PSY 30312 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Anxiety Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder, Nonverbal Communication
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Dsm-5 criteria: criteria a: involves persistent difficulties across these 4 areas: Deficits in using communication for social purposes (greeting other or sharing information appropriately) Difficulties in changing their communiacion to match the situation or the listener (classroom vs. playground) Problems following the rules of language (taking turns in conversation) Why was it added to the dsm-5: because the number of children who did not meet conventional criteria for asd yet who had persistent difficulties with social aspects of communiaction and peer relations. How is scd different from asd: differentiated largely on the basis of fewer restricted/ repetitive patterns of behaviors and interests. Symtpoms of scd overlap with those of adhd, social anxiety disorder, and intellectual disabilties in that they share in social, prgmatic communication.
