PSY341H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Autism Spectrum, Pediatric Schizophrenia, Pervasive Developmental Disorder
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Lecture 4: autism spectrum disorder & childhood onset. Outline: quick review, unanswered questions, lecture & discussion part 1: description of asd, assessment, break, lecture & discussion part 2: asd causes + treatment, childhood onset schiz, write down + submit, optional discussion: careers in mental health. False: what are some biomedical causes of id, trisomy 21 --> causes down syndrome, maternal alcohol consumption. Taking away something the frequency of a behaviour. Reinforceme nt: increases the frequency of a behaviour able pleasant/desirable. Some evidence of similarities across cultures in: parent stress + difficulties w/ fam functioning, prevalence, comorbid psychopathology, community service use. Skill levels among indivs w/ ids: psychiatric use, perceived needs. Lecture & discussion part 1: description & assessment of autism spectrum. Objectives: describe autism spectrum disorder (asd, prevalence. Symptoms: course, comorbid conditions, discuss approaches to assessment. Ideas about people with autism: study john et al.
