Open AccessPsychotic spectrum disorders in childhood
Author(s) -
Smiljka Popović-Deušić,
Milica Pejovic-Milovancevic,
Saveta Draganić-Gajić,
Olivera Aleksić-Hil,
Dušica Lečić-Toševski
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.135
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 2406-0895
pISSN - 0370-8179
DOI - 10.2298/sarh0810555p
Subject(s) - rutter , medicine , pervasive developmental disorder , autism , autistic spectrum , psychiatry , early childhood , developmental psychology , autistic spectrum disorder , autism spectrum disorder , pediatrics , clinical psychology , psychology
For a long time, there was a strong belief of existing continuity between childhood-onset psychoses and adult psychoses. Important moment in understanding psychotic presentations during infancy and childhood is Kanner's description of early infantile autism. Later studies of Rutter and Kolvin, as well as new classification systems, have delineated pervasive developmental disorders from all other psychotic disorders in childhood. But clinical experience is showing that in spite of existence of the group of pervasive developmental disorders with subgroups within it and necessary diagnostic criteria--there are children with pervasive symptoms, who are not fulfilling all necessary diagnostic criteria for pervasive developmental disorder. Therefore, in this paper we are discussing and pointing at psychotic spectrum presentations in children, which have not the right place in any existing classification system (ICD-10, DSM-IV).