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-Disruptive Mood Dysregulation D/O Included for children up to age 18 years who exhibit persistent irritability and frequent episodes of extreme behavioral dyscontrol. 1) Tay-Sachs 2) Fragile X syndrome 3) PKU (phenylketonuria) 4) Autism 5) Down syndrome - Name 5 disorders that commonly result in Intellectual Disability According to adaptive functioning 1) Mild 2) Moderat 3) Severe 4) Profound - Intellectual Disability - four (4) degrees of severity: Acute Stress Disorder - 1. Onset of symptoms after exposure to actual or threatened death, serious injury, or sexual violence with symptoms representing the following categories: a) intrusion b) negative mood c) dissociation d) avoidance, and e) arousal 2. Symptoms have lasted three (3) days to one (1) month and cause distress or impaired functioningADHD Etiology - 1) Linked to heredity and lower than normal activity in the frontal lobes and basal ganglia (decision making) ADHD prognosis - Up to 60% of children diagnosed with ADHD have some symptoms in adulthood with inattention predominating the symptom profile ADHD Treatment - Central nervous system (CNS) stimulant Parent/Teacher behavior management Agoraphobia - Marked fear or anxiety about at least two (2) of the five (5) situations (i.e. using public transportation, being in enclosed places) due to concern that escape may be difficult or help unavailable in case of panic-like, incapacitating, or embarrassing symptoms, Treatment: In vivo exposure w/response prevention Alcohol Withdrawal - Alcohol induced symptoms include autonomic hyperactivity (i.e. sweating, tachycardia), hand tremor, insomnia, nausea or vomiting, transient illusions, or hallucinations, anxiety, psychomotor agitation, generalized tonic-clonic seizures Alcohol-Induced Disorders: - Alcohol Withdrawal Alcohol-Induced Neurocognitive Disorder Alcohol-Induced Sleep Disorder Alcohol-Induced Disorders: Alcohol Withdrawal - Alcohol-Induced Major Neurocognitive Disorder - This disorder is alcohol induced and involves a decline in at least one cognitive domain that interferes with independence in everyday activities. Alcohol-Induced Major Neurocognitive Disorder Specifiers (2) - 1) Non-amnestic confabulatory2) Amnestic confabulatory (Korsakoff Syndrome) involving anterograde and retrograde amnesia and confabulation Alcohol-Induced Sleep Disorder - This alcohol induced disorder is usually of the insomnia type. When due to intoxication, it involves immediate sedation followed by wakefulness, restlessness, and vivid anxiety-arousing dreams; when due to withdrawal, it involves severe disruption in sleep continuity with vivid dreams.