With fewer symptoms and less severe presentation, persistent depressive disorder (PDD) differs from clinical depression. If ...

Sexual Differences in Pervasive Developmental Disorders Tristram Smith, PhD Disclosures Medscape Psychiatry & Mental Health eJournal. 1997;2 (3) Treatment ...

Pervasive developmental disorder (PDD) is thought to be entirely biological in origin, but little is known about its precise etiology (or etiologies). Estimates of the prevalence of PDD vary.

Dawnell Tillery never had an easy time when it came to her second born. At 2, Luke Clark was diagnosed with pervasive developmental disorder, now considered a subset of autism spectrum disorder. He co ...

Historically, autism—a term first coined in 1911 by Eugen Bleuler in his description of schizophrenia—has been classified under the umbrella term “pervasive developmental disorders” (PDDs ...

Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDDs) are now referred to as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Learn what this means and how it affects individuals ...

Until 2013, the DSM-4 (fourth edition) listed four separate diagnoses within the category of pervasive developmental disorder: autistic disorder, Asperger’s syndrome, childhood disintegrative ...

Pervasive Adult Developmental Disorder is a conceptualization I developed in because I found the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual IV categorization system for severe mental illness to be inadequate.

Alexa Mitchell was diagnosed with pervasive developmental disorder — characterized by delays in the development of social and communication skills and now known as autism spectrum disorder ...

The number of Americans diagnosed with autism jumped 175% between 2011 and 2022 thanks to a surge in new cases among young adults, new research finds. A developmental disorder, autism affects how ...

Diagnosing personality disorders in children is controversial due to natural developmental shifts in mood and behavior. When maladaptive traits remain pervasive and persistent, however, a ...