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Pervasive developmental disorders and psychoses in adult life
D J Clarke1, C S LittleJohns, J A Corbett
1University of Birmingham, Department of Psychiatry, Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
The British Journal of Psychiatry : the Journal of Mental Science
|November 1, 1989
Abstract:
Of five patients with pervasive developmental disorders (PDDs), four developed psychotic illnesses in adult life. The other was treated with antipsychotic medication for many years following a mistaken diagnosis of schizophrenia.