Describe the two main differences between Acute Stress Disorder and PTSD. The two main differences between Acute Stress Disorder (ASD) and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) are diagnostic criteria and symptoms and duration and onset of symptoms. Regarding diagnostic criteria and symptoms, the DSM-5 (American Psychiatric Association, 2013) states that PTSD requires meeting a certain number of symptoms within established clusters, whereas ASD is diagnosed based on the expression of symptoms in total. Furthermore, PTSD includes non-fear based symptoms such as risky behavior, negative thoughts, and decreased interest in activities, which are not included in the criteria for ASD (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, 2007).
In these assessments, the independent variables were the existence, or non-existence, of an ASD, while the dependent variables were the measurements of social competence, self-perception, the quality of life, and problem behaviors. In these studies, the females that participated were between the ages of 14-19, both with and without ASD. They collected data from 6 different groups of girls over a 4-year time frame. The girls in these studies lived either in a large Midwestern city, or in the suburbs surrounding the city. Each group of girls had certain standards they had to
Conditions did start to get better for a disabled child but was still not the best since there was no law stating that it was required to give the mentally retarded a good education or even life. The American Association on Mental Deficiency also saw an importance of not just throwing anyone with a disability into a mental hospital, if a person had symptoms like Down Syndrome, which the name was not created yet, they had no need to go into an institution. AAMD wanted education for the mentally retarded and believed that any of these people deserved rights. AAMD was a huge spark that started law 94-142 but was not the only one. (Anderson, 68)
This petition is for an autistic sixth grader. Let me pause. An autistic sixth grader!!!!!! The story goes as follows, an autistic sixth grader was spotted by a school resource officer kicking a trash can in frustration. And so filed him under a disorderly conduct charge in juvenile court.
Question 2 2.1 Describe ways in which having a child with a complex disability or condition can impact on different aspects of families lives. To live with disable child can have deep impact on overall family members. It turns out to be an exclusive shared experience for the families and this may impact on the overall family functioning. While considering the positive impact, this widens the horizons, raising more awareness among family members considering their
New Beginnings People come to America for new opportunities, for a better life, after all it is the land of the free and the home of the brave. However I never envisioned I would ever come to America. At the age of 8 my life changed forever. My mother wanted to leave our life behind and move to an unfamiliar country. I was shocked when my mom told me we be would coming here
The word Autism, is a big topic of discussion. It is a developing story, that many are learning by time and people are now using new ways to diagnose it. With new criteria for diagnosis coming out, and with the most recent being the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), psychiatrists and psychologists are now using this manual to evaluate individuals. With much controversy occurring, because of the arrival of the new DSM-5, many are inputting their opinion, on how this may affect the way people may receive help and services they were once either, excluded or included from. These people being excluded or included from the services are mainly described demographically more male than female, and within
