Final Study Guide Flashcards
(108 cards)
Major findings from the MTA study
For core symptoms intention, ADHD;
treatment of choice - medicine
History of ADHD
ADHD has been around for over 100 years have labeled as disorder but can be called lots of diff things ADD (DSM3), ADHD combined (DSM3R), then ADHD (diff types in DSM4)
Other names of ADHD
- Fidgety Phils
- Minimal Brain Dysfunction
- Hyperkinetic/Hyperactivity Syndrome
- Recognition of Attentional Impairment and Impulsivity
DSM Diagnostic Criteria (Inattention)
- Can’t Follow instructions
- Careless mistakes
- difficulty sustaining attention
- forgetful in daily activities
DSM Diagnostic Criteria (Hyperactive/Impulsive)
- fidgets
- leaves seat
- runs or climbs excessively
- difficulty waiting turn
DSM Functional Criteria
- 6 of 9 symptoms in either or both categories
- Inattentive; Hyperactive/Impulsive; Combined type
- Persisting for at least 6 months
- Impairment in 2 settings
Natural history
- Preschoolers - Hyperactive
- Elementary to middle school - combined type
- Adolescent/adult - inattention
Factors important in making a convincing diagnosis
- Collateral Contact (Needs 2 settings besides parent reporting
- Neuropsych exam - doesn’t make diagnosis but supports diagnosis where issue is
- Rating scales for objective measures
- family history
- medication trial
Symptoms and prevalence of ADHD and subtypes
- Affects 5-7% of American children
2. have ADHD hyperactive impulsive type, inattentive, then combined type
Age, gender, and race related differences in ADHD
- Most ADHD starts being diagnosed around school age around 7 or 8 when required to sit longer times in school
- boys more than girl; if girl is diagnosed as combined type more impaired than boys
Race and ADHD
most prone kid to be medicated is 8 year old white boy
Impairments in executive functioning
difficulty organizing, time management, planning
Etiological Theory of mirror neurons
- kids learn through imitation
- damage to area in monkey results in monkeys not being able to do behaviors
Etiological Theory of Amygdala
- fear and aggression
- may have loss of neuron density
- avoids faces/eyes
Fusiform
- used to recognize faces
- not active in autism (fMRI data shows this)
Basal Ganglia
- kids with repetitive behaviors stereotype autistic behaviors
- don’t like change
- overactive in autism
Facial Inversion Effect and Fusiform Facial Area
- people with no difficulty – fusiform lights up when see peoples faces/things interested in
- Normal development causes babies to recognize faces more easily if right side up as opposed to upside down (not the case in autism)
Etiological theories of vaccines
No proof of vaccines causing autism
Etiological theories of diet
- If you tell a kid to change his diet, the kid does better
- if you don’t tell, no effect
- kids with autism have increased constipation and gut problems
Common comorbidities
- ADHD, anxiety, depression (minimally/mildly affected)
- medical – sclerosis, enzyme deficiencies
The greatest hallmark of ASD…
is inconsistencies in development
2 Domains of Diagnosis of Autism
- Social emotional reciprocity and communication
2. Repetitive stereotype behaviors, activities, and interest
The changing epidemiology of autism spectrum disorders and possible explanations
- seeing more of it than post
- sensitive about it, trained about it, popularized in movies/media
- diagnostic criteria change –e easier for diagnosis
- recognizing broader spectrum
Methods to clinically evaluate autism
- interviews, observations, collateral history with parents/teachers/caregiver/coaches
- kids observation - ADOS
- parents interview - ADIR