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Clinical studies of pervasive developmental disorders in Japan
Author(s) -
KURITA HIROSHI
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
psychiatry and clinical neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1819
pISSN - 1323-1316
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1996.tb02737.x
Subject(s) - pervasive developmental disorder , psychopathology , developmental psychopathology , psychiatry , psychology , epidemiology , developmental disorder , autism , medicine
Articles on pervasive developmental disorders (PDD) published manily by Japanese child psychiatrists in international journals for the last 20 years were reviewed for the purpose of clarifying the accomplishment and aimes of Japanese PDD research. Although Japanese child psychiatrists inventigated PDD in various specialties, their contributions to international archives were much fewer than those of Japanese professionals in other branches of medical sciences. This may be accounted for by the absence of an authorized education system of child psychiatrists and strong clinical orientation together with some reluctance of Japansee child psychiatrists to perform research. However, the epidemiology of PDD subtypes, the speech loss in PDD and the psychopathology of persons with high‐functioning PDD seem to be providing promising research areas for Japanese child psychiatrists based on their clinical experiences.