Part 1 What's The Difference Flashcards
Autism spectrum disorder versus social pragmatic communication disorder
Autism spectrum disorder, no eye contact, no back and forth play, limited play, does sensitive to noises either too high or too low, hand flapping, repetitive speech.
social pragmatic communication disorder, impaired social communication, rule out before giving autism spectrum disorder.
Specific learning disorders versus attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Specific learning disorders, lacks basic academic skills, difficulty more auditory or visual learner
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, visits a lot, present before the age of 12, must occur in two different locations, problems with attention, very active, cannot stay focused, annoys and bothers other children, must rule out a learning disorder.
Pica versus rumination disorder
Pica is to eat non-idem foods, such as chalk.
Rumination disorder, regurgitating food.
Language disorder versus child onset fluency disorder
Language disorder, hard time building vocabulary, such as sight words, below normal, cannot talk longer than five words, for example, “I go to park”
On set age is 0 years old to 5 years old..
Child onset fluency disorder, stuttering, broken words, broken words with two syllables, onset age is between zero years old to five years old.
Tourette’s disorder versus persistent motor vocal tick disorder
Tourette’s disorder must have both motor and vocal ticks, hand facial tick features
Persistent motor vocal tech disorder, has either one or the other, but will not have both.
Encopresis vs. Enuresis
Encopresis: Child must be older than for, Bob movements, pattern over time.
Enuresis:. Must be 5 years or older, urine, onset age is 4. Pattern overtime.
Separation anxiety disorder versus generalized anxiety disorder
Separation anxiety disorder, went away stress and anxiety are excessive, excessive worry, for children it is present for 4 weeks, and adults it is present for 6 months.
Generalized anxiety disorder, always worries about everything, must last for 6 months or longer.
Selective mutism versus social anxiety disorder, social phobia
Selective mutism, choose to speak or not to speak in certain situations.
Social anxiety disorder, also known as agoraphobia. If being outside, must be in two different locations, worried about being judged, observed, or rejected, will withdraw from people who they know and do not know.
Reactive attachment disorder versus disinhibited social engagement disorder
Reactive attachment disorder, onset age is from nine months old to five years old, sadness fear don’t act out, sits alone, very withdrawn from others.
Disinhibited social engagement disorder, attaches to complete strangers, attach over easy.
Oppositional defiant disorder versus conduct disorder versus disruptive mood diss regulation disorder
Oppositional defiant disorder, tantrums anywhere, challenges authority, argumentative.
Conduct disorder, breaks the law, stealing, vandalism, must be diagnosed by the time they are 15, may turn into avoiding personality disorder later, lack of remorse.
Destructive mood disregulation disorder, onset 6 years old to 10 years old but up to 17 years old, irritable, moody, also known as bipolar and children, outbursts three times a week, negative mood, consistent tan drums and negative mood.
Brief psychotic disorder versus schizophreniform vs. schizophrenia
brief psychotic disorder, will last between one day and 30 days, and will only have delusions either bizarre or non-bizarre. Bizarre means it is something that cannot be true like an alien, non-bizarre can be true. Hearing voices or having delusions.
Schizophrenia form, one month to six months
Schizophrenia 6 months and beyond. Schizophrenia requires delusions and hallucinations, rambling of speech, disorganized behaviors, negative symptoms, flat affect.
Major depressive disorder versus unspecified depressive disorder versus persistent depressive disorder
major depressive disorder must be present for 2 weeks, dark mood, lack of enjoyment, lack of motivation, plus or minus sleep and appetite.
unspecified depressive disorder, doesn’t meet all qualifiers for major depressive disorder
Persistent depressive disorder, over two years in length, chronically mildly depressed, one year in a child, and two years in an adult.
Schizoaffective disorder versus bipolar I disorder with psychotic features
schizoaffective disorder: Schizo is the first part, the core, effective is in and out, schizo is the psychotic part that is present all the time, effective is in and out.
Bipolar one disorder with psychotic features, bipolar one is the core, with psychotic features comes in and out.
Bereavement versus major depressive disorder versus adjustment disorder with depressed mood
Bereavement, grieving person, sometimes an animal, can have major depressive disorder if biological functioning is affected, not sleeping well and eating well.
Adjustment disorder muscle science within 3 months and cannot go after 6 months. If it goes past 6 months, another diagnosis needs to come into play. Adjustment disorder is never diagnosed with bereavement, adjustment disorder occurs when there is a life stressor to trigger disorders.
Panic disorders versus agoraphobia
Panic disorders, recurrent panic, unexpected, fear that you will have another panic attack. Symptoms, room spending, heart palpitations, you feel like you are going to die, you feel like you are having a heart attack.
Agoraphobia, fear of going out in public, must be present in two places.
