The detachment of ideas and memories from the events or experiences.
What is dissociation?
True or false: Considering developmental norms, a 3-year-old who can't sit still for story time and is in constant motion likely has ADHD.
What is FALSE?
Neurotransmitter that is dysregulated in neurocognitive disorders.
What is acetylcholine?
In this disorder, one can expect decreased eye contact and decreased verbal and social interactions.
What is autism spectrum disorder?
In this disorder characterized by vocal and motor tics, there are deficits in the basal ganglia, cerebral cortex and frontal lobes.
What is Tourette's?
A hallmark of this disorder is subjective reports of symptoms in the absence of organic findings.
What is somatic symptom disorder?
Due to impulsivity, a child with ADHD is at increased risk for this.
What is injury?
A rapid onset of confusion often caused by infection, substance withdrawal or hypoxia.
What is delirium?
Level of ID characterized by communicating wants and needs by gestures or acting out.
What is Severe ID?
Common factors in this disorder include serious violations of age-related norms, absent father, being male and having parents who abuse substances.
What is conduct disorder?
A syndrome of multiple somatic symptoms that cannot be explained medically and are associated with psychosocial distress.
What is Somatic symptom disorder?
CNS stimulants primarily affect these two neurotransmitters.
What is norepinephrine and dopamine?
A form of dementia caused by hypoxic damage to the brain.
What is vascular dementia?
Level of ID characterized by ability to live independently and achieve academic skills to a 6th grade level.
What is mild ID?
Symptoms of this disorder include limit testing, negativity, anger, low frustration tolerance and being argumentative.
What is ODD?
A loss or change in body function that cannot be explained medically.
What is conversion disorder?
A trait of acting without reflection or thought to the consequence of behavior.
What is impulsivity?
Two common drugs for treating dementia.
What are donepezil and memantine?
Level of ID characterized by lack of verbal and socialization skills and no capacity for independent functioning.
What is profound ID?
Common screening for neurocognitive disorders.
What is MMSE?
In this disorder, patient falsifies symptoms or induces injury to receive attention from medical personnel.
What is factitious disorder or Munchausen syndrome?
These two antidepressants are non-stimulant options for ADHD.
What are bupropion and atomoxetine?
Disorder that looks very much like dementia, but which is reversible.
What is pseudodementia?
Level of ID characterized by an IQ of 35-49, some limitation in speech and academic skills to a 2nd grade level.
What is moderate ID?
The inability to remember names of common items.
What is agnosia?