Child Development Disorders, Pervasive - Therapy
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Autism and aging: hardly out of the woods.

30 Aug 2009 Leo Kanner first described autism in 1943, but it took the America Psychiatric Association almost 40 years to recognize it officially in 1980. It is one of five diverse pervasive developmental disorders grouped under the diagnostic category of ... Read more...

Towards a neurodevelopmental model of clinical case formulation.

27 Feb 2009 Rapid advances in molecular genetics and neuroimaging over the last 10 to 20 years have been a catalyst for research in neurobiology, developmental psychopathology, and translational neuroscience. Methods of study in psychiatry, previously described ... Read more...

[Sleep in neurodevelopmental disorders]

25 Feb 2009 INTRODUCTION: Sleep disorders can affect daytime functioning in a variety of neurodevelopmental disabilities as autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and Asperger syndrome. DEVELOPMENT: Researchers using behavioural and/or ... Read more...

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

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Autism and aging: hardly out of the woods. 30 Aug 2009
• Autism and other developmental brain disorders. 29 Apr 2009
• Towards a neurodevelopmental model of clinical case formulation. 27 Feb 2009
• [Sleep in neurodevelopmental disorders] 25 Feb 2009
• Health care costs and utilization rates for children with pervasive developmental disorders in North Dakota from 1998 to 2004: impact on Medicaid. 30 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
• Trial design challenges when combining medication and parent training in children with pervasive developmental disorders. 17 Dec 2008
• Recent NIMH clinical trials and implications for practice. 29 Nov 2008
• The impact of group psychotherapy on social development in children with pervasive developmental disorders. 29 Jun 2008
• Editorial review: Shifting views on juvenile bipolar disorder and pervasive developmental disorder. 29 Jun 2008
• The effectiveness of direct instruction for teaching language to children with autism spectrum disorders: identifying materials. 17 Jun 2008
• [Review of assessment methods used to evaluate feeding for children with pervasive developmental disorder] 15 Jun 2008
• Comprehensive synthesis of early intensive behavioral interventions for young children with autism based on the UCLA young autism project model. 4 Jun 2008
• Violence in youth. 30 May 2008
• Dasl(n)e: the challenge of developing a regional database for autism spectrum disorder. 30 Apr 2008
• Autism spectrum symptomatology in children: the impact of family and peer relationships. 23 Apr 2008
• Timely diagnosis of comorbid pervasive developmental disorder and bipolar disorder. 30 Jan 2008
• Recent advances in autism spectrum disorders. 30 Dec 2007
• Autism, Asperger's and other oddities ... thoughts about treatment approaches. 30 Dec 2007
• Characteristics of children with autism spectrum disorders who received services through community mental health centers. 30 Dec 2007

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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