NEUR30003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Antipsychotic, Predictive Validity, Brainstem

• School: University of Melbourne
• Department: Neuroscience
• Course: NEUR30003
• Professor: Peter

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Impaired social interaction - this can range from be very serious in terms of no speech to even just strange types of speech or not understanding or taking things literally. Communication deficits can range in severity as well. Stereotyped repetitive behaviour (where motor dysfunction comes in) * affects 1 in 68 children (predominantly males; 4:1) * autism is multifaceted eat patient with autism is different to the next patient with autism. * autism spectrum disorder is part of a large group of neuropsychiatric disorders. * there have been recent changes to the diagnostic criteria - asperger"s y(cid:374)dro(cid:373)e (cid:374)o(cid:449) (cid:272)o(cid:374)sidered part of asd. Significant social and economic burden e. g. specialised medical experts & schools. Patients often have restricted access to education and health services. *not all patients experience all of these traits and not of the same severity. * if you have autism you are more likely to have epilepsy/seizures.