Psychosocial Care Centers and the profile of pervasive developmental disorder cases in Brazil, 2014-2017

Abstract The study describes the profile of children and adolescents with pervasive developmental disorders (PDD) attended at the Psychosocial Care Centers (CAPS) and professionals from these establishments in Brazil and regions. It uses data from the Outpatient Information System of the Unified Health System (SIA/SUS) and the National System of Health Establishments System (SCNES) in 2014-2017. The SIA/SUS was deterministically linked with the SCNES, based on the establishment number. PDD cases were individualized using a variable coded SUS card; 18,852 diagnoses of PDD were recorded in CAPS, most of them by spontaneous demand, 73.2% performed in CAPSi, 50.3% in the age group of 1-6 years old, 80% male and highest proportions of females over 13 years (p <0.001). PDD was not specified in 54.3% of the diagnoses; autistic disorder was the most common PDD (27.2%). Professional teams vary by CAPS type; Procedures of communicative practices and psychosocial rehabilitation were not expressive (10.3%). It was concluded that studies are necessary to clarify a high spontaneous demand, to understand treatment outside CAPSi and to define parameters to evaluate if the procedures used are appropriated for the therapeutic project and possibilities monitoring and evaluate the care of people with PDD.

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Educational Activity Suggestion System of Children With Pervasive Developmental Disorder for Guiding Education and Training Staff Activities

10.4018/978-1-6684-3670-7.ch025 ◽

2022 ◽

pp. 448-471

Author(s):

Duygu Çelik Ertuğrul ◽

Atilla Elçi

Keyword(s):

Pervasive Developmental Disorder ◽

Pervasive Developmental Disorders ◽

Developmental Disorders ◽

Developmental Disorder ◽

Intelligent System ◽

Education And Training ◽

Educational Activity ◽

Developmental Progress ◽

The Individual ◽

And Training

Individuals with pervasive developmental disorders should be supported with special education programs that are planned according to the type and degree of the disorder, age, characteristics, and needs of the individual. Search over internet resources may provide suitable educational material and methods (and associated activity/game). However, syntactic search in today's static-based internet is insufficient to offer desired relevant results. An intelligent system able to identify the needed educational methods and material with the help of semantic web-based agents will not only contribute to the development of individuals with disorders, and support education specialists in this process, but also be extremely useful for the families of these individuals in assisting and monitoring their child's developmental progress. In this chapter, an agent-based educational activity suggestion system of children with pervasive developmental disorder for guiding education and training staff activities is proposed.

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Inquiry into the Incidence of Hyperlexia in a Statewide Population of Children with Pervasive Developmental Disorder

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/pr0.1985.57.1.236 ◽

1985 ◽

Vol 57 (1) ◽

pp. 236-238 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Author(s):

Larry Burd ◽

Jacob Kerbeshian ◽

Wayne Fisher

Keyword(s):

Word Recognition ◽

North Dakota ◽

Pervasive Developmental Disorder ◽

Cognitive Abilities ◽

Prevalence Rate ◽

Pervasive Developmental Disorders ◽

Developmental Disorders ◽

Reading Skills ◽

Developmental Disorder ◽

School Aged Children

Hyperlexia is a condition occurring in a group of children who traditionally have been described as having word-recognition reading skills which far exceed their other language and cognitive abilities. The incidence of this particular skill in a group of children with pervasive developmental disorders had not previously been documented. In the state of North Dakota 68 children who meet DSM-III criteria for pervasive developmental disorders (including autism) have been identified. Four of these children show hyperlexia. This computes to a prevalence rate of 6.6% of school-aged children with pervasive developmental disorders.

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Pervasive Developmental Disorders: Autism, Asperger's Syndrome, and Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified

Evidence-Based Practice with Emotionally Troubled Children and Adolescents ◽

10.1016/b978-0-12-374523-1.00014-8 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 229-241

Author(s):

Morley D. Glicken

Keyword(s):

Pervasive Developmental Disorder ◽

Pervasive Developmental Disorders ◽

Developmental Disorders ◽

Asperger's Syndrome ◽

Developmental Disorder ◽

Asperger’S Syndrome ◽

Not Otherwise Specified

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Pervasive Developmental Disorders in Iraqi Children

10.47363/jpsrr/2019(1)102 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 1-8

Author(s):

Aamir Jalal Al Mosawi ◽

Keyword(s):

Mental Retardation ◽

Asperger Syndrome ◽

Pervasive Developmental Disorder ◽

Pervasive Developmental Disorders ◽

Developmental Disorders ◽

Developmental Disorder ◽

Self Care ◽

Psychiatry Clinic ◽

Atypical Autism ◽

Bowel Control

Background: Pervasive developmental disorders include five chronic disorders marked by early impairment in socialization, communication and behavior. Little is known about the types of pervasive developmental disorders in Iraq. This is a retrospective clinical study aiming at determining the types of pervasive developmental disorders in Iraqi children observed at the pediatric psychiatry clinic in a tertiary pediatric referral center. Patients and methods: During nine months period (November 18th, 2018 to July 18th, 2019), fifty one patients with a diagnosis of pervasive developmental disorders (30 males and 21 females) were observed at the psychiatry clinic at the Children Teaching Hospital of Baghdad Medical City. Their ages ranged from two and half years to twelve years. Results: Thirty two (17 males and 15 females) patients had autism without significant mental retardation as indicated by adequate urine and bowel control and self care skills particularly spoon feeding. Thirteen patients were considered to have atypical autism or Pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified (10 boys and 3 girls), in eleven of them, the disorder was considered atypical because of the lack of adequate urine and bowel control and self care skills particularly appropriate spoon feeding indicating significant degree of mental retardation. In one patient, his condition was considered a typical because of the presence of an acceptable eye contact and response appropriately to name in most instances. Three patients had Asperger syndrome including two girls and one boy. Two boys had childhood disintegrative disorder (Heller syndrome), one of them have changes on brain MRI suggestive of cerebral vasculitis. One girl had Rett syndrome and her case and early treatment was published. Conclusion: In this series, typical autism without significant mental retardation accounted for 63%. Atypical autism (Pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise) was the second most common type of Pervasive developmental disorders accounting for about 25%. Asperger syndrome accounted for only 6% of the cases in this series

