Open AccessPsychological interventions in pervasive developmental disorder: An overview
Author(s) -
Shuvabrata Poddar,
Noufal Hameed,
Jyoti Mishra Pandey,
Sayantanava Mitra,
Urbi Mukherjee
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
industrial psychiatry journal/industrial psychiatry journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0976-2795
pISSN - 0972-6748
DOI - 10.4103/0972-6748.151671
Subject(s) - psychological intervention , variety (cybernetics) , task (project management) , psychology , order (exchange) , mental health , empirical research , cognitive psychology , psychotherapist , computer science , psychiatry , artificial intelligence , epistemology , philosophy , management , economics , finance
Pervasive developmental disorders (PDDs) are characterized by several impairments in the domains of social communication, social interaction and expression of social attachment, and other aspects of development like symbolic play. As the role of drugs in treating these impairments is extremely limited, a variety of psychological interventions have been developed to deal with them. Some of these have strong empirical support, while others are relatively new and hence controversial. Though it may prove to be a daunting task to begin with, the final reward of being able to improve the life of a child with PDD is enormous and hugely satisfying. Therefore, knowledge of these psychological interventions is important for a mental health professional, in order to be effective in the profession. Present paper presents an overview of these techniques in the management of PDD.