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Autism, Pervasive Develop Dis
14.03.07
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03/17/2007

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What are the clinical features of autism?
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1. impaired reciprocal social interactions.
2. impaired language/communication
3. restricted, repetitive, stereotyped behaviors
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What is the hallmark feature of autism?
Definition
impaired language/communication
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What are the social deficits?
Definition
1. impaired eye gaze
2. lack of social reciprocity
3. port or absent joint attention
4. limited or absent peer relationships
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What are the communication deficits?
Definition
1. no language/impaired
2. echolalia.stereotyped speech
3. prosody
4. difficultes with irony/jokes
5. diff. with nonverbal communications
6. lack of appropriate imag. play
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what is echolalia?
Definition
repeat what someone else says.
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What is prosody?
Definition
abnormal pitch, stress, rhythm, intonation of speech
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What behavioral abnormalities are associated?
Definition
1. abn preoocupations, 2. diff w/ changes, 3. stereotyped mannerisms, 4. persistant preoccupation with parts of objects rather than the whole car
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are males or females more affected?
Definition
males
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is there a genetic component?
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yes
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Is there an intrauterine component?
Definition
no.
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Aut vs. AS MOTOR:
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AUT--Normal motor, AS: poor coordination
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Aut vs. AS language:
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AUT: language impairment
AS: Normal langu
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Aut vs. AS Onset:
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AUT: <3 years
AS: >3years
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Aut vs. AS social:
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AUT: social blindness,
AS: social myopia
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In terms of the Autistic ven diagram, where is AS?
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have all 3: langue structure; stereoytped behaviors and restricted interests, and social interaction and communication difficulties
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In terms of the Autistic ven diagram, where AS?
Definition
stereotyped behavior, difficulties with social interactions
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In terms of the Autistic ven diagram, where specific language impairment?
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diff with language structure
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What is the prognosis of AUT determined by?
Definition
the prescence of communicative speech and by overall cog. ability
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@ What are Tx/interventions aimed?
Definition
promoting independence, self-help skills, reduce morbidity (aggression, self-mutilation, anxiety)
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What neurocog deficits do people with autism have?
Definition
1. global executive fuction deficits
2. weak central coherence
3. theory of mind deficits
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name some executive functions
Definition
ability to maintain a problem solving mindset, forward planning, organizational skills.
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Where do executive functions localize to?
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prefrontal cortext
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Are executive functions specific to aut?
Definition
No
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What is weak central coherence?
Definition
difficulty integrating info in meaningful wholes; fragmented learning style
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What is theory of mind?
Definition
understanding that people have minds and mental states, and that mental states related to behavior. TOM enables children to represent to themselves the mental states (representations) of others, and to use that to preict their behavior
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What is a false beliefs task?
Definition
it is a measure of TOM in which a child is exprected to predict how a person would respond on the hasis of a false or incorrect info.
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What are some neurobiological clinical correlates?
Definition
Seizure, cognitive deficits, high peripheral serotonin concentration (serotonin disregulation)
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What are major neurological findings?
Definition
Increased brain size, reduced arborisation in amydula, hippocampus, septum, anterior cerebellum
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What are the findings of the Yale Group's neuroimaging studies?
Definition
Subjects with AUT were using "object recognition" for processing faces and emotional information
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How can psychiatrists get involved with PTS w/ AUT?
Definition
By decreasing related symptoms (aggression, etc) and medication working to reduceL self-injury, aggression, overactivity, sterotyped movements
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