NEURODEVELOPMENTAL
CONDITIONS THAT BEGIN EARLY IN LIFE AND IMPACT SOCIAL AND COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING
WHAT ARE NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS?
LANGUAGE THAT IS INCOMPREHENSIBLE OR INCOHERENT.
WHAT IS DISORGANIZED SPEECH?
A DISORDER IN WHICH THE INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCES ACUTE, BUT TIME-LIMITED EPISODES OF DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS
WHAT IS MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER?
AN ANXIETY DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY ANXIETY AND WORRY THAT IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH A PARTICULAR OBJECT, SITUATION, OR EVENT BUT SEEMS TO BE A CONSTANT FEATURE OF A PERSON'S DAY-TO-DAY EXISTENCE.
WHAT IS GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER?
A CONDITION THAT INVOLVES A MODEST COGNITIVE DECLINE FROM A PREVIOUS LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE.
WHAT IS A MILD NEUROCOGNITIVE DISORDER?
TYPICALLY CALLED TRISOMY 21, THIS INTERFERES WITH THE NORMAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE BODY AND THE BRAIN
WHAT IS DOWN SYNDROME?
A MENTAL DISORDER WITH A RANGE OF SYMPTOMS INVOLVING DISTURBANCES IN CONTENT OF THOUGHT, FORM OF THOUGHT, PERCEPTION, AFFECT, SENSE OF SELF, MOTIVATION, BEHAVIOR, AND INTERPERSONAL FUNCTIONING.
WHAT IS SCHIZOPHRENIA?
A MOOD DISORDER INVOLVING MANIC EPISODES (INTENSE AND DISRUPTIVE EXPERIENCES OF HEIGHTENED MOOD) POSSIBLY ALTERNATING WITH MAJOR DEPRESSIVE EPISODES.
WHAT IS BIPOLAR DISORDER?
AN ANXIETY DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY RECURRENT OBSESSIONS OR COMPULSIONS THAT ARE INORDINATELY TIME CONSUMING OR THAT CAUSE SIGNIFICANT DISTRESS OR IMPAIRMENT.
WHAT IS OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER (OCD)?
THE DISEASE THAT CAN CAUSE NEUROCOGNITIVE DISORDER AND THAT INVOLVES THE DEGENERATION OF NEURONS IN THE SUBCORTICAL STRUCTURES THAT CONTROL MOTOR MOVEMENTS.
WHAT IS PARKINSON'S DISEASE?
CHILDREN WITH THIS MAY FOR THE MOST PART APPEAR NORMAL, BUT THEY DO SHOW SOME PHYSICAL ABNORMALITIES, INCLUDING A LARGE FOREHEAD AND LONG FACE, FLAT FEET, AND LARGE BODY SIZE.
WHAT IS FRAGILE X SYNDROME?
THE CONDITION IN WHICH INDIVIDUALS FALSELY BELIEVE THAT THEIR ROMANTIC PARTNER IS BEING UNFAITHFUL TO THEM.
WHAT IS JEALOUS TYPE?
A FEELING STATE THAT IS MORE CHEERFUL AND ELATED THAN AVERAGE, POSSIBLY EVEN ECSTATIC.
WHAT IS EUPHORIA?
A DISORDER IN WHICH INDIVIDUALS ARE PREOCCUPIED WITH THE IDEA THAT A PART OF THEIR BODY IS UGLY OR DEFECTIVE.
WHAT IS BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER?
A COGNITIVE DISORDER SYMPTOM INVOLVING THE INABILITY TO RECALL PREVIOUSLY LEARNED INFORMATION OR TO REGISTER NEW MEMORIES.
WHAT IS AMNESIA?
A SPECIFIC LEARNING DISORDER WITH IMPAIRMENT IN READING.
WHAT IS DYSLEXIA?
A DISORDER INVOLVING THE EXPERIENCE OF A MAJOR DEPRESSIVE EPISODE, A MANIC EPISODE, OR A MIXED EPISODE WHILE ALSO MEETING THE DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA.
WHAT IS SCHIZOAFFECTIVE DISORDER?
A MOOD DISORDER WITH SYMPTOMS THAT ARE MORE CHRONIC AND LESS SEVERE THAN THOSE OF BIPOLAR DISORDER.
WHAT IS CYCLOTHYMIC DISORDER?
RECURRENT PICKING AT ONE'S SKIN.
WHAT IS EXCORIATION (SKIN-PICKING) DISORDER?
THE SYMPTOMS OF POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME CAN PERSIST FOR THIS LENGTH OF TIME.
WHAT IS WEEKS TO YEARS?
AN INDIVIDUAL AT THE HIGH FUNCTIONING END OF AUTISM SPECTRUM IS LIKELY TO SHOW ABNORMALITIES IN THIS AREA.
WHAT ARE SOCIAL SKILLS?
A DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY THE SUDDEN ONSET OF PSYCHOTIC SYMPTOMS THAT ARE LIMITED TO A PERIOD OF LESS THAN A MONTH.
AN UNUSUALLY ELEVATED SAD MOOD.
WHAT IS DYSPHORIA?
AN ANXIETY DISORDER IN WHICH THE INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCES SEVERAL DISTRESSING SYMPTOMS FOR MORE THAN ONE MONTH FOLLOWING A TRAUMATIC EVENT, SUCH AS A RE-EXPERIENCING OF THE TRAUMATIC EVENT, AN AVOIDANCE OF REMINDERS OF THE TRAUMA, A NUMBING OF GENERAL RESPONSIVENESS, AND INCREASED AROUSAL.
WHAT IS POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD)?
DAMAGE TO THE BRAIN CAUSED BY EXPOSURE TO TRAUMA
WHAT IS A TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (TBI)?