Psychiatry and Psychology

Pervasive Child Development Disorders

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.

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Abstract

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.

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  • Child Development Disorders, Pervasive
  • Pervasive Development Disorders

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, virology.

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"pervasive" is a psychiatric diagnosis: follow text; check the tag CHILD or specific

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Pervasive Child Development Disorders. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002659. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002659
  2. Pervasive Child Development Disorders. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pervasive_developmental_disorder
  3. Pervasive Child Development Disorders. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6691991