PSY 30312 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Mirror Neuron, Mood Disorder, Conduct Disorder
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Onset of cos= gradual rather than sudden: 95% show a clear history of behavioral, social, and psychiatric disturbances before the onset of psychosis. Movement abnormalities facial tics and grimaces. Higher levels of social impairment social withdrawal and social oddities. Genetic risk for schizophrenia with a recent deterioration in functioning. Comorbidities: 10%-20% of kids with cos show borderline range of iq functioning or lower. Impairments in attention, memory, and executive functions, as well as global intellectual deficits: anxiety and depression disorders, adhd and conduct problems, movement abnormalities, suicidal tendencies, mood disorder or oppositional/ conduct disorder (70%) Important links between asd and cos: ** cos is preceded by asd in 30%-50% of cases *, epidemiological and family studies have revealed that both asd and cos: Mirror neurons: fire both when an individual acts and when they see the same action performed by another. Show signs of accelerated brain development at ages near the onset of the disorder also abnormalities in neural connectivity.
