PSY3032 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Externalizing Disorders, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Autism Spectrum
11 Oct 2018
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Childhood disorders, like adult disorders, involve a combination of behavioural, cognitive, genetic, neurobiological and social factors in their aetiology and treatment. The number of children diagnosed with and treated for different psychological disorders has dramatically increased in recent years, but not without controversy. Before diagnosing particular disorders on children, clinicians must first consider what is typical for a particular age. Developmental psychopathology: focuses on the disorders of childhood within the context of life-span development, enabling us to identify behaviours that are considered appropriate at one stage but not at another. Intellectual disability: specific learning disorder, autism spectrum disorder, motor disorders, adhd, feeding and eating disorders (includes anorexia, bulimia, and binge-eating disorder, disruptive, impulse control, and conduct disorder, anxiety disorders. Prevalent childhood disorders are often divided into two broad domains: externalising disorders and internalising disorders. Externalising disorders: more outward-directed behaviours, such as aggressiveness, non-compliance, overactivity and impulsiveness; the category includes attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, conduct disorder and oppositional defiant disorder.
