Psychopathology in Children Flashcards
Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Argumentative, angry, irritable, vindictive
DSM-5 Conduct Disorder
Violate other’s basic rights,
6+ months problematic behaviors
Overt-destructive conduct disorder
Openly aggressive and confrontational
Overt-nondestructive conduct disorder
Openly offensive but nonconrontational
Covert-destructive conduct disorder
Secretive destructive
Covert-nondestructive conduct disorder
Secretly commit non-aggressive behaviors
Elimination disorders
Enuresis, encopresis
Enuresis
Repeated involuntary peeing
Bell-and-battery technique
Urine sets off bell waking up the child > classical conditioning
Dry-bed training
Periodically awakened during the night and make to use the bathroom > rewarded
DMS-5 ADHD
6+ months inattention to a degree that is maladaptive,
6+ months symptoms of hyperactivity and impulsivity to a degree that is maladaptive,
Displayed some symptoms before the age of 12,
Shows symptoms in more than one setting
Type 1 attention process
Beyond voluntary control, focus on unexpected things that occur in the surroundings
Type 2 attention process
Mental activités we control, effortful focus of attention
ADHD and the attention processes
In people with ADHD there is a breakdown in the balance between the two. They have difficulty in engaging Type 2 processes to override Type 1
DSM-5 Autism Spectrum Disorder
Continuous deficiencies in various areas of communication and social interaction,
Significant restriction and repetitive behaviors/interests/activities,
Symptoms start showing in early childhood,
Impaired functioning
Echolalia
Exact echoing of phrases spoken by others
Why do symptoms of Autism spectrum disorder have contradictory patterns
Some are hyperactive (overstimulated) some are hypoactive (under stimulated)
Autism and the theory of mind
Those with autism fail to develop a theory of mind - awareness that other people have their own beliefs/intentions/mental states
DSM-5 Intellectual Disability (ID)
Deficient intellectual functioning,
Deficient adaptive functioning in at least one area of daily life,
Begins during developmental period (before 18)
