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What is COS?
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A neurodevelopment brain disorder. Hallucinations, disturbed thoughts, delusions, flat affect,
- slow onset, negative effects on school and social, likely to persist |
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What are some positive symptoms of COS?
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- delusions
- hallucinations (most are auditory) - |
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What are some negative symptoms of COS?
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- slowed speech, apathy, movement, thinking
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What is the criteria for having COS?
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- the symptoms must persist for 6 months
- must show a significant decrement in social/ academic/ personal life - must rule out other disorders (schitzo affective/ ASD/ mood disorder) or substance use - If there IS a different disorder, must have hallucinations/ delusion for at least 1 month |
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What are the common commorbidies with COS?
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- mood disorders, anxiety, depression, CD
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What is the prevalence of COS?
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- more common in boys but no diff in genders by adolescents
- 1/ 10000kids have it |
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What causes COS?
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- defective neural circuitry
- genetics (80%) - high stress - environmental: mom has low birth weight/ diabetes/ |
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What is the treatment for COS?
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- antipsychotic medications
- family/ social support |
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What are the 4 qualitative language impairments for ASD?
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- echolalia, deficits in pragmatics, pronoun reversals, perseverative speech
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What are symptoms of ASD?
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- deficits in theory of mind
- deficits in social emotional reciprocity - deficits in nonverbal communication - deficits in maintaining/ creating relationships |
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What is the assessment of ASD?
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- Must be observed in different settings (school/ home)
- standardized interview with caregivers - includes info from multiple sources |
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What is the treatment of ASD?
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- Applied Behaviour Analysis (using positive reinforcement)
- Early intervention (25 hours/week) - high structure + family inclusion - one on one teaching - Medications: antidepressants/ tranquilizers/ antipsychotics |
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What are the 4 DSM5 criteria for havingASD?
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- repetative movements or echolalia
- rigid time/ insistence on sameness - fixed interests that are abnormal in focus -hyper/hypo reactivity to sensory input - symptoms must be in early developmental period, - symptoms cause disruption in life - not better described by ID or other |
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What are co-occurring disorders for ASD?
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- seizures + ID
-sleep disturbances, seizures, motor and sensory impairments |
