Malhotra S, Singh S P
Department of Psychiatry, Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Acta Paedopsychiatr. 1993;56(1):37-40.
This study reports on five cases seen in a child psychiatry service in Northern India who met the criteria for disintegrative psychoses of childhood. Their clinical features were different from the described for autistic disorders of childhood supporting the validity of this disorder. The issues of diagnostic criteria and classification of disintegrative psychoses as distinct from autistic disorders is highlighted.
本研究报告了印度北部一家儿童精神病服务机构中所见的五例符合儿童瓦解性精神病标准的病例。他们的临床特征与所描述的儿童自闭症不同，这支持了该疾病的有效性。文中强调了瓦解性精神病与自闭症不同的诊断标准和分类问题。
