Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Question 1

Intellectual disability

Answer 1

Low intelligence and need special hope to cope with life in conceptual, social, and practical domains

Question 2

Autism spectrum disorder

Answer 2

Impaired social interactions and communications. Stereotyped interests and behaviors from early life.

Question 3

Language Disorder

Answer 3

Delay using spoken and written language notable for small vocabulary, sentences grammatically incorrect, and trouble understanding sentences and words

Question 4

Social (pragmatic) communication disorder

Answer 4

Have adequate vocabulary and ability to create sentences but unable to use language practically

Conversations and writings tend to be inappropriate

Question 5

Specific Learning Disorder

Answer 5

Problems with reading, written expression, and mathematics beyond expected for age.

Question 6

Developmental coordination disorder

Answer 6

Motor coordination slowly developed

Question 7

Stereotypes movement disorder

Answer 7

Repeated rocking, head banging, skin/orifice picking, or biting self that is stereotyped.

Question 8

Tourette’s Disorder

Answer 8

Multiple motor and motor tics throughout day.

Duration from onset important

Question 9

Persistent (chronic) motor or vocal tics throughout the day

Answer 9

Only vocal or only motor tics but not both

Duration from onset important

Question 10

Provisional tic disorder

Answer 10

Tics for less than 1 year

Question 11

ADHD

Answer 11

Inattentive, hyperactive, or impulsive

Question 12

Oppositional Defiant Disorder

Answer 12

Various forms of persistent negative behavior

Duration from onset is important

Question 13

Conduct Disorder

Answer 13

Persistent violates rules and rights of others

Duration from onset is important

Question 14

Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder

Answer 14

Persistently Negative, Irritable mood between temper outbursts

Question 15

MDD

Answer 15

SIG E CAPS

Question 16

Persistent Depressive Disorder (Dysthymia)

Answer 16

CHASES

Question 17

Separation Anxiety Disorder

Answer 17

Anxious or fearful when separated from parents (or spouse in adults)

Question 18

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Answer 18

Worry about many different things, feel tense and anxious much of the time

Question 19

Social anxiety disorder

Answer 19

Imagine being embarrassed when speaking, writing, or eating in public.

Question 20

PTSD

Answer 20

Repeatedly reliving a severely traumatic event

Question 21

PICA

Answer 21

Eating non-food material (dirt)

Question 22

Encopresis

Answer 22

Repeated passing feces into clothing and elsewhere after age 4 years

Question 23

Enuresis

Answer 23

Repeated voiding urine into clothing or bed after 5 years of age

Question 24

Prader-Willi and Angelman syndromes

Answer 24

Prader-Willi = parental gene deletion = mild to moderate Intellectual disability

Angelman = maternal gene deletion = moderate to severe intellectual disability

Question 25

Down Syndrome

Answer 25

Trisomy 21
Mid face depression
Mild-Moderate ID
Brachycephaly
Short-hands, 4 finger line in palm

Question 26

Fragile X syndrome

Answer 26

2nd most common chromosomal abnormality for mental retardation
Mild-moderate ID
Gaze aversion
Large appearing ears
Connective tissue dysplasia

Question 27

Irritability in kids is indicative of what?

Answer 27

DEPRESSION

Question 28

SIG E CAPS

Answer 28

Sleep 
Interest 
Guilt 
Energy 
Concentration 
Appetite 
Psychomotor
Suicidal

Question 29

CHASES (for Persistent Depressive Disorder/Dysthymia)

Answer 29

Concentration
Hopelessness
Appetite
Sleep
Energy 
Self-esteem