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Prevalence of pervasive developmental disorder in a sample of psychiatrically hospitalized children and adolescents

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Pervasive developmental disorder (PDD) is underrecognized because of lack of awareness of the wide range of severity and differing manifestations of the disorder. A survey of psychiatrically hospitalized children and adolescents was conducted. 3.2% of the sample of boys was found to have PDD. Underappreciation of the presence of PDD characterized the patients. Family members experienced a wide array of psychiatric symptoms and showed evidence for the presence of familial Tourette syndrome.

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    Jeffrey Sverd MD, Rupa Sheth MD, Jared Fuss MD & Joseph Levine MD

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The authors gratefully acknowledge Kenneth D. Gadow, Ph.D., for his review of the manuscript.

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Sverd, J., Sheth, R., Fuss, J. et al. Prevalence of pervasive developmental disorder in a sample of psychiatrically hospitalized children and adolescents. Child Psych Hum Dev 25, 221–240 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02250991

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