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What is a syndrome? a syndrome is a cluster of signs and syndromes that occur together and are characteristic for a specific disorder
What is diagnostic uncertainty? The variance in diagnosis that occurs for the clinician when he/she exercise his/her clinical judgment and interprets the presenting symptoms and other information
What are the sources of of diagnostic uncertainty 1. natural variance 2. information variance 3. observation and interpretation 4. criterion Furman p. 9
What are 3 common problems of diagnosis? 1. Patients who do not quite fit the criteria 2. Patients who fit the criteria for more than 1 disorder in the same category 3. patients who have symptoms of more than 1 psychiatric disorder
What are the 3 general criteria that must be included in the diagnosis of most disorders? 1. the disorder is not due to the direct effects of a substance 2. The disorder is not due to the direct effects of a general medical condition 3. The disorder causes clinical significant distress Furman p. 11
True or False? Each diagnostic group contains at least one Not Otherwise Specified Diagnosis This is a true statement Furman P. 12
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Question: True or False? Each diagnostic group contains at least one Not Otherwise Specified Diagnosis This is a true statement Furman P. 12
Question: When a mental disorder is due to a general medical condition or substance induced disorder is responsible for the patient's symptoms, it precludes the diagnosis of any other mental disorder with similar symptoms "Not due to the direct effects of a substance (e.g. drugs of abuse or medication) or a general medical condition"
Question:Three phrases used in the criteria set of less pervasive disorder to describe the relationship and specify the exclusion "has never met the criteria"
Question: Axis I: :Clinical Disorders
Question: Axis II: Personality Disorders
Question: Axis III General Medical Conditions
Question: What are the 4 major disorder groups? 1. Intellectual & cognitive impairment 2. Motor function impairment 3. Disruptive or self injurious behavior 4. Information exchange
Question: What is coprolalia? The involuntary utterance of socially unacceptable or obscene words
Question: What are the 10 subcategories of diagnoses usually first diagnosed in childhood? 1. Mental Retardation 2. Learning Disorders 3. Motor skills disorders 4. Communication disorders 5. Pervasive Developmental disorders 6. ADD & Disruptive Behavior Disorders 7. Feeding & Eating disorders of infancy & Early childhood 8. Tic disorde
Question: Which diagnoses are associated with the intellectual and cognitive impairment disorder group? 1. All Mental Retardation 2. All Learning Disorders
Question: Which diagnoses are associated with motor function impairment? 1. All Motor Skill Disorders 2. All Tic Disorders Sub categories 3. Stereotypic Movement Disorder
Question: What are the disorders of infancy, early childhood or adolescence associated with the disorder group for disruptive or self injurious behavior? 1. All ADD & disruptive Behavior 2. All Feeding & Eating Disorders of infancy and & early childhood 3. All elimination disorders 4. Separation anxiety disorder 5. Reactive Attachment Disorders of Infancy & Early Childhood
Question: What are the disorders of infancy, early childhood or adolescence associated with the disorder group for information exchange? 1. All Pervasive developmental disorder 2. All Communication Disorders 3. Selective Mutism
Question: What is mental retardation? Mental retardation is defined as an IQ significantly below average and accompanying deficits in adaptive functioning. The average IQ is 100.
