Diagnosing an Intellectual Disability: 3 Criteria
DSM 5 distinguishes between 4 degrees of severity, what are they?
Mild, Moderate, Severe, Profound
Severity of intellectual disability is based on adaptive functioning in which 3 ways?
Conceptual, social, practical
Etiology of Intellectual disability is known in about what percentage of cases?
30%
The onset of Child-onset Fluency Disorder (Stuttering) is most-often between which ages?
2 and 7 years old
One effective treatment for COFD (Child-onset Fluency Disorder)
Habit Reversal
Awareness, relaxation, motivation, competing response, and generalization training
A diagnosis of ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) requires persistent deficits in ____________.
Social communication and interaction; across multiple contexts, including restricted and repetitive patterns of behavior, interests and activities; symptoms during the early developmental period, and impairments in social, occupational, or other areas of functioning.
A better prognosis for ASD is associated with which 3 factors?
Treatment for ASD by Lovaas used to increase communication skills
Shaping and Discrimination Training
3 Levels of ASD severity
Level 1: Requiring support
Level 2: Requiring substantial support
Level 3: Requiring very substantial support
ADHD is characterized by:
Persistent pattern of inattention or hyperactivity-impulsivity that interferes with social, academic, or occupational functioning.
Diagnosis Criteria for ADHD
The percentage of children with ADHD that continue to meet the diagnostic criteria for the disorder in adolescence:
65-80%
Predominant symptom of adults with ADHD
Inattention
According to this hypothesis, ADHD is due to an inability to regulate one’s behavior to fit the demands of a situation:
Behavioral Disinhibition
One study on ADHD (NIMH Multimodal Tx Study) found these results regarding treatment:
Medication and Medication/Behavioral Treatment produced similar reductions in the core sxs of ADHD.
Specific Learning Disorder (SLD): diagnostic criteria
Most frequent comorbid disorder found with SLD (Specific Learning Disorder).
ADHD
Tourette’s Syndrome: diagnostic criteria
One treatment for Tourette’s Syndrome
Anti-psychotic medications
Regarding medical procedures in children (Behavior Pediatrics), research as shown that these strategies are helpful for reducing anxiety and pain due to medical procedures
- Multi-component CBT
The pediatric behavior study also confirmed that hospitalized children and children with disabilities are at increased risk for ____________.
Emotional and behavioral problems
This population has been shown to have a particularly difficult time complying with medical regimens and adherence:
Adolescents
Delusional Disorder: diagnostic criteria