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Pervasive Developmental Disorder: eMedicine Pediatrics: Developmental and Behavioral

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Overview: Pervasive developmental disorders (PDDs) include a spectrum of behavioral problems commonly associated with autism. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition (DSM-IV) includes autistic disorder, Rett syndrome, childhood disintegrative disorder, Asperger's disorder, and ...

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Abilify now FDA approved for use in child autism. See the eMedicine article Pervasive Developmental Disorder. http://bit.ly/bmalwP

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Schizophrenia and Other Psychoses: eMedicine Pediatrics: Developmental and Behavioral

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Childhood-onset schizophrenia is a severe form of psychotic disorder that occurs at age 12 years or younger and is often chronic and persistently debilitating. The definition of childhood schizophrenia has evolved over time and is now ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Dietary strategies in the prevention of psychosis. Read more in the eMedicine topic Schizophrenia and Other Psychoses. http://bit.ly/9znFS9

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Personality Disorders: eMedicine Emergency Medicine

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: BackgroundPersonality disorders are pervasive, persistent, inflexible, maladaptive patterns of behavior that deviate from expected cultural norms. The most common etiology is multifactorial; however, personality disorders may be secondary to biologic, developmental, or genetic abnormalities. Stressful situations may ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Personality disorders are pervasive, maladaptive patterns of behavior that deviate from expected cultural norms. http://bit.ly/ajKQvy

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Eating Disorder, Anorexia: eMedicine Pediatrics: Developmental and Behavioral

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Anorexia nervosa (AN) is an eating disorder characterized by a weight loss of at least 15% of expected body weight,1 a devastating fear of weight gain, relentless dietary habits that prevent weight gain, and a ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Jaw osteonecrosis is a concern in adolescents with anorexia treated with bisphosphonates. See the eMedicine article. http://bit.ly/bUUcIC

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Rett's Syndrome: eMedicine Pediatrics: Developmental and Behavioral

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Rett syndrome (RS) is a pervasive developmental disorder first reported in 1966 by Andreas Rett, an Austrian pediatric neurologist. Rett syndrome occurs almost exclusively in females and has a typically degenerative course. Before the discovery of ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Making sense of Rett syndrome and how it fits into the spectrum of PDDs. See the eMedicine article Rett's syndrome. http://bit.ly/c1tQ14

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Eating Disorder, Bulimia: eMedicine Pediatrics: Developmental and Behavioral

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: For thousands of years, humans have engaged in occasional eating binges when adequate food supplies are available. The practice of vomiting after overeating also dates back thousands of years. The examination and definition of abnormal eating ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Updated diagnosis and treatment information in the eMedicine topic Eating Disorder, Bulimia. http://bit.ly/9aSbda

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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: eMedicine Pediatrics: Developmental and Behavioral

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: document.write('')document.write('') The term attention deficit is misleading. In general, the current predominating theories suggest that persons with attention ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Divalproex to control aggression in children with ADHD? Read more at http://bit.ly/busdY5

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Child Abuse & Neglect, Dissociative Identity Disorder: eMedicine Pediatrics: Developmental and Behavioral

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Dissociation is the disruption of the normal integrative processes of consciousness, perception, memory, and identity that define selfhood.Dissociative identity disorder is increasingly understood as a complex and chronic posttraumatic psychopathology closely related to severe, particularly early, ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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The eMedicine article Child Abuse & Neglect, Dissociative Identity Disorder has been updated. http://bit.ly/c5Ncvd

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Conversion Disorder: eMedicine Pediatrics: Developmental and Behavioral

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Conversion disorder is part of the group of somatoform disorders that were first delineated as a class of psychiatric disorders in 1980 in the American Psychiatric Association's (APA)Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), 3rd edition ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Updated information on current perspectives and frequency in the eMedicine article Conversion Disorder. http://bit.ly/a9UH5j

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