Sdp 2A Week 2

Front 1

List three categories of disorders associated with development

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Development delay
Pervasive development disorders
Specific developmental disorders

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Define developmental delay

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an organic condition of arrested or limited neural development that blocks evolution of the brain

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List two types of pervasive developmental disorders

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Autism
Asperger's Syndrome

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List two specific developmental disorders

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Dyslexia
Learning disorders

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Define Autism

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lack of interest in the social environment, unusual sensitivity to the inanimate environment. Resistance to change, and idiosyncratic interests and preoccupations

Front 6

List three categories of disorders associated with development

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Development delay
Pervasive development disorders
Specific developmental disorders

Front 7

Define developmental delay

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an organic condition of arrested or limited neural development that blocks evolution of the brain

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List two types of pervasive developmental disorders

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Autism
Asperger's Syndrome

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List two specific developmental disorders

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Dyslexia
Learning disorders

Front 10

Define Autism

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lack of interest in the social environment, unusual sensitivity to the inanimate environment. Resistance to change, and idiosyncratic interests and preoccupations

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Define Asperger's Syndrome

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Characterised by impairment in social interaction and restricted interests and behaviors. Marked by a lack of any clinically significant delay in spoken or receptive language, cognitive development, self-help skills, and curiosity about the environment

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List two specific developmental disorders

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Dyslexia
Learning disorders

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Define dyslexia

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A specific reading disorder involving difficulty separating single words from groups of words and parts of words

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Define Learning disorders

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Involve an inability to acquire, retain, or broadly use specific skills or information

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List some common behaviour disorders in children

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Disruptive Behavioural Disorders
Elimination disorders
Other

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List some disruptive behavioural disorders

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Attention Deficit Disorder
Temper Tantrums
Separation Anxiety Disorder

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What is Attention Deficit Disorder?

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A poor or short attention span and impulsiveness that is inappropriate for the child's age.

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List two elimination disorders

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Enuresis
Encopresis

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List some other behaviours considered unusual in children

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Breath holding spells
School avoidance
Elective mutism
Head banging and rhythmic rocking
Conduct disorder

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List the four main groupings of conduct disorder

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1) aggressive conduct that causes or threatens physical harm to other people or animals
2) nonaggressive conduct that causes or threatens physical harm to other people or animals
3) deceitfulness or theft
4) serious violations of rules

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List 3 types of eating disorders

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Anorexia nervosa
Bulimia nervosa
Pica

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Define anorexia nervosa

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presence of abnormally low body weight (15% below BMI), intense fear of gaining weight or becoming fat, disturbance and preoccupation with body weight and shape

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Define Bulimia nervosa

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Consumption of large quantities of food, followed by attempts to rid the body of excess food consumed (vomiting and purging)

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Define Pica

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Indiscriminate eating of non-nutritious or harmful substances. May lead to anaemia, diarrhoea/constipation, worm infestation, toxoplasmosis, lead poisoning, and malnutrition

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List some common speech disorders

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Stammering/stuttering
cluttering
Echolalia

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Define spammering/stuttering

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Speech characterized by frequent repetition or prolongation of sounds or syllables or words, or by frequent hesitations or pauses

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Define cluttering

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Rapid speech with breakdown in fluency, but no repetitions or hesitations

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Define echolalia

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The automatic and meaningless repetition of another's words or phrases

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Define tic disorders

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the involuntary movements that are repetitive and stereotypical. They occur most commonly in the dace and neck

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List two Somatoform disorders

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Hypochondriases
Body dysmorphic disorders

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What is a somatoform disorder?

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Disorder where physical symptoms are present with no demonstratable cause to be found- sub-conscious process

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Define Hypochondriasis

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A belief that real or imagined physical symptoms are signs of a serious illness, despite medical reassurance and other evidence to the contrary

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What are some typical symptoms of Hypochondriasis

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Preoccupations with fear of illness
Persistent fear of having a serious illness despite medical reassurance
Misinterpretation of symptoms
Symptoms that may shift and change
Symptoms that may be vague or specific

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What is Body dysmorphic disorder?

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disorder characterised by an excessive preoccupation with a real or imagined defect in physical appearance

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What are dissociative disorders?

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A group in which there is an alteration in the normal functioning of identity, memory, or consciousness.

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List two examples of Dissociative disorders

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Multiple personality disorder
Psychogenic Fugue

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Define Multiple personality disorder

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A condition where tow or more personalities exist within the one person

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Define Psychogenic Fugue

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A condition where the person assumes another identity and has no recall of their former life

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List some common general anxiety disorders

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Panic disorders
Phobias
Post traumatic stress disorder
Obsessive- Compulsive disorder
Separation anxiety disorder
Social phobia

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List some symptoms of Panic Disorders

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include physical and psychological manifestations. Essential feature of panic disorder is discrete, recurrent, uncued episodes of panic associated with somatic and cognitive symptoms

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Define agoraphobia

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Fear of getting into a place or situation where escape will be difficult, so they tend to keep close to home, and avoid going out in public

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Define Obsessions

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recurrent, intrusive, and generally persistent thoughts that are experienced by the individual as distressing and a product of one's own mind.

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What are some symptoms of obsession?

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concern with dirt, germ exposure, fear of illness
fear of harm befalling self or others
need for symmetry and exactness
need to save or hoard
excessive moral or religious concerns

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Define Compulsion

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repetitive purposeful mental or physical actions that have the purpose of reducing anxiety or tension caused by obsessions.

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What are some symptoms of compulsion?

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Cleaning rituals
Checking
Repeating behaviours
Ordering and rearranging

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Define a social phobia

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The individual dears that he or she will be embarrassed, humiliated, or negatively evaluated by others.

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Why is beta blocking medication sometimes given to people with anxiety disorders?

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Beta blockers block the receptors for the physical effects of a person's natural flight or flight response. May help to control somatic symptoms (e.g. palpitations, tremor)