Glossary of Terms - Mental and Emotional Disorders

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Childhood Disintegrative Disorder
The term for a disorder in an individual who had, during the first two years of life, a normal developmental profile but who before 10 years of age suffered a significant loss in skills involving 2 or more of the following:

Communication
Social Behavior
Toilet training
Ability to play
Motor skills

There is a loss of appropriate social skills, communicative skills or appropriate behavior patterns. The disturbance is not due to a medical disorder, schizophrenia or other specific Pervasive Developmental Disorder. The disorder is most often profound in that a number of previous skills are lost and mental retardation is usually profound. The condition may be insidious or abrupt in onset. It is differentiated from Infantile Autism by the delayed onset of development (at 2 years or later). See Validation Statement.

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Chronic Tic Disorder
The term used for a tic or movement disorder where an individual has single or multiple motor or vocal tics but not both during the course of the illness. The tics occur many times a day, nearly every day or intermittently for a period of 1 year without a tic free period lasting more than 3 consecutive months. See Validation Statement.

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Chronic Illness or Injury
An illness or injury that has long lasting effects on an individual's health. See Validation Statement.

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Cognition
Relating to conscious intellectual activity as in learning and reasoning. See Validation Statement.

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Compulsive
See Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

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Conceptualization Disorder
A term used for a disorder where an individual has difficulty using stored information to arrive at an opinion or formulated thought through reflection and reason. Conceptualization is a higher order of intelligence and an absolute requirement for advancing in abstract educational endeavors. See Validation Statement and Problem Solving.

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Conduct Disorder
The term used for a condition where an individual repeatedly and often willfully inflicts serious potential or real damage to persons or property. The ABLE Report breaks the disorder into two subgroups: Overt, where the activity is obvious, and covert , where the activity is concealed. Conduct disorder with an early onset (early childhood) is usually much more serious than the later onset group (adolescence). There must be a problem with a repetitive and persistent pattern of conduct that seriously impairs the ability to succeed in school, social relationships, job performance and civil obedience. Attention Deficit Hyperactive Impulsive Disorder, is often diagnosed in children with Conduct Disorder. Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder, while disruptive, does not usually violate societal norms for criminality unless there is an Adjustment Disorder. Both Conduct Disorder and Juvenile Mania can occur in an individual with Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder. Juvenile Mania can be very similar to a Conduct Disorder but is distinguished by its episodic nature. There is often a family history of Bipolar Disorder associated with Juvenile Mania. An Adjustment Disorder with conduct problems is distinguished from a Conduct Disorder by the presence of psycho social stressors and time restrictions. Adults with the Conduct Disorder are usually given the diagnosis of Antisocial Personality Disorder. See Adjustment Disorder of Childhood. See Validation Statement.

Go to ABLE Resource Room for an article on Conduct Disorder

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