Disorders Usually Diagnosed During Childhood and Adolescence

Question 1

What affects what is normal child behavior

Answer 1

Culture

Question 2

Do americans or thai people find child behaviors for serious

Answer 2

Americans

Question 3

With there a significant difference in ADHD prevalence rates when comparing the US to other countries

Answer 3

No

Question 4

Do diagnosis rates cary substantially by nation for ADHD

Answer 4

Yes

Question 5

Are drug interventions on the rise in Europe

Answer 5

Yes

Question 6

What is autism spectrum disorder

Answer 6

Carious deficits in domains of COMMUNICATION, SOCIAL behavior, fixated INTERESTS and REPETITIVE behaviors

Question 7

How can people with autism spectrum disorder be classified

Answer 7

MIld, moderate or severe

Question 8

What did people with the milder range of autism be diagnosed with

Answer 8

Asperger’s syndrome

Question 9

Do people with autism usually have intellectual impairment

Answer 9

Yes

Question 10

How many people with autism are boys

Answer 10

75-80%

Question 11

What are some examples in the DSM for deficits in social communication and social interaction with autsim

Answer 11

Social-emotional reciprocity, nonverbal communicative, relationships

Question 12

What are some examples in the DSM for restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior in people with autsim

Answer 12

Motor movements, sameness, fixated interests, hyper/hyporeacitivy to sensory input

Question 13

Symptoms of autsism usally show in early development by what can hide that until later

Answer 13

Untill social demands are too much or they have learned to mask

Question 14

What are the biological aspects of autism

Answer 14

AMYGDALA overreacts to FACES which leads to feeling THREATENED

Question 15

What are oversized in the brain in people with autism

Answer 15

Amygdala and jippocampus

Question 16

What is the fusiform area and how is it different for people with autism

Answer 16

Face perception, doesn’t get enough stimulation

Question 17

What side of the brain has deficits with autistic people

Answer 17

Right

Question 18

What does the right side of the brain do

Answer 18

emotional while left is logical

Question 19

What do people with autism test similarly to

Answer 19

People with right-brain stroke

Question 20

What two biological issues happen with autism

Answer 20

More common with older fathers, biomarkers for neural inflammation which leads to hyperactive immune responses

Question 21

What is the cognitive-learning perspective of autism

Answer 21

Only process one STIMULUS at a time, RIGHT side INTEGRATES

Question 22

Are autism rate rising

Answer 22

Change in diagnostic criteria

Question 23

What are sutism clusters

Answer 23

Areas that have a high rate of people with autism. Ex. silicone valley

Question 24

What is autisic savantism

Answer 24

Exceptional talent

Question 25

What are the treatment options for autism

Answer 25

Applied behavior analysis, TOKEN economies

Question 26

What did intellectual disability use to be called

Answer 26

mental retardation

Question 27

What is the IQ of a person with intellectual disability

Answer 27

70 or below, impaired skills relative to PEERS

Question 28

What can a person with mild intellectual disability do

Answer 28

50-70, 85% of cases, not noticeable, SLOWER, more SUPPORT, BASIC life skills

Question 29

What can a person with moderate intellectual disability so

Answer 29

35-49, 10%, noticeable DELAYS, LIMITED skills, can still function ALONE sometimes

Question 30

What can a person with severe intellectual disability do

Answer 30

20-34, 3-4%, delayed MOTOR skills, little COMMUNICATION skills, only SIMPLE life skills, lots of SUPPORT

Question 31

What can a person with profound intellectual disability do

Answer 31

<20, 1-2%, NURSING care, CLOSE supervision, no communication skilss of life skills

Question 32

What is the Flynn effect

Answer 32

IQ shifts higher over time

Question 33

What is inattention with ADHD

Answer 33

Inappropriate for developmental level

Question 34

What is the list of inattentions with ADHD in the DSM

Answer 34

no CLOSE attention, holding, doesn't listen, doesn't do instructions, organizing, no mental effort, loses thing, distracted, forgetful

Question 35

What is the list of hyperactivity and impulsivity with ADHD in the DSM

Answer 35

fidgets, leaves seat, cuns around, RESTLESS, can't be quiet, one the go, talks a lot, blurts out, waiting for turn, interrupts

Question 36

What are the issues with DSM symptoms of ADHD

Answer 36

Large focus on ACADEMICS (problem wiht what school expect), outgrow hyperactivity, oversight of EMOTIONS

Question 37

What is the most widely diagnosed childhood disorder

Answer 37

ADHD in boys 3-5%

Question 38

Why is there inequities in disgnosis in ADHD

Answer 38

Usally diganosed with hyperactivity symptoms but girls will usually only have inattention

Question 39

Is there a brain level difference with children who have ADHD

Answer 39

Yes

Question 40

Have diagnosis rates increased over time for ADHD

Answer 40

Yes

Question 41

Why might ADHD be overdiagnosed

Answer 41

VARIABLE criteria, SUBJECTIVE tools, family spysicans

Question 42

What are the treatments options for ADHD

Answer 42

Stimulants like RITALINE and ADDERAKK, STRATTERA norepi reuptake inhibitor

Question 43

Do actual drugs achive more than the placebo for treating ADHD

Answer 43

Yes