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EPPP Abnormal Psychology Exam Study Guide
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EPPP Abnormal Psychology Exam Study Guide
DSM-5 - ✔️✔️* Categorical classification system (to account for diagnostic heterogeneity,
most diagnoses include a polythetic criteria set)
*Provides a non-axial assessment system where all psychiatric and medical diagnoses
are linked together, with the principal diagnosis listed first, and any other disorders are
listed in order of focus and treatment
Diagnostic uncertainty is indicated by using one of the following:
*other specified disorder or
**unspecified disorder
Intellectual Disability
(Intellectual Developmental Disorder) - ✔️✔️1) Deficits in reasoning, problem solving,
abstract thinking, and other areas of adaptive functioning;
*Deficits 2 SD below mean
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2) Deficits in adaptive functioning in multiple environments and in at least one cognitive
domain (conceptual, social, practical)
3) Onset of deficits during the developmental period
4) Severity (mild, moderate, severe, profound) based on adaptive functioning in
conceptual, social, and practical domains)
According to adaptive functioning
1) Mild
2) Moderat
3) Severe
4) Profound - ✔️✔️Intellectual Disability - four (4) degrees of severity:
Early signs of Intellectual Disability - ✔️✔️1) delays in motor development
2) lack of age-appropriate interest in environmental stimuli
True - With proper intervention, person may meet criteria for less severity - ✔️✔️T or F -
Intellectual Disability (especially mild) is not a life-long condition
Global Developmental Delay - ✔️✔️Diagnosis reserved for individuals under 5 when
clinical severity level cannot be reliably assessed and an individual fails to meet
expected developmental milestones in several areas of intellectual functioning; also
applies to individuals unable to undergo systematic assessments of intellectual
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functioning, including children who are too young to participate in standardized testing.
Requires retesting after period of time.
Unspecified Intellectual Disability - ✔️✔️Diagnosed in individuals over 5 when
assessment of the degree of intellectual disability by means of locally available
procedures is difficult or impossible because of associated sensory or physical
impairments, as in blindness or prelingual deafness; locomotor disability; or presence of
severe problem behaviors or co-occurring mental disorder. Should only be used in
exceptional circumstances and requires reassessment after a period of time.
Communication Disorders - ✔️✔️*Language Disorder (which combines DSM-IV
expressive and mixed receptive-expressive language disorders)
*Speech Sound Disorder (a new name for phonological disorder)
*Childhood-Onset Fluency Disorder (a new name for stuttering)
*Social (pragmatic) Communication Disorder, a new condition for persistent difficulties
in the social uses of verbal and nonverbal communication
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