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Educational Activity Suggestion System of Children With Pervasive Developmental Disorder for Guiding Education and Training Staff Activities

Advances in Computer and Electrical Engineering - Handbook of Research on Contemporary Perspectives on Web-Based Systems ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-5384-7.ch008 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 142-165

Author(s):

Duygu Çelik Ertuğrul ◽

Atilla Elçi

Keyword(s):

Pervasive Developmental Disorder ◽

Pervasive Developmental Disorders ◽

Developmental Disorders ◽

Developmental Disorder ◽

Intelligent System ◽

Education And Training ◽

Educational Activity ◽

Developmental Progress ◽

The Individual ◽

And Training

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Autism and other Pervasive Developmental Disorders: Exploring the Dimensional View

The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry ◽

10.1177/070674379804300607 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 43 (6) ◽

pp. 589-595 ◽

Cited By ~ 35

Author(s):

Gail Myhr

Keyword(s):

Diagnostic Criteria ◽

Pervasive Developmental Disorder ◽

Pervasive Developmental Disorders ◽

Developmental Disorders ◽

Developmental Disorder ◽

Asperger’S Disorder ◽

Asperger's Disorder ◽

Autistic Symptoms ◽

Dsm Iv ◽

Higher Functioning

Objective: To examine empirical data on children with autistic disorder (AD), Asperger's disorder, and pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS) for continuities or distinguishing features between disorders and to see to what extent the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) diagnostic criteria reflect observed data. Method: Studies were identified in 4 ways. 1) A Medline search from 1976 to the present of articles with the key words autism, pervasive developmental disorder, autistic spectrum disorder, and Asperger; of these articles, those with mesh headings or textwords “cluster,” which identified cluster analyses deriving pervasive developmental disorder (PDD) subtypes, were retained. 2) The Journal of Autistic and Developmental Disorders from 1990 to the present was hand-searched to identify other empirically derived studies on diagnosis, prevalence, classification, and validity of PDD subtypes. 3) Key review articles were searched for their references. 4) The references of all identified articles were searched. Results: Eight cluster studies were retained for their relevance to diagnostic issues, as were 7 empirically derived studies delineating clinical characteristics of children with AD, Asperger's syndrome, or PDD-NOS. Data suggest that children with PDD may fit into 1 of 2 overlapping groups, including a lower-functioning group with greater developmental compromise, social aloofness, and a greater number of autistic symptoms and a higher-functioning group with higher IQ, fewer autistic symptoms, and more prosocial behaviour. The PDD subtypes resemble each other and can be seen as existing on a continuum, differing only by degree of impairment. Conclusion: Children exhibiting the triad of autistic impairments can be seen as suffering from disorders on a PDD continuum. While the DSM-IV does identify a lower-functioning autistic group (AD), the higher-functioning group is less well served. Asperger's disorder as defined in the DSM-IV is not clearly distinguishable from AD and PDD-NOS, and the PDD-NOS subcategory is not operationalized. Further research is required to elaborate criteria for the higher-functioning PDD group, and measures related to etiology, outcome, and treatment response may help determine which diagnostic criteria can meaningfully separate one disorder from another.

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Development of TEDIS, an information system dedicated to patients with pervasive developmental disorder

Neuropsychiatrie de l Enfance et de l Adolescence ◽

10.1016/j.neurenf.2012.04.492 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 60 (5) ◽

pp. S219-S220

Author(s):

M. BenSaid ◽

E. Vion ◽

A. Ghazaly ◽

B. Golse ◽

P. Landais ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Information System ◽

Pervasive Developmental Disorder ◽

Developmental Disorder

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Risperidone in the Treatment of Pervasive Developmental Disorder

The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry ◽

10.1177/070674379403900703 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 39 (7) ◽

pp. 400-405 ◽

Cited By ~ 42

Author(s):

Scot E. Purdon ◽

Wilson Lit ◽

Alain Labelle ◽

Barry D.W. Jones

Keyword(s):

Central Nervous System ◽

Nervous System ◽

Pervasive Developmental Disorder ◽

Autistic Disorder ◽

Developmental Disorder ◽

Psychiatric Patients ◽

High Likelihood ◽

Before And After ◽

History Of ◽

The Central Nervous System

Elevated concentrations of blood serotonin have been documented in autistic children and mentally retarded adults. Antiserotonergic pharmacotherapy has been partially effective in treating a subgroup of children with autistic disorder. Therefore, the possibility is raised that an antiserotonergic treatment may be of value to adult psychiatric patients with a history of pervasive developmental disorder. Two such cases are described where the patients underwent psychiatric and neuropsychological examination before and after treatment with risperidone, a potent 5-HT2 antagonist with additional D2 antagonistic properties. Particular improvements were documented in both patients, despite long histories of cognitive compromise and high likelihood of damage to the central nervous system.

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