Child Development Disorders, Pervasive - Psychology
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Social functioning difficulties in ADHD: association with PDD risk.

29 Jun 2009 Although social difficulties are a common feature of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), little is known about the diversity of social problems, their etiology, or their relationship to disorders of social behavior, such as autism or ... Read more...

Gross motor performance and self-perceived motor competence in children with emotional, behavioural, and pervasive developmental disorders: a review.

29 Jun 2009 AIMS: Motor performance and self-perceived motor competence have a great impact on the psychosocial development of children in general. In this review, empirical studies of gross motor performance and self-perception of motor competence in children ... Read more...

Social and communication behaviours in infants and toddlers with autism and pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified.

30 May 2009 PURPOSE: Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) are a group of conditions characterized by symptoms that onset in early childhood. Deficits in social skills and communication are two of the core features of ASD and, if not remediated, can lead to poor ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Child Development Disorders, Pervasive - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Social functioning difficulties in ADHD: association with PDD risk. 29 Jun 2009
• Gross motor performance and self-perceived motor competence in children with emotional, behavioural, and pervasive developmental disorders: a review. 29 Jun 2009
• Social and communication behaviours in infants and toddlers with autism and pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified. 30 May 2009
• Stereotypies and repetitive/restrictive behaviours in infants with autism and pervasive developmental disorder. 30 May 2009
• Genetic and environmental influences on autistic-like behaviors in 2-year-old twins. 16 Apr 2009
• Retrial of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in children with pervasive developmental disorders: a retrospective chart review. 30 Mar 2009
• Utility of the Kyoto Scale of Psychological Development in cognitive assessment of children with pervasive developmental disorders. 30 Mar 2009
• Instrument to screen cases of pervasive developmental disorder: a preliminary indication of validity. 27 Feb 2009
• The usefulness of the Revised Psychoeducational Profile for the assessment of preschool children with pervasive developmental disorders. 27 Feb 2009
• Autism spectrum disorder symptoms in juvenile suspects of sex offenses. 8 Feb 2009
• Relationship of hypersensitivity to anxiety and depression in children with high-functioning pervasive developmental disorders. 21 Jan 2009
• Factor analytic study of repetitive behaviours in young children with Pervasive Developmental Disorders. 14 Jan 2009
• A case study of a five-year-old child with pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified using sound-based interventions. 30 Dec 2008
• Similarities and differences between children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder and those with obsessive compulsive disorder: executive functioning and repetitive behaviour. 30 Dec 2008
• Siblings of individuals with an autism spectrum disorder: sibling relationships and wellbeing in adolescence and adulthood. 30 Dec 2008
• [Retrospective analysis of pervasive developmental disorder patients initially diagnosed with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder] 30 Dec 2008
• Trial design challenges when combining medication and parent training in children with pervasive developmental disorders. 17 Dec 2008
• ERP correlates of selective attention and working memory capacities in children with ADHD and/or PDD-NOS. Dec 2008
• Use of drawings in children with pervasive developmental disorder during hospitalization: a developmental perspective. 29 Nov 2008
• Daily stress, coping, and well-being in parents of children with autism: a multilevel modeling approach. 29 Nov 2008

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Technical information about 'Child Development Disorders, Pervasive'

Definition: Severe distortions in the development of many basic psychological functions that are not normal for any stage in development. These distortions are manifested in sustained social impairment, speech abnormalities, and peculiar motor movements.

Descriptor UI: D002659

Alternative terms: Child Development Disorders, Pervasive; Pervasive Child Development Disorders; Pervasive Development Disorders; Development Disorder, Pervasive; Development Disorders, Pervasive; Disorder, Pervasive Development; Disorders, Pervasive Development; Pervasive Development Disorder;

Allowable Qualifiers: drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology; blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy;

Tree Number: F03.550.325;

History Note: 81

Technical Notes: "pervasive" is a psychiatric diag: follow text; check also tag CHILD or specific