PSYCH 2AP3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Autism Spectrum, Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Predominantly Inattentive
12 Dec 2017
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Earliest described childhood disorder (first described in 1902) Most researched of all childhood disorders (though asd is catching up) Dsm-iv adhd used for all ases, 3 subcategories. **with predominantly** meaning some indivdiuals with adhd pi have some symptoms (but not all ) of adhd phi and vice versa** **we can also note that much of this criteria are school based behaviours*: adhd pi. **several of these symptoms appeared before the age of 12 years (an expansion of dsm-iv where they had to appear before 7 years: other non-diagnostic criteria. General social clumsiness (egocentric, unaware of how others see them insensitive to convention and social expectations. Difficulty reading facial expressions epidemiology (how many people have it, who gets it most and when) prevalence and incidence (most common measures of how common a disorder is)i. Incidence: measures how many new cases sof a disorder occur in a time period. Estimates range from 3% to about 8% Nigg (2006) 700 / 10000 (7%)
