredity, early alterations of embyronic development, pre/peri/post natal complications (generally involving oxygen flow), general medical conditions (infection/trauma), environmental influenmces
how is intellectual developmental disorders diagnosed
observation and confirmation of intellecutal capabilities and adaptive behavior
tx intellectual developmental disorder
manage and tx underlying cause
aka learning disorders
learning differences or learning disabilities
conditions that cause children to learn in an abnormal manner bc of brain’s ability to receive and process info
learning disorder
cause of learning disabilities
underlying abnormality in cognitive processing but specificities are unknown. Other processes like language, attention, and visual processing likely contribuite to the problem
tx learning disabilities
drug therapy or special instructional techniques
frequent repeitions or prolongations of sounds/syllables
stuttering
stuttering more often occurs in
men
cause of stutter
genetics, anxiety
tx stutter
speech therapy
severe impairement in communication and social interaction skills related directly to developmental/mental age
pervasive developmental disorder
highly heritable disorder where communication deficits are common and sx vary in intensity among individuals
autism
autism is four times more common in
men
cause of autism
factor/set of factors including maternal rubella, encephalitis, and phenylketonuria
tx of autism
behavioral therapy, self-instructed training, drug therapy (risperidone, SSRI, antiepileptics, and stimulants)
list disorders that fall under pervasive developmental disorders
autism, pervasive development disorder not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS), rett syndrome, childhood disintegrative disorder (CDD), and asperger
condition with average/above average intelligence generally in language and cognition but difficulty concentrating, poor coordination, and problems with social interaction and communication
asperger’s syndrome
normal development period until between 2-10 yrs where child lose many acquired skills and body function control
childhood disintegrative disorder
condition w/sx of PDD, loss of motor skills, and typically only affects girls bc of a defect on the X chromosome
rett syndrome
condition where child doesn’t meet all criteria for autism or aspergers but demonstrates several traits/sx
pervasive developmental disorder, not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS)
typicallly, how many types of ADHD are there
3
cause of ADHD
theorized to be genetic with definite brain malfunction
