PSY341H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Intellectual Disability, Dsm-Iv Codes, Dissociative Identity Disorder
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Mental retardation & attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder. Major changes done in dsm-v in regards to these disorders. They were previously in different categories in dsm-iv: mental retardation had its own category divided into 4 subtypes, adhd was lumped under disruptive behavior disorders with conduct disorder and od. Mental retardation no longer has its own category. Dsm-iii called it add but dsm-iv changed it to adhd. Technically it is attention deficit disorder with/without hyperactivity: main feature of this disorder: a profound inability to focus on a specific kind of information. These are now labeled as neurodevelopmental disorders along with autism & intellectual disability (id) Intellectual age vs. chronological age = intelligence quotient. There is a wide recognition that simply using an iq in determining retardation is insufficient: there can be a number of reasons why people might score below average such as those affected by depression.
