(8-17-08)
“They–meaning children and families of any one color or belief–all look alike only when we can’t really see them.”
(Bromfield, 2007, p. 237)
- Abnormality
- Diagnosing Disorders Usually First Evident in Childhood
- Neurobehavioral Disorders
- Substance Abuse
- Psychosis
- Mood Disorders
- Anxiety Disorders
- Somatoform Disorders
- Factitious Disorders
- Dissociative Disorders
- Supporting
- Gleaves, May, & Cardena (2001)
- Skeptical
- Piper & Merskey (2004)
- Supporting
- Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders
- Eating Disorders
- Sleep Disorders
- Impulse-Control Disorders
- Personality Disorders
- Appendix B
- Other Problems
Special Topics
(updated 11-29-06)
- Homo sum:
- MS Cues
- Tools
- Sample Report: Ray B
- Neurobehavioral Disorders
- Migraine Screen: 3 Item Screen for Migraine
- 1. Has a headache limited your activities for a day or more in the last 3 months?
- 2. Are you nauseated or sick to your stomach when you have a headache?
- 3. Does light bother you when you have a headache?
- Self-administered; pencil and paper; 2/3 equals a positive test and should be referred for medical evaluation.
- Migraine Screen: 3 Item Screen for Migraine
- Deletion Syndromes
- Prader-Willi (Deletion type)
- Smith-Magenis
- Chi du Chat
- Chi du Chat syndrome occurs in approximately 1 in 50,000 live births (Udwin & Dennis, 1995). Symptoms include prominent epicanthal folds, hypertelorism, posterioral rotated low set ears, a broad nose, micrognathia, hypotonia, growth retardation, and severe intellectual disability. Most frequent etiology is loss of genetic material from 5; usually paternal origin.
- Suggestions for Report Writing
- Asperger Syndrome
- Carlson (1998) suggests discussion of the following areas in organizing a report on an individual diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome:
- 1. cognitive and motor skills
- 2. communication and language skills
- 3. behavior and social/emotional development
- 4. problem-solving skills
- Asperger Syndrome
- Reliability and Validity of DSM-IV