PSYC 241 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Childhood Disintegrative Disorder, Autism Spectrum, Pervasive Developmental Disorder
28 Oct 2017
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Most adults with a psychiatric diagnosis first met criteria for a disorder in childhood. Mental health problems are leading cause of health problems after infancy in. >50% of diagnosed children have 2+ concurrent disorders. Schools in frontline evaluation for children; teachers may even see the children more than the parents. Diagnosis used to rely on specific iq scores. Dsm-5 more explicitly requires consideration of adaptive functioning. Autistic disorder, asperger"s disorder, childhood disintegrative disorder, pervasive. Reading disorder, mathematics disorder, and disorder of written expression. Single diagnostic category that encompasses previous dsm-iv disorders of. Single diagnostic category that emcompasses 4 previous dsm-iv disorders: Inadequate development in specific area of academic, language, speech, or motor skills. Not due to mental retardation, autism, a demonstrable physical disorder, or. These children seem unable to sit still, are disorganized, erratic, tactless, Most often occurs within special-education programs in the public schools. Duration of treatment should match the severity of the ld.
