NEUR534 - Intellectual development disorder

Question 1

Question 2

What are children under the age of 5 with intellectual development disorders called?

Answer 2

Global developmental delay

Question 3

What is the prevelance for Intellectual development disorders in Australia?

Answer 3

1.7%

Question 4

What is the prevelance for autism in Australia?

Answer 4

2.4%

Question 5

What is the prevelance for ADHD in Australia?

Answer 5

4.2%

Question 6

What are intellectual development disorders (ID) that involve communication?

Answer 6

• Language
• Speech sound
• Social (pragmatic) communication
• Stuttering
• Deficits in verbal/non-verbal communication
• Slow learning and adaptation
• Inability to care for oneself
• Inability to effectively communication
• ## Lack of social skills

Question 7

What are the 3 criterion for intellectual disability?

Answer 7

Criterion A- are deficits in general mental abilities

Criterion B- impairment in everyday adaptive functioning, in comparison to an individual’s age-, gender-, and socioculturally matched peers

Criterion C- Onset is during the developmental period

Question 8

Answer 8

Question 9

List the frequent symptoms of ID

Answer 9

• Delayed sitting, crawling and walking
• Delayed talking
• Difficulty speaking
• Slow learning
• Unable to learn how to care for themselves
• Poor memory
• Explosive outbursts
• Inability to link outomes
• Inability to problem solve or think logically

Question 10

What’s the age range during which ID manifests?

Answer 10

Around ages 4 - 6
- Early elementary

Question 11

What other disorders may co-exist with ID?

Answer 11

• Epilepsy
• Mood disorders
• Anxiety
• Depression
• Autism
• Motor skill impairment disorders
• Visual/hearing conditions

Question 12

List the common causes of ID?

Answer 12

• Genetic conditions
• Down syndrome
• Fragile X syndrome
• Problems during pregnancy (malnutrition, infections, alcohol/drugs)
• Perinatal problems (lack of oxygenation)
• Premature birth

Question 13

What types of impairments characterise each
severity level?

Answer 13

Mild:
- Elementary
- 85%

Moderate:
- IQ 36 - 51%
- 10%
- Early years disovered
- Adulthood: can do supervised unskilled or semiskilled employment

Severe:
IQ 20 - 35
- 3 - 4%
- Young age diagnosis
- Delays in all milestones
- Require essential help

Profound:
- 1 - 2 %
- Infancy diagnosis
-Severe abnormalities
- Extensive care/training

Question 14

Question 15

What are the 3 standardised tests for ID and IQ?

Answer 15

• Wechsler Intelligence Scale for
  Children (various editions, now on 5)
• Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale
• Raven’s Progressive Matrices

Question 16

Define comorbid

Answer 16

• A co-existing or prescence of one or more disorders in addition to a primary disease/disorder

Question 17

Identify the most common co-existing with ID:
1. Neurodevelopmental disorders
2. Psychiatric conditions
3. Neurological disorders

Answer 17

• Epilepsy
• Constipation
• Visual impairment
• Hearing loss
• Eczema
• Dyspepsia
• Thyroid disorders
• Parkinsons diease
• Anxiety
• Depression
• Schizophrenia
• Dementia
• Insulin resistance
• GIT disorders

Question 18

For each category, list a typical prevalence rate
(which will vary based on participant ages) and the
impacts that each condition has on ID impairments.

Answer 18

• 40 % for additional mental ill-health
• 30 % for epilepsy
• 50 % for gastro-oesophageal reflux disorder

Question 19

Patients with ID are more likely to have:
- obesity
- Sedentary lifestyles
- Mobility problems
- Unhealthy diets
- Anti-psychotic drugs
- Multiple drug prescriptions
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Question 20

What is the increased age of comordity with ID

Question 21

What is the increased age of comordity with ID