OBJECTIVE: This report is concerned with the classification of children in whom an "autistic-like" syndrome develops after some years of normal development. In DSM-IV the term "childhood disintegrative disorder" (CDD) is used to describe such cases. METHOD: Data collected as part of the international, multisite DSM-IV field trial for autism and related conditions were examined and cases that met DSM-IV criteria for CDD were identified. RESULTS: In 16 cases the clinician had given a CDD diagnosis; in an additional 10 cases criteria for the condition were met even though this diagnosis was not given by the clinician rating the case. CONCLUSIONS: The available data suggest that CDD cases can be differentiated from those with autism; these two groups appear to differ in important ways. The identification of cases of CDD may be of particular importance for research.
OBJECTIVE: This report is concerned with the classification of children in whom an "autistic-like" syndrome develops after some years of normal development. In DSM-IV the term "childhood disintegrative disorder" (CDD) is used to describe such cases. METHOD: Data collected as part of the international, multisite DSM-IV field trial for autism and related conditions were examined and cases that met DSM-IV criteria for CDD were identified. RESULTS: In 16 cases the clinician had given a CDD diagnosis; in an additional 10 cases criteria for the condition were met even though this diagnosis was not given by the clinician rating the case. CONCLUSIONS: The available data suggest that CDD cases can be differentiated from those with autism; these two groups appear to differ in important ways. The identification of cases of CDD may be of particular importance for research.
Authors: P A Filipek; P J Accardo; G T Baranek; E H Cook; G Dawson; B Gordon; J S Gravel; C P Johnson; R J Kallen; S E Levy; N J Minshew; S Ozonoff; B M Prizant; I Rapin; S J Rogers; W L Stone; S Teplin; R F Tuchman; F R Volkmar Journal: J Autism Dev Disord Date: 1999-12
Authors: A S Carter; F R Volkmar; S S Sparrow; J J Wang; C Lord; G Dawson; E Fombonne; K Loveland; G Mesibov; E Schopler Journal: J Autism Dev Disord Date: 1998-08
Authors: Fares Zeidán-Chuliá; José Luiz Rybarczyk-Filho; Alla B Salmina; Ben-Hur Neves de Oliveira; Mami Noda; José Cláudio F Moreira Journal: Neuromolecular Med Date: 2013-03-02 Impact factor: 3.843