Brief report: An unusual manifestation of diagnostic overshadowing of pervasive developmental disorder - Not otherwise specified: A five year longitudinal case study

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1491-1494

  Meera, S S ^c   Kaipa, Ramesh ^a   Thomas, Jaslin ^b   Shivashankar, N ^c  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Diagnostic overshadowing; Follow up; Pervasive developmental disorder; Separation anxiety disorder; Speech language pathologist

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; CHILD; COMMUNICATION SKILL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SPEECH REHABILITATION; ANXIETY, SEPARATION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME;

ANXIETY, SEPARATION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84878721684     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-012-1691-9     Document Type: Article

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