Mid Term Test Flashcards
(36 cards)
What is disability culture?
Consistent and discernable differences in how mental illnesses present in people with developmental disability culture is a way of living that people have in common :thinking patterns,behaviours,communication, lifestyle 
Thinking patterns
-concrete thinking
-Difficulties with generalization
-Memory limitations
-Egocentricity 
Behaviours
-avoiding issues
-being conditioned to please 
-being numbered by negativity
Communication
-Limited or nonexistent verbal skills
-Concrete use of language
-Atypical meetings for words
-Limited vocabulary 
The impact
Symptoms are more frequent behavioural
-Aggression/self injury displayed at a higher rate
-we’ll have more than one behaviour at a time
-Self reporting is usually seriously impaired
Symptoms more concrete in action focussed
-less fanciful and imaginative 
-More atypical were usual with lower ability
-Symptoms may be similar to those of children 
Where does the word stigma come from?
Stigma is the Greek word that referred to a type of marking or tattoo that was cut or burn into the skin of criminals sleeves or traders in order to physically identify them as blemish or moral polluted persons.
Justice system
Consent and capacity
What is an assessment?
Assessment is the process of assigning a value based upon testing or evaluation example IQ grades based on performance determining severity, etc. 
Diagnosis
Diagnosis is identification by examination or analysis. Example of mental illness, such as depression. 
Why is diagnosis important
Classification
-Placing the individual in a category
Selection
-Choosing services based upon this categorization
Management
-Making decisions about services for the individual in a manner which ensure a smooth operations of the organization
Facilitation
-Making decisions about services which will make life easier better or happier for the person
What are the types of tests?
Cognitive
Self-report scales
Behavioural
Socio emotional rating skills
Cognitive test
-standardized
-norm referenced
-Demonstrates potential 
Self report scales
-depression inventories
-revised children’s manifest, anxiety scale
-Minnesota multiphasic, personality inventory ( MMPI)
Behavioural
-Rating skills
-Observations
-Developmental milestones
-Social emotional rating scales
-Behaviour checklist
-Personality inventories
What are the barriers to service?
-diagnostic overshadowing
-Baseline exaggeration
-Cognitive disintegration
-Intellectual distortion
-Psychosocial masking 
Diagnostic overshadowing
-All emotional problems experienced by a person with a developmental disability, are attributed to the disability
-Leads to ignoring or miss diagnosing of the potential mental illness
Baseline exaggeration
-Increase already existing maladaptive behaviours may be indicative of mental health problems
Cognitive disintegration
-Stress that leads to odd behaviour looking like mental illness
Intellectual distortion
-Poor communication skills create an ability to describe symptoms well
Psychosocial masking
-the way in which symptoms are described in simple and concrete, and may come across as nerves or silliness
What is the DSM 5
most used classification system
-Describes clinical features
-Checkless format
-Adaptation underway for use with people with developmental disabilities 
ICD-10
-is used outside of Canada
-it also uses checklist system
-Has been adapted for use with people with developmental disabilities
What is duel diagnosis?
Is the co existence of a developmental disability, and a mental health problem
Often confused with dual disorder, the co existence of a mental health problem and substance-abuse
Types of treatment
Voluntary and involuntary
Brian’s law
