PSYB32H3 Lecture Notes - Pervasive Developmental Disorder, Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Acute Stress Reaction
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Diagnosed when the ingestion of some substance (alcohol, opiates etc) has changed behaviour enough to impair social/occupational functioning. May become unable to control or discontinue ingestion and may develop withdrawal if they stop. Language/communication is disordered and they may shift from one subject to another, making it difficult to understand them. Separation anxiety child has excessive fear of being away from parents. Adhd have difficulty sustaining attention and are unable to control their activity when situation calls for it. Mental retardation (axis ii) show subnormal intellectual functioning and deficits in adaptive functioning. Pervasive developmental disorders include autism, a severe condition in which the individual has problems in acquiring communication skills/deficits in relating to other people. Learning disorders refer to delays in the acquisition of speech/reading/writing/arithmetic. Applied to those whose moods are extremely high or low. Have some form of irrational or overblown fear as the central disturbance. Physical symptoms of these disorders have no known physiological cause but serve.
