PSYCH 2AP3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Developmental Coordination Disorder, Neurodevelopmental Disorder, Autism Spectrum
4 Apr 2018
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Neurodevelopmental disorders - disorders of infancy, childhood, or adolescence: intellectual development disorder, was called mental retardation. Dsm-5 adhd specifiers: adhd-predominantly inattentive (adhd-pi, attention problems, adhd-predominantly hyperactive and impulsive (adhd-phi, adhd-combined type (adhd-c, adhd combined type. Inconvenient for teacher if child shows these symptoms: what if they show a lot of focus on other tasks if its something they enjoy they can spend hours doing it. Other non-diagnostic characteristics: general social clumsiness, egocentric; unaware of how others see them - little appreciation for how others are viewing them. Epidemiology - incidence and prevalence: about who gets disorder, how frequently biases in gender or race etc. Incidence: how many new cases in some time period? (ex. 1 year: new cases develop during specific time usually 1 year to determine how many new cases were diagnosed. Cases per 10,000 population (%): used for low frequencies , not good for high frequency disorders . Incidence and prevalence: adhd: lots of disagreement.
