Types of Disorders
Negative life experiences typify this set of disorders.
What are trauma/stressor-related disorders
What is PTSD?
Kiddos cling to their parent and have a hard time transitioning away.
What is separation anxiety?
Distractibility, high activity level, acting without thinking.
What is ADHD?
What is major depression?
What are depressive disorders?
Exposure to actual or threatened death/serious injury/sexual violation with clinical symptoms that last for up to 30 days.
What is Acute Stress Disorder?
I'm always worried - about lots of different things.
What is generalized anxiety?
Difficulty with fluency and comprehension when reading.
What is a specific learning disorder in reading?
Distinct periods of low mood as well as elevated mood, with a high risk for suicide?
What is bipolar I?
These disorders relate to the information processing styles that we are born with.
What are neurodevelopmental disorders?
Not in the DSM but is included in ICD and relates to the experiences of day in/day out needs not being met (including abuse) and typically originates in childhood.
What is complex or developmental trauma?
I want to pass out every time I have to have blood drawn.
What is a specific phobia?
Difficulty separating someone else's experience from your own, need for alone time, direct communication style, passionate interests, recurrent mannerisms, preference for clarity and precision.
What is autism?
Low energy, self-esteems, eating and sleeping pattern changes, hopelessness, for at least two years.
What is persistent depressive disorder?
Repetitive actions are a hallmark of these disorders.
What are obsessive-compulsive related disorders.
I'm not coping well with life and I'm acting out with angry fits.
What is adjustment disorder with disturbance of conduct?
Recurrent, intense heart pounding, sweating, trembling, chest pain, nausea, dizziness, tingling, shortness of breath for a few minutes.
What is panic disorder?
Learns best with clear directions, able to complete basic self-care skills with mass practice, does best with continued oversight and support for managing money.
What is an intellectual disability?
What is Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder?
Disorganized speech, flat affect, avolition, and extra-sensory experiences should have you thinking of this class of diagnoses.
What are schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders?
Persistent feelings of being outside of your body or feeling like in a dreamlike state.
What is Depersonalization/Derealization Disorder?
Refusal to verbally express self in situations where it is expected.
What is selective mutism?
Motor skills are clumsy, slow, or inaccurate.
what is developmental coordination disorder?
What is Cyclothymic Disorder?