PSYCH 2AP3 Lecture Notes - Frontal Lobe, Conduct Disorder, Executive Functions
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Phi type starts in nursery or primary school, more common in boys than girls. Pi type starts in primary or high school, equally common in boys & girls. Overall, twice as common in boys than girls; more common among teens. Accounts for about 50% of childhood psychiatric patients. 30% increase in diagnoses from 1997 to 2006. One of the general issues with the dsm is comorbidity: meeting the criteria for any disorder category, there is overlap where criteria will be met for other disorders. Adhd and: depression, anxiety, conduct disorder, overlap between all three. Adhd comorbidity conduct/oppositional deficient disorder: 70% of adhd patients, predictive of adult criminal behaviour. Mood disorder: 50% of lithium responsive bipolar patients. Tourette"s disorder: 40% of male tourette"s patients. Over-represented in many axis i and axis ii disorders (autism, apd, ocd) Gene, brain structure/brain chemistry, psychological process, adhd. Fundamental causes leading to adhd behavioural symptoms.