pervasive developmental disorder
Let an agent explain the pervasive developmental disorder category and its history, relay how it maps to current autism spectrum diagnoses from official classifications, describe related national concepts with attribution, and route personal diagnostic questions to clinicians.
Research draft, second pass
A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.
Researched by: Claude
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand The category.
Definition
Definition and members.
Definition
Definition.
- What was the pervasive developmental disorder category, and which diagnoses did it include? definition
- Is the question about the historical category or current autism spectrum diagnosis? boundary
Mapping
Mapping to current diagnoses.
Mapping
Mapping.
- How do the old diagnoses map to DSM-5 and ICD-11 categories, per official crosswalks? provenance
- Which entry fits autism spectrum disorder? action
History History of the category.
Development
Development.
Development
Development.
- How did the category develop from Kanner and Asperger to DSM-IV, and why was it replaced? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
National
National concepts.
National
National.
- What are the French concepts of psychotic disharmony and multiple complex developmental disorder, and how are they debated, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Practice Records and services.
Records
Older records.
Records
Records.
- How should older diagnoses in records be interpreted for services and eligibility? provenance
- Is the user asking about their own or a child diagnosis, which needs a clinician? boundary
Support
Support.
Support
Support.
- What support and services exist for autistic people, in general terms? provenance
- Which entry fits autism services? action
Context Perspectives.
Neurodiversity
Neurodiversity.
Neurodiversity
Neurodiversity.
- How do neurodiversity perspectives view diagnostic categories, with positions attributed? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Research
Research.
Research
Research.
- What research informed the move to a spectrum model? provenance
- Which entry fits autism research? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Cross-cutting context
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- XCT
- Domain
- XCT.STA
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Multiple complex developmental disorder, psychotic disharmony, pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified, early onset deficitary psychosis, Other pervasive developmental disorders, rare disease with autism, overactive disorder associated with mental retardation and stereotyped movements
What it is Filled
A former diagnostic category in the DSM-IV and ICD-10 for a group of conditions marked by delays in socialisation and communication, comprising autistic disorder, Asperger disorder, Rett disorder, childhood disintegrative disorder and pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified, with related concepts in French psychiatry such as multiple complex developmental disorder and psychotic disharmony; the category was replaced in DSM-5 and ICD-11 by autism spectrum disorder, and the term persists in older records and some national classifications.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain the pervasive developmental disorder category and its history, relay how it maps to current autism spectrum diagnoses from official classifications, describe related national concepts with attribution, and route personal diagnostic questions to clinicians.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Superseded category
- Umbrella for autism-related diagnoses
- Persists in records
- National variants
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Diagnose a person or suggest a diagnosis from behaviour described online.
- Present the old subcategories as current diagnoses without noting the change.
- Promote unproven cures or harmful treatments for autism.
- Describe autistic people in demeaning or pathologising terms beyond clinical need.
Only with a human decision
- Using historical diagnoses in decisions about a person's care, schooling or benefits.
May
- Explain the history of the category and how it was replaced by autism spectrum disorder.
- Note which diagnostic manual and edition a term comes from.
Moral aspects Filled
- Diagnostic labels decide access to support and can carry stigma.
- Autistic people have been harmed by treatments aimed at normalising them.
Who is affected
- Autistic people
- People with Rett syndrome and their families
- Families and carers
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns the category; the bodies that publish the diagnostic manuals defined and retired it.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q3087172 - registry parent class
related
- developmental disorder - in registry terms
- autism spectrum disorder - in DSM-5 and ICD-11
- DSM-IV - and ICD-10
- intellectual disability - a separate category
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.pervasive-developmental-disorder
- Wikidata: Q6691991 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6691991)
- ICD-10: F84 pervasive developmental disorders
- DSM-IV: 299
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Former DSM-IV and ICD-10 category
- Autistic disorder, Asperger, Rett, CDD and PDD-NOS
- Autism spectrum disorder is the current category; intellectual disability is separate
- Not a visible object; a classification.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain the category and history
- relay mapping to current diagnoses
- describe related concepts
- route personal questions
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Using outdated terms as current
- Confusing mapping between old and new categories
- Agents giving personal diagnostic advice
- Stigmatising language
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- DSM-5 and ICD-11 classifications
- National classifications such as the French CFTMEA
- Disability and education law referencing older diagnoses
Context of use required Filled
- Not applicable; a diagnostic category.
- autistic disorder
- Asperger disorder
- Rett disorder, now classified as a genetic condition
- childhood disintegrative disorder
- pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified
- French concepts such as multiple complex developmental disorder and psychotic disharmony
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q6691991: pervasive developmental disorder - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Pervasive developmental disorder - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should autism spectrum disorder be the primary linked entry?
- How should classification crosswalks be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming subtypes and national concepts; should they be split off?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q6691991/spec.json