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Pervasive Developmental Disorders and Psychoses in Adult Life

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

David J. Clarke ,
Carl S. Littlejohns ,
John A. Corbett  and
Susan Joseph
David J. Clarke*
Affiliation:
University of Birmingham, Department of Psychiatry, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham B15 2TH
Carl S. Littlejohns
Affiliation:
Monyhull Hospital, Birmingham, now Senior Registrar, North Wales Hospital, Denbigh, Clwyd
John A. Corbett
Affiliation:
University of Birmingham, Lea Castle Hospital, Wolverley, Kidderminster DY10 3PP
Susan Joseph
Affiliation:
Monyhull Hospital, Birmingham, now Consultant Psychiatrist, Tilworth Grange Hospital, Saltshouse Road, Hull
*
∗Correspondence
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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.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 155 , Issue 5 , November 1989 , pp. 692 - 699
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1989 

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