PSYC 208 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6-7: Conduct Disorder, Sexual Selection, Basal Ganglia
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Axis i: major clinical syndromes (schizophrenia, dementia, etc. ) Axis ii: personality disorders (antisocial, mental retardation, etc. ) Axis iii: general medical conditions (physical pathologies or the lack thereof) Axis v: global assessment of functioning scale. Communication deficit (avoiding eye contact, lack of facial expression) Impaired social interaction (lack of theory of mind , lack of empathy) Asperger"s syndrome and high-functioning autism: preserves communication skills but less severe in other two symptoms. Kanner autism: mental retardation (2/3) or epilepsy (1/3) Most autistics have normal intellectual functioning, and have high technical intelligence. Experience deficits in only one of the three triad. Autism can be seen as hypofunctional manifestation of language skills, social skills, and theory of mind. Onset occurs in early infancy, but diagnosis doesn"t occur until 18 to 24 months. 5. 2/10000 before 1980"s, 7. 2/10000 after 1980"s (criteria become less restrictive) Tuberculosis, prenatal viral infection, prenatal exposure to toxins, older prenatal age. Elevated endorphin levels and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (bdnf)
