PDD-NOS

Cure Violence is a violence prevention program that works with communities that have high levels of violence in an effort to address gang violence and reduce retaliatory killings1. This program applies public education, anti-violence slogans “Don’t shoot. I want to grow up.”, conflict mediation and community mobilization activities2. The Cure Violence program is currently active in 25 cities in the United States as well as several international cities3. In New York City, the Cure Violence…

In 2004, according to autism speaks 1 in 3 boys were diagnosed with autism. It was stated that autism was more prevalent in boys than girls. Those numbers have drastically changed. Today, 1 in 68 children and 1in 42 boys are affected by autism. Boys are nearly 5 times more likely to have autism than girls. The prevalence of autism is growing and is one of the fastest growing developmental disorders in the United States. There is no medical detection for autism and no cure. Many people do not…

They are Autistic Disorder, Asperger’s Disorder, CDD, Rett’s Disorder, and PDD-NOS. Autistic Disorder is the big umbrella; the other classifications all fall under that umbrella. Children with Asperger’s may not pick up on social cues, dislike any changes in routine and be unable to recognize or understand jokes; therefore, taking…

Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS) is one of the three. PDD-NOS does not contain the majority of autism symptoms, but the most significant challenges that come with the diagnosis is social and language development in young children. Only 1 in 150 children are diagnosed with it every year, and…

I chose to research autism because I have been around many that have been diagnosed with it. Although, I have never researched it in depth other than knowing most symptoms and what I have heard. Since first grade, I have been great friends with a girl who is high functioning autistic. I have also been around some severe autistic children through cadet teaching and childcare. The most interesting information I found from this research is from a girl named Temple Grandin, she is an autistic adult…

According to data from the Pew Center on the States, the United States has less than five percent of the world’s population, but almost 25 percent of the world’s total prison population 15. The total number of inmates in the United States, in 2008 was larger than the populations of Seattle, Boston, Kansas City and Atlanta combined 16. Incarceration is intensely determined by race and ethnicity. Among men the highest rate is black males aged twenty to thirty-four, among women the highest rate is…

diagnosis of ASD, pervasive developmental disorder (PDD), and AS. She continues to describe the many years and steps that were taken before ASD was recognized as its own diagnosis. As the new editions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) came out, the definition of autism changed little by little. In 1952, autism was listed as a symptom of schizophrenia. But in the next progression, in 1980, autism was listed under PDD, and finally in 2000, the modern definition of…

WHAT IS THE CAUSE OF PARANOID PERSONALITY DISORDER? WOKADALA REBEKAH PIERCE COLLEGE Paranoid personality disorder (PDD) is one of a group of conditions called eccentric personality disorders. People with this order often are peculiar. Paranoid personality is unwarranted tendency to interpret the actions of people as deliberately threatening or demeaning it is also…

(RIS), an atypical neuroleptic drug, reported to have fewer adverse effects than traditional agents, is effective in psychoses, such as schizophrenia, and other psychiatric illnesses in adults and children, including pervasive developmental disorders (PDD), autism, and attention-deficit disorder (ADD) [1–3]. It acts primarily by selective antagonism of dopamine Type 2 (D2) and serotonin Type 2 (5HT2) receptors in the brain [4–6]. Apart from minor N-dealkylation, the major pathway of…

Being a parent of a child diagnosed under the DSM-IV criteria for PDD-NOS (Pervasive Developmental Disorder- Not Otherwise Specified), I always state “if you know someone on the Autism Spectrum, you know one individual.” No two individuals are alike due to the wide range of symptoms and severity of the Autism Spectrum. The range allows for a more inclusive way to give children as much help as possible. The DSM-IV broke up the “autism spectrum” into a few main categories: autistic disorder,…