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-perceptual experiences in the absence of external stimuli
• Auditory
• Visual
• Tactile (feeling)
• Olfactory
• Gustatory (tasting)
Clarence is an 8-year-old who blinks his eyes or makes facial grimaces when doing his
homework.
match the clinical scenario with the appropriate tic:
Simple motor tics
Complex vocal tics: Coprolalia
Complex motor tics
,Simple vocal tics
Complex vocal tics: Echolalia
Complex motor tics: Copropraxia
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Simple motor tics
Rationale: Simple motor tics are of short duration and can include eye
blinks, facial grimaces, shoulder shrugs, or extension of the extremities.
Clinical domains of psychosis symptoms: Negative Symptoms
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-Affective flattening
-Alogia
-Anhedonia
-Amotivation
-Asociality
Delusions:
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-fixed false, irrational beliefs
• Persecution: delusions related to being threatened, victimized, or spied on
• Reference: delusions related to receiving personal messages from
television (tv), radio, or actions of others
• Somatic: delusions related to the body, including illness or the presence
of foreign objects (e.g. Sometimes people believe there are objects in their
, bodies; for example they might think they are infested with insects.)
• Grandeur: delusions related to beliefs of special abilities or powers
• Control: delusions that actions and thoughts are controlled by others
comprehensive behavioral intervention for tics (CBIT)
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non-drug treatment consisting of three important components:
-Training patient to be more aware of tics
-Training patients to do competing behavior when they feel the urge to tic
-Making changes to day to day activities in ways that can be helpful in
reducing tics.
ASD treatment
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tx should begin at dx
-pharmacologic interventions
• no med specific to ASD
• meds may be used to treat symptoms of irritability, aggression, repetitive
behavior, hyperactivity, problems with attention, anxiety, depression
• serotonergic agents, antipsychotics, beta-blockers, alpha-2 agonists,
mood stabilizers, stimulants
-nonpharmacologic
• therapies focused on different areas of functioning
➣behavioral
➣developmental
➣educational
➣psychological
➣social-relational