psych disorders in children Flashcards
diagnosis of mental retardation
pg 112
learning d/o
significantly lower achievement in reading, amth or written expression than expected for age, level of education, and level of intelligence
oppositional defiant d/o diagnosis
pg 114
unlike conduct disorder, ODD
doesn’t involve physical aggression or violation of basic rights of others
diagnosis of conduct disorder
pg 115
diagnosis of ADHD
pg 116
tx for ADHD
methylphenidate, dextroampheatmine, ampheatmine salts
atomoxetine
alpha 2 agonists if above fail
pervasive developmental disorders
problems w social skills, language, behaviors
diagnosis of autistic disorder
pg 118
two most important predictors of adult outcome in child w autistic disorder
intellectual functioning
communicative competence
unlike autistic d/o, children w Asperger disorder have
normal language acquisition and cognitive deveopment
Rett disorder
normal physical and psychomotor development during first 5 months after birth, followed by decreasing rate of head growth and loss of previously learned purposeful hand skills btwn ages 5 and 30 months
seen in girls predominantly
child disintegrative d/o
normal development in first 2 years of life, but loss of previously acquired skills before age 10 in at least 2 of these areas: language, social skills, or adaptive behavior, bowel or badder control, play, motor skills, and in at least two of these areas: impaired social interaction, impaired communication, restricted, repetitive, stereotyped behaviors and interests
Tourette d/o diagnosis
pg 120
vocal tics include
coprolalia (obscene words)
echolalia
