Pervasive Developmental Disorder
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Pervasive Developmental Disorder is a broad term used primarily by psychiatrists to refer to many autism-type conditions:
- autism
- Asperger's syndrome
- Rhett syndrome
- Childhood Disintegrative Disorder
Sometimes psychiatrists refer to "PDD-NOS", which means Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS).