PSY341H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Research Domain Criteria, Autism Spectrum, Intellectual Disability
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Outline: quick review, discuss assignment, unanswered questions, lecture + discussion part 1: description + diagnosis, lecture + discussion part 2: causes +interventions, write down + submit any unanswered questions. Importance of scientific approach to ensure conclusions are sound + properly interpreted: research addresses questions related to, epidemiology, correlates, risks + cause, moderating + mediating variables, outcomes. Intervention: assessment, diagnosis, multi-method assessment, clinical interviewing, observation, rating scales, psychological testing, diagnostic systems - dsm-5, treatment approaches, psychodynamic, behavioural, cognitive, client-centered, biological/medical, combined. Unanswered questions from last week: research domain criteria (rdoc, divided, neg valence systems, pos valence systems, cognitive systems, arousal + regulatory systems. Lecture + discussion part 1: description + diagnosis. Neurodevelopmental disorders: all disorders that are going to be talked about pre-midterm, onset in developmental period, not firm cut-off in dsm - generally think cut-off of 18, may manifest early in dev (e. g. , before school age)
