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Depressive pseudodementia in a child with autism
- Abstract:
- Depression is rare in early childhood and unusual in autism in this age group. We describe a female child aged 6 years with autism who presented with regression of developmental skills previously gained. Her sleep and appetite were poor, her affect was sad, and she had morbid speech content. She responded to treatment with antidepressant medication. When this clinical picture occurs in adults it is called depressive pseudodementia; paediatric neurologists and neuropsychiatrists need to be aware of it in children.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1017/S0012162204000805
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- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Journal:
- Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology More from this journal
- Volume:
- 46
- Issue:
- 7
- Pages:
- 485-489
- Publication date:
- 2004-07-01
- DOI:
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1469-8749
- ISSN:
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0012-1622
- Language:
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English
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2010-11-22
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- Cambridge University Press
- Copyright date:
- 2004
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- The full-text of this article is not currently available in ORA, but you may be able to access the article via the publisher copy link on this record page. Citation: Pollard, A. J. & Prendergast, M. (2004). 'Depressive pseudodementia in a child with autism', Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology 46(7), 485-489. [Available at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=DMC].
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