PSY 338 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Factitious Disorder, Neurodevelopmental Disorder, Nonverbal Communication

• School: Stony Brook University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 338
• Professor: Joy Bolger

Document Summary

In dsm-5, autism or asd is a severe neurodevelopmental disorder with an onset in early development, which is characterized by significant and persistent deficits in social interaction and communication skills and by stereotyped patterns of behaviors, interests, and activities. It"s a constellation of symptoms that touch on almost every domain of human behavior. However, to receive a dx of asd a child must have: The presence of restricted, repetitive patterns of behaviors, interests, or activities. Persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction across multiple contexts, as manifested by the following: Deficits in social-emotional reciprocity, ranging, for example, from abnormal social approach and failure of normal back-and-forth conversation; to reduced sharing of interests, emotions, or affect; to failure to initiate or respond to social interactions. Deficits in developing, maintaining, and understand relationships, ranging, for example, from difficulties adjusting behavior to suit various social contexts; to difficulties in sharing imaginative play or in making friends; to absence of interest in peers.