CLP 4144 Lecture 27: Autism Spectrum Disorder

• School: FAU
• Department: Clinical Psychology
• Course: CLP 4144
• Professor: Miller Lawrence

Document Summary

Asd- autism spectrum disorder: close to/often confused with nvld, 3 classes: Severe: severe impairment of different classes of socialization. Can often see an increase in other cognitive functions (memory/language: symptoms: Wo(cid:374)"t (cid:373)ake eye co(cid:374)tact- do(cid:374)"t see the value i(cid:374) it. Even if they have elevated language skills. Language tends to be repetitive/sometimes made up words. Pathognomic: a symptom that is almost always associated specifically with one specific disorder. Ritualistic behavior- disrupting rituals can cause aggression. Syndrome: collection or group of signs/symptoms that typically occur together; characterized by having the full set. Disorder: syndrome that causes some sort of impairment. Asperger"s: no longer recognized by dsm- just mild asd, better communication skills than more severe asd. Tends to be very formalistic: detached fascination with morbid things (sometimes, still likes motoristic stimulation, rituals, etc, brings up issue of competency to stand trial- Axis ii of dsm- personality and mental retardation. Iq below a certain level and associated with behavioral issues.