PSYC 241 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Congenital Disorder, Fmr1, Blood Test
13 Jan 2018
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Diagnosis = early diagnosis and intervention of neurodevelopment disorders are related to a better outcome. Intellectual disability (replaces mental retardation in the dsm-5): Intellectual disability = de cits in intellectual functioning, con rmed by both clinical assessment and individualized, standardized intelligence testing. It is accompanied by signi cant limitations in adaptive behaviour (= skills people learn in order to function in their daily lives) cdms (cam drinks moon shine) Communication (e. g. expressive, receptive and written language) Daily living skills (e. g. eating, dressing, personal hygiene, domestic and community living skills) Motor skills (e. g. movement coordination, ability to manipulate objects using ngers and hands) Social skills (e. g. interpersonal relationships, coping, leisure skills, etc. ) Cases: gmg (go monkey go) fragile x syndrome = is a genetic condition that causes a range of developmental problems including learning disabilities and cognitive impairment. Usually, males are more severely affected by this disorder than females.
