'All that glitters is not gold': Misdiagnosis of psychosis in pervasive developmental disorders - A case series

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 537-548

  Dossetor, David R ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asperger's; Autism; Pervasive developmental disorder; Psychosis; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN; AMISULPRIDE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONIDINE; DIAZEPAM; FLUOXETINE; HALOPERIDOL; OLANZAPINE; PAROXETINE; PIMOZIDE; RISPERIDONE; SERTRALINE; TRIFLUOPERAZINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DISEASES IN TWINS; EMPATHY; FAMILY THERAPY; FANTASY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR;

EID: 35449005275     PISSN: 13591045     EISSN: 14617021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359104507078476     Document Type: Article

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