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Sensory processing disorder (SPD) [ edit ] Proponents of a new nosology SPD have instead proposed three categories: sensory modulation disorder , sensory-based motor disorders and sensory discrimination disorders [ 1 ] (as defined in the Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and Developmental Disorders in Infancy and Early Childhood).
Schizotypal personality disorder (StPD or SPD), also known as schizotypal disorder, is a cluster A personality disorder. [4] [5] The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) describes the disorder specifically as a personality disorder characterized by thought disorder, paranoia, a characteristic form of social anxiety, derealization, transient psychosis, and unconventional ...
A human with a particularly high measure of SPS is considered to have "hypersensitivity", or be a highly sensitive person (HSP). [2] [3] The terms SPS and HSP were coined in the mid-1990s by psychologists Elaine Aron and her husband Arthur Aron, who developed the Highly Sensitive Person Scale (HSPS) questionnaire by which SPS is measured. [4]
The current view is that the disorder has more to do with communication and information processing than language. For example, children with semantic-pragmatic disorder will often fail to grasp the central meaning or saliency of events. This then leads to an excessive preference for routine and "sameness" (seen in autism spectrum disorder ...
It was specifically designed to treat Sensory Processing Disorder (sometimes called Sensory Integrative Dysfunction). [1] Sensory Integration Therapy is based on A. Jean Ayres's Sensory Integration Theory, which proposes that sensory-processing is linked to emotional regulation, learning, behavior, and participation in daily life. [2]
Sadistic personality disorder is an obsolete term for a proposed personality disorder defined by a pervasive pattern of sadistic and cruel behavior. People who fitted this diagnosis were thought to have a desire to control others and to have accomplished this through use of physical or emotional violence.
A sensory friendly environment is created to assist those with a sensory processing disorder (SPD). The disorder is characterized by a hypersensitivity to stimuli accompanied by anxiety. [1] The Sensory Processing Disorder Foundation believes that there may be as many as one in every 20 people living with a sensory processing disorder. [2]
One can only wonder what these individuals would do once the thrill of tormenting random Internet users wears off... --M.Neko 00:17, 5 August 2007 (UTC) If they truly have SPD, they are already behaving in the real world like that. But it should be emphasized that SPD is about control expressed in sadistic ways.