IMPORTANT ABBREVIATIONS (SOCIAL SCIENCE)

PDS- Public Distribution System

BMI- Body Mass Index

HDI- Human Development Index

GDP- Gross Domestic Product

IMR- Infant Mortality Rate

UNDP- United Nation Development Programmme

MNREGA- Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act

HDR- Human Development Report

NSSO-National Sample Survey Organisation

NITI Ayog-National Institution for Transforming India

RTI- Right to Information

RTW- Right to Work

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Mental Disorders ICD10

1) Mental Disorders- ICD10 category F00-F09 F00- Dementia in Alzheimer's Disease F01- Vascular Dementia F02- Dementia in other disease classified elsewhere F03- Unspecified dementia F04- Organic amnestic syndrome,not induced by alcohol and other psychoactive substances. F05- Delirium, not induced by alcohol and other psychoactive substances. F06- Other mental Disorders due to brain damage and dysfunction and to physical disease. F07- Personality and Behavioral disorders due to brain disease,damage and dysfunction. F08- Unspecified organic or symptomatic mental disorders. 2) Mental and Behavioral disorders due to psychoactive substance use- ICD category F10-F19 F10- Mental and Behavioral disorders due to use of alcohol. F11- Mental and Behavioral disorders due to use of opioids F12- Mental and Behavioral Disorders due to use of cannabinoids.10 F13- Mental and Behavioral Disorders due to use of sedatives or hypnotics. F14- Mental and Behavioral Disorde...

Disorder in children:Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

You may observe many times that some children are hyperactive, impulsive and inattentive rather than their same age. These symptoms are often associated with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. What is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder(ADHD)? ADHD is a hyperkinetic disorder based on Maladaptively high levels of impulsivity, hyperactivity and inattention. They are all based on observations about how children behave. "Impulsivity" signifies premature and thoughtless actions. Disorder "Hyperactivity" a restless and shifting excess of movement and "inattention" is disorganized style preventing sustained efforts. All are shown by the individual children to different extents and are influenced by context as well as by the constitution of the person. Common problems associated with ADHD- It is very common for the core problems of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in children to present together with other developmental impairments and/or...

Down Syndrome in Special Education

What is Down Syndrome? In condition of down syndrome or down's syndrome a baby born with an extra chromosome of their 21st chromosome, it is also known as Trisomy 21. In child with down syndrome, one of the chromosome doesn't separate properly. The baby ends up with 3 copies or an extra partial copy of chromosome 21 instead of two. This extra chromosome causes problems the brain and physical features to develop. Symptoms at birth time - Babies with down syndrome usually have certain characteristics - a) short neck (b) atypically shaped ears (c) poor muscle tone (d) small head and ears (e) bulging tongue. Treating Down Syndrome There's no cure for down syndrome but there's a wide variety of support and educational programs that can help both people with the condition and their families. Interventions in early age is very helpful for improvement in conditions and programs with special educators and therapists ...

Psychology with Special Education

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