PSY240H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Developmental Coordination Disorder, Autism Spectrum, Not Otherwise Specified
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Dsm initially had two categories of childhood psychopathologies (seem first in childhood) Autism seen as psychosis (dissociated with reality) Cannot be properly placed in a category: not otherwise specified (nos) Last disorder in each category is nos. At the time seen as intelligence disorder. Dsm-v now reflects the new definition for mental retardation. You are considered to be psychopathological if you don"t measure up to your cohort. Bailey scale: maps out milestones you should reach by certain ages. Expressive disorder: inability to properly produce spoken speech. Mixed expressive-receptive: not being able to speak properly and understand language properly. Phonological: inability to clearly/properly pronounce words in speech. People who stutter can be taught not to. A lot of these disorders spontaneously remit. Profound lack of social interaction since only about half of children with autism will develop speech. Thought to have been an intelligence disorder (but tests based on by a social interactions and speech)
