CH 27: BAHVIORAL AND PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS

Oppositional Defiant Disorders

To be diagnosed, there must be a pattern of negative, hostile and defiant behaviors

Conduct Disorder

To be diagnosed, an individual must demonstrate a pattern of callous abd unemotional behavior in which other people’s rights are violated, norms are ignored, or rules are broken.

Impulse Control Diosorder

These disorders includes Intermittent explosive disorder and Trichotillomania (hair-pulling disorder)

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Diagnosis of GAD requires at least 3 months of excessive anxiety and worry most days about two or more of the following: Family, Health, Finances, School.

Panic Disorder

Mimic heart problems, stomach problems and asthma

Social Anxiety Disorder

Exposed to strangers or scrutiny by other and worries about possibly doing something embarrassing

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Some children develop ____ a rapid onset of this disorder after streptococal skin or throat infection

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

In children with DD, this disorder may occur after physical abuse or injury that cause the disability

Skin Picking (Excoriation) Disorder

Medical affliction and other psychiatyric disorders must be eliminated from consideration to make this diagnosis.

Major Depression

In general, children with this disorder can be treated with this medication or psychotherapy or a combination of both

Bipolar Disorder

Individuals with this disorder are treated with mood stabilizer such as LIthium and Antiepileptic medication.

Psychotic Disorder

This disorder consist of alteration in thinking or perceptions that are not connected with reality

Rumination

The treatment for this disorder is behavior interventions and the use of gi motility agents

Binge Eating

Children with this disorder need nutritional guidance and counseling, parental and school oversight of meals limited access to food outside of meals and an excercise routine

Pica

Behavioral management techniques have been found to be the most effective intervention for this disorder.

Adjustment Disorder

These disorders involve the development of emotional or behavioral symptoms in response to an identifiable stressor and occur within 3 months of the onset of the stressor.

Antipsychotic Medications

These medications have been used to treat aggression and SIB in children with Intellectual disability or ASD

Benzodiazepines

Children with DD may have paradoxical reactions to these medications

Mood Stabilizers

These classifications are commonly used to treat bipolar disorder and aggressive behaviors

Stimulants

Side effects include loss of appetite, insomnia, tics, headache and GI side effects.