Neurodevelopmental Disorders

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Classification of mental disorders with associated criteria designed to facilitate more reliable diagnosis

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DSM-5

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Group of conditions with onset early in development, before child enters grade school

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Neurodevelopmental disorders

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mental retardation

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intellectual disability

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intellectual disability is also called

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intellectual developmental disorder

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characterized by deficits in general mental abilities, such as reasoning, problem solving, planning, abstract thinking, judgement, academic learning and learning from experience

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intellectual disability

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results in impaired adaptive functioning, such that he fails to meet standards of personal independence and social responsibility

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intellectual disability

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diagnostic criteria of intellectual disability (3)

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deficits in intellectual functions
deficits in adaptive function
developmental period

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2 causes of intellectual disability

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genetic and acquired

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This diagnosis is reserved for individuals under the age of 5 when the clinical severity level cannot be reliably assessed during early childhood

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Global developmental delay

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This category is daignosed when an individual fails to meet expected developmental milestones in several areas of intellectual functioning, and applies to individuals who are unable to undergo systematic assessments of intellectual functioning, including children who are too young to participate in standardized testing

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Global developmental delay

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4 communication disorders

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language
speech sound
social
childhood onset fluency (stuttering)

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Disturbance of the normal fluency and motor production speech, including repetitive sounds or syllables, prolongation of consonants or vowel sound, broken words, blocking or words produced with excess physical tension.

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childhood onset fluency disorder or stuttering

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Persistent deficits in social communication and interaction of autism

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socioemotional reciprocity
nonverbal communicative behaviors
developing, maintaining and understanding rs

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Restricted repetitive patterns of autism

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stereotyped repetitive movements
insistence on sameness
highly restricted, fixated interests
hyper/hyporeactivity to sensory input

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symptoms of autism typically recognized at what age

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12-24 months of age

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risk factors of autism spectrum disorder

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environemntal
genetic

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Functional consequences of autism spectrum disorder

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rigid routine
interference with ADL
Difficult planning and organizing
Poor academic achievements
Difficulty establishing independence
difficulty gaining employment

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ADHD

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attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder

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impairing levels of inattention, disorganization, and/or hyperactivity and impulsivity

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ADHD

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inability to stay on task, seeming to not listen, and losing materials, at levels that are inconsistent with age or development

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ADHD

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inattention and hyperactivity have persisted for at least how many months to diagnose ADHD

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6

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several inattentive or hyperactive impulsive symptoms were present with pts with ADHD prior to age

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12

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during —- ADHD manifests as hyperactivity

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preschool

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Risk factors for ADHD

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Temperamental
Environmental - <1500g
Genetic and physiological

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Neurodevelopmental Motor disorders (3)

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developmental coordination disorder
stereotypic movement disorder
tic disorder

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deficits in acquisition and execution of coordinated motor skills

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developmental coordination disorder

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clumsiness and slowness or inaccuracy of performance of motor skills that cause interference with ADLs

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developmental coordination disorder

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repetitive, seemingly driven, and apparantly purposeless motor behaviors such as hand flapping, body rocking, head banging, self biting or hitting

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stereotypic movement disorder

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sudden, rapid, recurrent, nonrhythmic, stereotyped motor movements or vocalizations

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tics

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Both multiple motor and one or more vocal tics
tics may wax and wane in frequency but have persistend for more than a year since first tic

onset before 18

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tourette’s disorder

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single or multiple motor or vocal tics
tics may wax and wane in frequency but have persisted for more than a year since first tic
onset before 18

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persistent (chronic) motor or vocal tic disorder

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tic disorder is more common in

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males

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onset of tic

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4-6 yrs old

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peak severity of tic

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10-12 yo