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Abnormal Child Psych

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Psychological disorder   patterns of thoughts, feelings, or actions that are deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional  
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Disorder   a state of mental/ behavioral ill health  
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Patterns   collection of symptoms that tend to go together  
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Distress and Dysfunction   symptoms sufficiently severe to interfere with one's daily life and well being.  
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Deviant   differing from the norm/ different from what would be expected in that culture.  
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Internalizing symptoms   characterized by quiet, internal distress; depressive and anxiety disorders (separation anxiety disorder, OCD, panic); they are harder to detect because they don't affect the environment (can't detect worry or fear)  
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Externalizing symptoms   characterized by overtly, socially negative disruptive behavior (problematic for parents, teachers, etc); disruptive, impulse-control and conduct behaviors (ODD and CD); usually more noticeable and are those that can affect behavior (hyperactive)  
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Neurodevelopmental Disorders   result in structural differences in the brain (apparent in early child development) => impairments of personal, social, academic, or occupational functioning (eg. Autism, ADHD, language disorder, ID, etc)  
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Separation Anxiety Disorder (SAD)   excessive fear concerning separation from attachment figures.  
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ADHD   Persistent patterns of inattention and/or hyperactivity that interferes with functioning/development  
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Equifinality   divergent pathways resulting in a similar outcome (ADHD has multiple causes and effects)  
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Autism Spectrum Disorder   deficits in social communication and social interactions, deficits in: social-emotional reciprocity, nonverbal communication, and in developing, maintaining and understanding relationships; have restricted, repetitive patterns  
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