Personality Disorders
Violates others' rights, criminal behavior, lack of remorse, manipulative
What is Antisocial PD?
This disorder can be a precursor to Antisocial PD
What is Conduct Disorder?
A disorder more common in older adults that generally comes on suddenly and is usually reversible.
What is delirium?
Plaques and tangles in the brain are associated with this disorder.
What is Alzheimer's (NCD due to Alz)?
Treating an underlying infection or adjusting medication are treatments most likely to be effective for this disorder more common to older adults
What is delirum?
Lack of interest in social relationships or interactions, little emotionality or enjoyment.
What is Schizoid PD?
This disorder requires deficits in social communication and social interaction.
What is autism spectrum disorder?
This is the most commonly abused substance in older adults.
What is tobacco?
Difficulty recognizing phonemes is one factor in the development of this disorder.
What is dyslexia (specific learning disorder in reading)?
Most effective treatment for childhood behavior disorders includes this component.
What is parent training?
Hypersensitivity to rejection, reluctant to interact with others, feelings of inadequacy
What is Avoidant PD?
Primarily type A, primarily type B, combined are subtypes of this disorder.
What is ADHD?
Lack of interest and motivation, answers "I don't know" or simply doesn't answer memory-type questions
What is depression (or pseudodementia)?
One prominent theory suggests that this disorder is caused by the interaction of biological dysregulation and an invalidating environment.
What is Borderline PD?
This treatment includes group skills training, concurrent individual therapy, and phone coaching.
What is dialectical behavior therapy (DBT)?
Symptoms that best distinguish schizophrenia from cluster A personality disorders
What are hallucinations and delusions?
Diagnosis of intellectual disability requires low intellectual functioning and deficits in this.
What is adaptive functioning?
Ruling out alternative reasons for symptoms is how this disorder is diagnosed.
What is Alzheimer's (or Neurocognitive Disorder due to Alzheimer's Disease)?
Not recognizing sensory deficits such as hearing loss is one factor that can contribute to this problem.
What is paranoia?
Of the four treatment conditions evaluated in the Multimodal Treatment of Children with ADHD (MTA) study, this was the one with the best overall outcomes.
What is medication plus behavior therapy?