Most prevelant DSM problems
Anxiety/depression, chemical dependency, somatization, personality disorders
disorders in DSM - IV
297
Axis II Disorders - Clusters A,B,C
Weird, Wild, Worried
Folstein Mental Exam Score of 15 indicates cognition that is, A) Normal B)Mildly Impaired C)Moderate D) Severe
C) Moderate
Folstein Mental Exam Score of 24 indicates cognition that is, A) Normal B)Mildly Impaired C)Moderate D) Severe
B)Mild
4 Depression Screening Tools
Hamilton Rating Scale (Ham-D), Patient Health Questionaire (PHQ-9), Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), Beck Depression Inventory
2 Anxiety Screening Tools
Hamilton Rating Scale (Ham-A), Patient Health Questionaire (GAD-7)
3 ADHD Screening Tools
SNAP-IV (90), Vanderbilt Teacher (47), Vanderbilt Parent (35)
Truthfullness, Degree of Accuracy of Predictive Statements, Does it test what it says it does
Validity
Consistency of predictive statements, can be reproduced
Reliability
Intelligence Tests
Binet, Stanford-Binet
IQ equation
MA/CA X 100 = IQ
Average IQ range
90-109
Assess ability to recall and draw complicated picture
Rey Complex Figure
MMPI
find psychopathological patterns that may not be apparent
Personality Assessment Inventory
334 items, 4 point likert scale
Mental Retardation associated with
Rubella, low SES, Cytomegalic Inclusion Body Disease, Syphilis, Toxoplasmosis, etc.
2 major cause of mental retardation
FAS and Down Syndrome
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome signs
Small, small eyes, smooth philthrum, small chin, poor coordination, hyperactive, LD, MR, sleep disturbances
Downs signs
Flat head, little tone, flat face, slanty eyes, short nose, wide space fingers - toes, single palmar crease
3 Types of Downs Syndrome
1) Full Trisomy 21 2) Mosaicism 3)Translocation 21 and 15
Prenatal Test for Downs
Aminocentesis - look for HCG
Secondary Problems of MR
low self esteem, neg. self image, psychiatric disorders
Autism prevelance
11/1000
purging typenonpurging type
low electrolytes in response to anorexia. life threatening
<1% (.6%)
1st line treatment for GAD (with or without SUD)