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Childhood Disintegrative Disorder

 

While Childhood Disintegrative Disorder Syndrome falls under the umbrella categorization of PDD, this syndrome is not typically a disorder addressed by our program. However every child is an individual and each case is assessed accordingly.

 

 

The following information was provided by National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY) which can be located at http://www.nichcy.org/resources/disintegrative.asp

 

 

 

 

What is Childhood Disintegrative Disorder?

 

 

The DSM diagnostic criteria for CDD. www.autism-society.org/site/PageServer?pagename=PDD#cdd Without explanation or elaboration, here's the criteria for Childhood Disintegrative Disorder as it appears in the DSM-IV-TR.

 

Contrast DSM criteria for CDD with the other PDD disorders. www.nichcy.org/pubs/factshe/fs20txt.htm NICHCY offers a briefing paper on PDD that includes an overview to the umbrella category under which mental health professionals have placed Childhood Disintegrative Disorder. This includes the DSM criteria that are used to diagnose the disorder. You may also find it helpful to see these criteria contrasted with those used to diagnose the four other disorders under the PDD umbrella.

A description of CDD. http://info.med.yale.edu/chldstdy/autism/cdd.html The Yale Developmental Disabilities Clinic offers comprehensive, multidisciplinary evaluations for children with social disabilities, usually focusing on the issues of diagnosis and intervention. The above article includes a description of CDD, its clinical features and diagnosis, history, its course and prognosis, its etiology, and a case illustration.

From the medical encyclopedia at Medline Plus. www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001535.htm Read Medline's description of CDD, including definition, causes, risk factors, symptoms, signs and tests, treatment, prognosis, and complications. Medline is a service of the National Library of Medicine.

A brief description of CDD and a comparison of DSM criteria with other criteria used internationally. www.mental-health-matters.com/disorders/index.php This site provides information and connection on all sorts of mental health matters. From the link above, the "disorders" page, you can scroll down to Childhood Disintegrative Disorder and see what they have to offer. One interesting link takes you to the ICD-10 criteria for diagnosing mental disorders (ICD-10 Classification of Mental and Behavioural Disorders World Health Organization, Geneva, 1992).

Want to know more about the DSM-IV-TR, and how it was compiled? www.appi.org/dsm.cfx Visit the American Psychiatric Association's DSM-IV-TR Library, located at the link above.