Psychology

Volume 5, Issue 7 (May 2014)

ISSN Print: 2152-7180   ISSN Online: 2152-7199

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Multisystem Developmental Disorder in Children from 2 to 6 Years Old: A Three Years Follow-Up Study

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DOI: 10.4236/psych.2014.57076    4,815 Downloads   7,416 Views  Citations

ABSTRACT

This research studied children who had been diagnosed with Multisystem Developmental Disorder (MSDD) (NC, 2002) under the Diagnostic Classifications of Mental Health and Developmental Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood (DC: 0 - 3). They all showed, to a varying degree, difficulties in relating to others, play, affective interaction and severe delay in developing communication skills. Some studies have observed continuity in the diagnosis of autism during the first years of life. The objective of this study is to analyse the development of infants with MSDD whose diagnosis of autism was not confirmed. We also attempted to verify any possible psychomotor developmental differences based on, or related to, the severity and typology (B and C) of the MSDD. To enable us to do this we carried out a 3-year follow-up during which we assessed the infants (n = 15) and their parents. They are 2 - 4 years old. Results showed that type B children did present a greater impairment of psychomotor development in assessment tests. However, we did not observe any correlation between the degree of severity of the initial symptoms and later diagnoses. Conclusion: although our sample is small, we can conclude that there isn’t a clear evolution in the diagnosis, but we have found significant differences in the symptomatology between the type B and C.

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Pla, E. , Galceran, R. , Casas, O. , Viñas, F. & Buscató, J. (2014). Multisystem Developmental Disorder in Children from 2 to 6 Years Old: A Three Years Follow-Up Study. Psychology, 5, 640-652. doi: 10.4236/psych.2014.57076.

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