PSY240H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Enuresis, Motor Skill, Rumination Syndrome
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Dsm iniially had two categories : 1) auism spectrum disorder (called childhood schizophrenia is a psychosis -> dissociaion with reality). Auisic people not living in the same world we"re living in: 2) development disability (mental retardaion, dsm 4 had 10 major categories of disorder, mental retardaion: mild iq: below 75. Profound: iq below 20: new deiniions: now referred to developmental disability because retardaion has negaive connotaions. Learning disorders: considered psychopathological if it cannot be measured up to cohort: reading, math, writing. Motor skill disorders: milestones: at certain ages expected to develop certain skills, developmental coordinaion disorder. Communicaion disorders: expressive disorder (spoken language) spontaneously remit, mixed expressive-recepive (understanding language) spont remit, phonological (mispronunciaion, stutering: can be taught not to stuter. Pervasive developmental disorder -> now called auism spectrum disorders: behavioural therapy efecive in treaing auism, profound lack of social interacion, only half will develop speech, ret"s disorders: repeiive compulsive movements, asperger"s: no longer on dsm 5.
