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Termination Process - Answer Is most associated with evaluating goals and accomplishments Community Organizer - Answer Developing and working with groups from a community to improve relationships among the residents DSM-IV-TR - Answer Most helpful with assessment interpretation Borderline Intellectual Functioning - Answer IQ 71-84 Borderline Intellectual Functioning - Answer Code on Axis II Mild MR - Answer 55-70, considered educable, minimal assistance, may need some supervision and guidance, live in community or in supervised settings Moderate MR - Answer 35-55, considered trainable, able to preform at 2nd grade level, moderate supervision, can attend to their own personal care, can perform unskilled or semi-skilled work, can live in the community Severe MR - Answer 20-35, considered trainable, generally institutionalize, have little or no communicative speech, possible group home. Profound MR - Answer IQ below 20, generally total care Mental Retardation - Answer Deficits in adaptive and social functioning, an IQ of 70 or less, onset prior to age 18. Pervasive Mental Disorders - Answer Involves multiple functions and behaviors are not considered normal at any age. Impairment in reciprocal interaction, verbal and nonverbal skills, imaginative activity, and intellectual skills Autistic Disorder - Answer Age of onset requirement is age 3, self-stimulating, self injuring behaviors often present, such as, rocking, spinning, head banging. Rett's Disorder - Answer Only in females, deceleration of head growth, start out normal and 5 to 24 months problems develop, loss of previously acquired hand skills, loss of social engagement, appearance of stereotyped movements, impaired language functioning generally associated with severe or profound mental retardation Childhood Disintegrative Disorder - Answer Normal development for two years then a drastic decline followed by a loss of previously acquired skills, and development of autistic like symptoms Asperger's Disorder - Answer Autistic like symptoms without language impairment, severely impaired social interaction, these children often have normal to above normal intelligence ADHD - Answer symptoms must persist for atleast 6 months, predominately inattentive, hyperactivity-impulsivity, combined. Generally before age 7. Conduct Disorder - Answer Pattern of behavior that violates rights of others, aggression to people and animale, deceitfulness or theft, destruction of property, serious violations of rules Tourette's Disorder - Answer vocal and motor tics, onset before age 18, symptoms must last for a at least a year. Enuresis - Answer Elimination or urine during day or night, must be age 5 before it can be diagnosed Encopresis - Answer Elimination of feces or soiling in inappropriate places; occurs one time a month for 3 months, must be at least 4 years of age to diagnose Seperation Anxiety Disorder - Answer Excessive anxiety over separation from home or whom attached, must last 4 weeks and begin before age 18. Stranger Anxiety - Answer A normal reaction experienced by an infant when startled or feeling threatened. Separation Anxiety - Answer Feelings of anxiety and fear that result after being separated from a significant other, such as, parent or partner. Selective Mutism - Answer At least 1 month in duration, an inability to speak or understand spoken language Delirium - Answer Clouded sensorium, brief duration, can happen in young and old Dementia - Answer No clouded sensorium, long duration, must have disturbance in occupational and social functioning, characterized by multiple cognitive deficits. Substance Abuse - Answer Continue use knowing it is causing harm Substance Dependence - Answer Needs to take larger amounts with unsuccessful attempts to quit Substance Intoxication - Answer Recent ingestion of psychoactive substance Substance Withdrawal - Answer Maladaptive cognitive and behavioral declines due to reduction of a substance Substance abuse is considered to be in remission - Answer 12 months Schizophrenic, Disorganized Type - Answer Marked incoherence, lack of systematized delusions, silly affect Schizophrenic, Catatonic Type - Answer Stupor, rigidity, bizarre posturing, waxy flexibility and excessive motor activity Schizophrenic, Paranoid Type - Answer One or more systemized delusions, or auditory hallucinations with a similar theme Schizophrenic, Undifferentiated Type - Answer "Garbage can" bits of other types Schizophrenic, Resifual Type - Answer Not currently displaying symptoms displayed in the past Mood - Answer The general feeling (e.g. depressed) Affect - Answer How you show it (e.g. flat or blunted) Brief Psychotic Disorder - Answer AKA 3 day schizophrenia, symptoms have existed no longer than a month with a sudden onset linked to a psychosocial stressor Schizophreniform Disorder - Answer Episode is less than six months Schizoaffective Disorder - Answer Having a mixture of symptoms suggestive of both an affective (mood) disorder and schizophrenia Shared Psychotic Disorder - Answer Folie a Deux, two people share and create a delusional system Positive symptoms - Answer refers to hallucinations and/or delusions Delusions - Answer Strong beliefs held against strong contrary evidence Hallucinations - Answer Inaccurate perceptions where inaccurate auditory stimuli is the most common Negative symptoms - Answer Refers to lack of movement (avolition) or speech (alogia) Old or Typical Antipsychotic Medications - Answer Chlorpromazine/Thorazine, Thioridazine/Mellaril, Trifluoperazine/Stelazine, Phenazine/Prolixin, Haloperidol/Haldol General side effects with Antipsychotic medications - Answer Drowsiness or Sleepiness Dystonia - Answer Acute contractions of the tongue (stiff or thick tongue) Akathisia - Answer Most common form of EPS Anti-Parkinsonian Medications used to decrease EPS side effects - Answer Cogentin/benzotrpine, Artane/trihexxyphenidyl, Benadryl/diphenhydramine Tardive Dyskinesia - Answer Permanent neurological condition that can result from using the older antipsychotic medications and not taking anything to help control the EPS side effects New or Ayypical Anti-psychotic Medications - Answer Clozapine/Clozaril, Risperdone/Risperdal, Olanzapine/Zyprexa Manic Episode - Answer Presenting mood is persistently elevated. Must have at least 3 of these symptoms: increased psychomotor agitation, flight of ideas, decreased need for sleep, grandiosity, sexual preoccupation, positive symptoms, episodes last approximately 1 week Hypomanic Episode - Answer Symptoms not severe enough to interfere with functioning, expansive, irritable and elevated mood that lasts at least 4 days Major Depressive Episode - Answer Depressed mood lasting approximately 2 weeks; changes in sleeping or eating (increase or decrease) appetite disturbance, gatigue, reduced ability to concentrate, delusions are possible