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| hyperkinetic reaction of childhood or adolescence |
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Definition
| 1968 DSM-II, what we now know as AD/HD |
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Term
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Definition
two 9 item symptoms lists:
1 for inattention
1 for hyperactivity/impulsivity
have to have 6 or more symptoms from one or both lists |
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Term
| 2 symptoms from the inattention AD/HD list |
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Definition
1. often does not seem to listen when spoken to directly
2. often has difficulty sustaining attention in tasks or play activities |
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| 2 symptoms from the hyperactivity/impulsivity AD/HD symptom list |
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Definition
1. often fidgets with hands or feet or squirms in seat
2. often has difficulty waiting turn |
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Term
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Definition
A. symptoms persisting over 6 months or longer (@ intensity of 6 or more symptoms)
B. some symptoms that caused impairment present before age 7 |
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Term
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Definition
| some impairment from symptoms present in two or more settings |
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Term
| impairment of AD/HD (same for almost every diagnosis) |
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Definition
| must be clear evidence of clinically significant impairment in social, academic, or occupational functioning |
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Term
| three types of AD/HD (subtypes) |
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Definition
1. combined type
2. predominantly inattentive type
3. predominantly hyperactive-impulsive type |
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Term
prevalence rate of AD/HD
1. children
2. male to female ratio |
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Definition
1. 5%
2. 3:1 male to female ratio |
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Term
| Common comorbidities (and percentages) |
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Definition
1. Oppositional Defiant and Conduct Disorder: 75%
2. Anxiety and/or depression
3. Learning disorders: 25% |
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Term
| Impairments associated with AD/HD |
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Definition
Motor coordination
Mental computation
Verbal fluency
organizational skills
emotional reactivity and regulation |
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Term
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Definition
| AD/HD in England (ICD-10), much lower prevalence rates |
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Term
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trying to establish which disorder, if any, is appropriate for a particular child
especially as so many common comorbidities |
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Term
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Definition
term used to refer to children with hyperactivity, impulsivity, inattention, and conduct problems (all together)
b/c destined for troubled life if no prevention or intervention established |
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Definition
| how the disorder displays itself differently throughout different stages of life (symptoms change but disorder the same) |
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Term
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Definition
| various goal-directed processes involved in the selection, inhibition, and organization or thought and behavior (ie command center functions) |
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Term
other variables associated with AD/HD
possible unique correlates |
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Definition
family discord; negative parent-child interaction
peer neglect/rejection; school difficulties
poorer vocational achievement
parental AD/HD
academic underachievement |
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Term
Multimodel Treatment Study of Children with ADHD (MTA Study)
(also 5 non ADHD domains: ODD/CD symptoms, social skills, internalizing symptoms, parent-child relations, academic acheivement) |
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Definition
most comprehensive and largest recent study to explore treatment of ADHD
14 month randomized clinical trial of ADHD treatment strategies
about 600 kids age 7-9
super meds
intensive behavioral treatment
combo
standard community care (of all, most external validity) |
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Term
| contingency management strategies |
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Definition
include:
token economies (kids receive reward after successful completion of specific behaviors)
time outs (decrease maladaptive behavior by removing reinforcements for that behavior)
response-cost procedures (child has to forfeit something desirable if they exhibit a specific maladaptive behavior) |
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Term
| History: George Still and the Royal Academy of Physicians (1902) |
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Definition
case studies
impaired "volitional inhibition"
family history
suggested neurological impairment |
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Term
| Encephalitis epidemics of 1917-1918 |
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Definition
| swelling of brain, afterward looked like George Still's case studies |
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Term
DSM-III-R and "attention-deficity hyperactivity disorder"
1987 |
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Definition
| ADD w/o hyperactivity=undifferentiated AD |
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