Question: Identify the IQ cutoffs for mental retardation? Normal Normal 71+ 50-70 Mild mental Retardation 35-40 to 50-55 Moderate 20-25 to 35-40 Severe Below 20-25 Profound Untestable Severe, but presumption
Question: What are learning disorders? Disorders characterized by inadequate development of specific academic skills (reading, writing
Question: What is conduct disorder? A disorder characterized by behaviors that are socially unacceptable or potentially harmful to the individual
Question: ADD is a composite disorder This is a true statement
Question: What is conduct disorder? A repetitive & persistent pattern of behavior in which the basic rights of others or major age appropriate norms or rules are violated when 3 or more criteria are present
Question: Which criteria must be manifested for conduct disorder for 12 months and at least one for 6 months 1. Aggression to people or animals 2. Destruction of property 3. Deceitfulness or threat 4. Serious violation of rules
Question: What is a feeding or eating disorder in infancy and Early childhood? A disorder characterized by disturbances of eating which include eating substances that have no nutritional value, repeated regurgitation and failure or refusal to eat
Question: What is separation anxiety disorder? This disorder is disruptive & self injurious disorder characterized by excessive or inappropriate anxiety about separation from home or from those to whom the child is attached as evidenced by 3 of 8 behaviors that occur for at least 4 weeks before age 1
Question: What 6 behaviors manifest separation anxiety 1.stress when separation home is anticipated 2.worry about losing/harm to attach. fig. 3.Worry abt harm that might happen to attach.fig 4.Refuse/reluctance 2 go 2 sch cause fear 5.Fear of home 6. Refuse 2 go to sleep without near fig 7. Nightmares
Question: What is reactive attachment disorder? This disorder is either either excessively inhibited, hyper vigilant, or ambivalent and contradictory responses to most social interactions or diffuse, indiscriminate attachments to other people.
What is the presumed cause of reactive attachment disorder The presumed cause is pathogenic care
What are the 4 conditions that are evidence of pathogenic care 1 disregard for the child's emotional needs 2. disregard for the child's physical needs 3. repeated change of primary caregiver
What are pervasive developmental disorders? A broad based impairment or loss of function that would be expected for a child's age
What are the 3 components of pervasive developmental disorders 1. Impairment in social interaction 2. Impairment in communication 3. the appearance of restricted, repetitive and stereotyped patterns of behavior, interests, and activities
What is the prototypic syndrome for pervasive developmental disorders? Autistic disorder
What is autistic disorder? A disorder characterized by abnormal functioning in at least one of 3 areas, with onset before age 3 years: 1) social interaction 2) language as used in social communication 3) symbolic or imaginative play
What is Rett's Disorder? An information exchange disorder with normal development for the first 5 months of life a deceleration of head growth 5-48 months loss of previous acquired hand movement loss of social engagement develop. poor gait or trunk movemnts seve impair lan
What is Asperger's Disorder? An informat./exchange disorder with 1. Qualitative impairmnt in social interaction 2. Restricted repetitive & stereotyped patterns of behavior, interests & activities 3. but lack of clinically significant delay in language or cognitive development
What are the 9 types of clinical information needed to make a diagnosis for infants, children and adolescents? 1.Times of developmental milestones 2.Capacity 2 communicate with other people 3.language impairment 4. Capacity for human relations 5. Qualty of social interaction 6. Abnormal motor move 7. Hyperactiy,inattent,poor impulsecontrol 8.AbnorBehv 9 E
Question: What is Oppositional Defiant Disorder? Answer: A childhood disorder characterized by negativisitic, hostile and defiant behavior for a period of at least 6 months during which at least 4 behaviors are present
Question: Which 4 behaviors must be present for at least 6 months for Oppositional Defiant Disorder? Answer: 1. Often loses temper 2. Often argues with adults 3. Often actively defies or refuses to comply with adult requests 4. Often deliberately annoys people 5. Often blames others for his/her mistakes or misbehavior 6. Is often touchy or easil.
What should be the first step in making a diagnosis for infant, child or adolescent?. Determine which one or more of the 4 disorder groups best describes the persons predominant presenting symptoms.
What should be the 2nd step?. Determine which individual subcategories and diagnoses can be verified or excluded.
Question to ask to exclude categories. Is the child's predominant symptom an impairment of learning or intellectual functioning.
Question to ask to exclude categories. Is the child's predominant symptom abnormal motor activity?
Question to exclude categories. Is the child's predominant symptom socially inappropriate or self injurious behavior?
Question to exclude categories Is the child's predominat symptom an impairment in the ability to communicate or exchange meaningful information with other groups
Patients with mental retardation have delays in development in ________ areas many
Persons with learning disorders have a delay or failure of development in _______ area(s) one or specific
The behaviors of conduct disorder are Generally _____ serious and socially inappropriate than those associated with Oppositional Defiant Disorder More
The core symptoms of autistic disorder are impairments in social interaction, impairments in communication and ____________ stereotyped and repetitive patterns of behavior, interests, and activities
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