Mental Health Exam 3 Flashcards
syndrome of confusion, loss of memory, and confabulation
Korsakoff’s psychosis
characterized by repetitive or preferred sexual fantasies or behaviors. including: exhibitionistic disorder, fetishistic disorder, frotteuristic disorder, pedophilic disorder, sexual masochistic disorder, sexual sadistic disorder, transvestic disorder, and voyeuristic disorder.
paraphilic disorder
Observation of an unsuspecting person who is naked is a behavior that is characteristic of the diagnosis of
voyeuristic disorder
Exhibiting negativism, hostility, and defiance is a behavior characteristic of
oppositional defiant disorder
The enjoyment of being beaten and made to suffer is a behavioral characteristic of
sexual masochistic disorder
habitual psychological and physiological dependence on the substance beyond one’s voluntary control
Addiction/dependence
Misfiring in the brain’s executive function mediated through the prefrontal cortex
ADHD
abnormal self-absorption, characterized by lack of response to people and actions and limited ability to communicate.
Autism
Autism typically appears w/in
first 3 years of life
50% not dx until a child is school age
MRI studies have shown markedly decreased activity in the parietal areas and corpus callosum
Autism
Whirling Lunging Darting Rocking Toe walking Head banging or hand biting Tantrums
Stereotypical Autistic Behavior
persistent pattern of negativistic, disobedient, hostile, defiant behaviors toward authority figures
ODD
ODD Dx before
8 yo & not later than adolescence
Do not see themselves as defiant–Feel they are responding to unreasonable demands or situations
ODD
persistent pattern of behavior in which the rights of others are violated and age-appropriate societal norms or rules are disregarded
Conduct Disorder
