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| Common Disorders if Childhood |
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Definition
• ADHD
• Opposional Defiant Disorder
& Conduct Disorder
• Anxiety Disorders
(childhoodand adolescence)
• Childhood Depression
• Symptom Disoders;
- Enuresis,
- Encoresis,
- sleepwalking,
- Tics
• Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Autism |
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learning Disabilities and
Mental Retardation |
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Definition
• Learning Disabilities
• Mental Retardation
• Organic Retardation Syndromes |
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The 2 most prevalent disorders
among children |
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Definition
1) Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder
2) Separation anxiety disorder |
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| Childhood boys have higher rates of _____ problems |
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Definition
Childhood _____ have higher rates of emotional problems
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| Rates of eating disorders are higher in _____ |
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Rates of _____ disorders are higher in girls
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Term
Developmental
Psychopathology |
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Definition
| • study of the origines and course of individual maladaptation inthe context of normal growth process |
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| Discuss how childhood disorders are different from adult disorders |
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Definition
• emotional disturbances of childhoood may be short-lived and less specific
• Childhood disorders severly affect future development
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| describe how young children are especially vulnerable to phychological problems |
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Definition
• less complex and realistic view of
self & world
- less self understanding
- less developed self-identitity
- less clear undstd of others expectation's
- less resources to deal withproblems |
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Definition
| medication used to treat enuresis |
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Definition
| intronasal hormone replacement |
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Definition
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Definition
• pervasive developmental disorder that appears later than autism
• without the language delays seenin autism
• severe and sustained childhood impairment in social relatinships and peculiar behaviors |
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Definition
• an extreme tic disorder
• uncontrolled multiple motor and vocal patters |
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Definition
autistic childen with:
• markedly discrepant and
• relatively isolated abilities |
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Term
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Definition
| an approach to assiting people with autism over the coures of their lifespan |
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Term
| integrative strategy instruction |
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Definition
• a comprehansive intervention model
• to facilitate learning in LD children offered by Ellis |
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Definition
ª a public-interest group
• based in Washington DC
• advocates for children |
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Term
| What are the three subtypes of ADHD now recognized in the DSM-IV-TR? |
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Definition
• AD/HD, Combined Type
• AD/HD, Predominantly Inattentive Type
• AD/HD, Hyperactive/Impulsive Type |
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Term
What are the clinical signs of
seperation anxiety |
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Definition
• excessive anxiety about seperation from major attachment figure
• lack of self-confidence
• unrealistic fears
• oversenstive
• nightmares
• chronic anxiety |
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Term
Describe the clinical picture:
Autism |
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Definition
•Pervasive developmental disorder
• beginning in infancy
• deficits in language, perception, and motor development
• poor reality testing
• social withdrawal
• poor relating to others
• poor perceptual-cognitive funtioning
• absense of speech
• poor sense-of-identity develop't
• bizarre & repetitive activities
• fascination with unusual objects
• obsession > maintain enviro sameness |
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Term
| What two groups do children who are institutionalized fall into? |
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Definition
1) those who in infancy and childhood, manifest sever mental retardation and associated physical impairment and are institutionalized at an earlier age
2) Those who have no physical impairments but show relatively mild mental retardation and a failure to adjust socially in adolescence and are instututionalized because of behaviour problems |
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Term
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Definition
• Lowered IQ by 7-15%
• 3-5% school-aged children
• occurs more in boys before 8 years old |
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Term
Conduct disorder is apprent by about
____ years old. |
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Definition
_____ disorder is apprent by about 9 years old.
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| Conduct disordered children and adolescents are frequently comorbid with _____ disorder |
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Definition
____ disordered children and adolescents are frequently comorbid with substance abuse disorder
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| Selective mutism is rare in clinical populations and is seen most typically at _____ |
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Definition
____ ____ is rare in clinical populations and is seen most typically at preschool
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| Depression in children has been related to depression in their _____ |
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Definition
_____ in children has been related to _____ in their fathers
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Term
| a _____ is a persistent, intermittent twitch or spasm, usually limited to a localized mm group |
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Definition
a tick is a persistent, intermittent twitch or spasm, usually limited to a localized _____
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| Ivar Lovaas was a pioneer in the development of behavioural treatment for _____ chidren |
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Definition
____ ____ was a pioneer in the development of behavioural treatment for autistic chidren
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Ionizing radiation may harm a child by acting directly on the fertilized egg of may damage the _____ of either parent
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Ionizing radiation may harm a child by acting directly on the _____ of may damage the sex chromosomes of either parent
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| Recent research, although inconclusive, has pointed to ADHD being a result of _____ & _____ factors |
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Definition
Recent research, although inconclusive, has pointed to _____ being a result of biological & social environmental factors
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| Children's exposure to early traumatic events can increase their risk for developing _____ |
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Children's exposure to early _____ events can increase their risk for developing depression
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Term
| Mental retardation is coded on |
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Definition
____ ____ is coded on Axis II
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| Explain the causal factors in childhood anxiety disorders |
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Definition
• early illness, accidents, or losses
(losses with pain/discomfort)
• modeling effect of an overanxious and protective parent who sensitizes a child to danger and threats of the outside world
• Indifferent, detached, or rejecting parent
• possibly cultures that favor inhibition, compliance, and obedience
• exposure to violence leading to a reduced sense of security and physiological well-being |
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| Discuss the causal effects of mental retardation |
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• Genetics: chromosomal factors: mental retardation runs in family and is in the moderate to sever categories
• infections and toxic agents
• Trauma (physical injury) - Pysical injuries at birth
• Ionizing radiation - radiation acting on fertalized egg or parents' eggs and sperm
• malnutrition and other biological factors - may affect child more indirectly by altering child's responsiveness, curiousity and motivation. |
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| another medication used to treat ADHD |
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Definition
• irreversible
• limiation on survivability, achievement, and competence
• affects 1/1000 babies |
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Definition
| a liver-based disorder, leading to brain damage if not dx early |
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Definition
a developmental disorder involving a wide range of problematic behaviours
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