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Schizophrenia | Selective Mutism | Sensory Disorder | Sensory Integrative Disorder | Separation Anxiety | Sexual Obsessions | Short Term Memory Disorder | Social Phobia | Somatoform Disorders | Stereotypical Movement Disorder
Schizophrenia
The term used for a severe mental condition where an individual does not think clearly, develops delusions and hallucinations, does not communicate appropriately or at all and cannot meet the ordinary demands of everyday life.
Schizophrenia in children is rare. It is often permanent but does remit in some individuals. It is a treatable disorder and by its nature usually detected after an early onset. See Validation Statement, Neurodevelopmental Retardation, and Pervasive Developmental Disorder.
Selective Mutism
The term used for a disorder where an individual refuses to speak in specific social situations. Affected individuals communicate in other situations perfectly well but selectively refuse to talk even when speech is obligatory (as in school). The duration of the disorder for diagnostic consideration is one month. See Validation Statement, Anxiety Disorder and Adjustment Disorder.
Sensory Disorder - Hearing and/or Vision
The term used for a disorder where an individual has defective hearing or vision to such a degree that it interferes with an optimum performance at school, in social relationships or job performance. See Validation Statement.
Sensory Integrative Disorder
A term used for a disorder where an individual inappropriately responds to a variety of sensations.
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Examples: Noise that does not ordinarily disturb others may be extremely offensive to an individual with disordered sound integration. Textures of food may inhibit the ingestion of a common food that is enjoyed by most individuals. Texture may also be a problem with clothing where an individual will not wear a particular item because of the way it feels. |
Separation Anxiety
The term used for a problem where an individual is excessively anxious (fearful) about being separated from a person or place. It may occur at any age but the fear is subject to changing environmental and social factors. Separation Anxiety is normal in infancy and early childhood and in certain situations for everyone. Separation Anxiety becomes serious when it is excessive and continuous for more than four weeks. See Validation Statement.
Sexual Obsessions
The term used for a disorder where an individual repeatedly or seriously exceeds societal norms for human sexual conduct. See Validation Statement and Obsessive Compulsive Spectrum Disorder.
Short Term Memory Disorder
The term used for a disorder where an individual has difficulty storing and/or recalling information that has just been recently received either visually or auditorially. An example would be forgetting a homework assignment. See Validation Statement and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
Social Phobia
A term used for a disorder where an individual has a fear when engaging in a social or performance situation. While older children and adults may experience a panic attack, smaller children may react by temper tantrums, crying or retreating from the social situation. Adults usually understand the reaction to be excessive. Children do not always realize this but in either case the situation is usually avoided or endured with marked distress. The condition requires that symptoms are present for six months and in children one must be careful to consider normal developmental behaviors and shyness unless there is marked and persistent distress. See Validation Statement.
Somatoform Disorders The term used for a disorder where an individual has physical symptoms that suggest a morbid (medical) condition but cannot be explained by traditional medical practice. While there are medical conditions that are diagnostically difficult, these disorders, over time, become clearly attributable to disordered thinking. The disorder is not intentional, as in malingering. The disorder in the ABLE Inventory includes Hypochrondriasis and Body Dysmorphic Disorder. See Validation Statement.
Stereotypical Movement Disorder
The term used for movements that are repetitive, nonproductive, irrational motor activities that are sometimes mixed and sequential to the point of being ritualistic (tooth grinding, hand flapping, and screaming sequentially). While tics, on the surface, appear somewhat as a reflex, stereotypies appear as an intentional albeit compulsive production of movement or noise. Tics and Stereotypies are associated with the Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Pervasive Developmental Disorders. Some Stereotypical behaviors are self-abusive and can cause serious injury to an individual. See Validation Statement, Pervasive Developmental Disorder and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
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