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Schizophrenia
Autism
ADD/ADHD
Tourette's Syndrome
Dyslexia
100
This disorder is often mistakenly assumed to accompany schizophrenia, although they are two totally different disorders.
What is split-personality disorder?
100
Contrary to popular belief, many people with Autism have successfully completed this.
What is college?
100
ADD/ADHD are most likely caused by biological factors which influence the activity of these in certain parts of the brain.
What are neurotransmitters?
100
This is the age at which it is apparent that someone has Tourette's Syndrome.
What is 18?
100
This is the prevalence rate of dyslexia.
What is 5-15%?
200
This Nobel prize winner is famous for having had schizophrenia. There is also a movie made about his life.
Who is John Nash?
200
This now outdated terminology is commonly thought to be the same issue as autism.
What is mental retardation?
200
This medication is popularly used to help treat ADD/ADHD.
What is Ritalin?
200
These are the primary symptom of Tourette's Syndrome.
What are facial tics?
200
It is difficult to diagnose dyslexia until this age when the child has typically started reading.
What is 6?
300
This is the age that a schizophrenic first starts having psychotic symptoms.
What is 17?
300
This man is accredited with naming Autism.
Who is Leo Kanner
300
This is the prevalence rate of ADD/ADHD among children worldwide.
What is 5-12%.
300
This is how long a person must be symptomatic in order to be diagnosed with Tourette's Syndrome.
What is one year?
300
This symptom of dyslexia which causes a person to see things backwards, in fact, only occurs in 5% of dyslexics.
What is strephosymbolia?
400
A trait of schizophrenia where the schizophrenic produces false memories, without intent to lie.
What is confabulation?
400
The prevalence rate of Autistic children has unfortunately soared to this rate.
What is 1 and 50 children?
400
These two types of therapy are most often used to modify certain behaviors in patients with ADD/ADHD
What are behavioral and cognitive?
400
This disorder can commonly be present with Tourette's Syndrome.
What is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)?
400
The year the first description of dyslexia appeared.
What is 1896?
500
Blunted emotions are one common type of this schizophrenic symptom type.
What are negative symptoms?
500
Autism is in its own category and defined as a developmental disability significantly affecting verbal and nonverbal communication and social interaction, generally evident before age three, that adversely affects a child’s educational performance according to this.
What is IDEA?
500
Both ADD and ADHD are considered this type of disorder.
What is neurobiological?
500
Abnormal metabolism of this in the brain causes Tourette's Syndrome.
What is dopamine?
500
This famous composer was known to have had dyslexia.
Who is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?