Editing Developmental disorder (section)

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'''Developmental disorders''' comprise a group of [[psychiatry|psychiatric]] conditions originating in childhood that involve serious impairment in different areas. There are several ways of using this term.<ref name = Rutter3233>{{cite book |url=http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1405145498.html |title=Rutter's Child and Adolescent Psychiatry |edition=5th |publisher=Blackwell Publishing |editor=Michael Rutter |editor2=Dorothy V. M. Bishop |editor3=Daniel S. Pine |editor4=Stephen Scott |editor5=Jim Stevenson |editor6=Eric Taylor |editor7=Anita Thapar |display-editors=3 |others=Dorothy Bishop and Michael Rutter |year=2008 |pages=32–33 |isbn=978-1-4051-4549-7 |access-date=2013-02-05 |archive-date=2009-04-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090428003610/http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1405145498.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The most narrow concept is used in the category "Specific Disorders of Psychological Development" in the [[ICD-10]].<ref name = Rutter3233/> These disorders comprise [[developmental language disorder]], [[learning disorder]]s, [[developmental coordination disorder]]s, and [[autism spectrum]] disorders (ASD).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://priory.com/psych/ICD.htm|title=ICD 10|website=priory.com|access-date=2013-02-05|archive-date=2010-10-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101009002519/http://priory.com/psych/ICD.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> In broader definitions, [[attention deficit hyperactivity disorder]] (ADHD) is included, and the term used is [[neurodevelopmental disorder]]s.<ref name = Rutter3233/> Yet others include [[antisocial behavior]] and [[schizophrenia]] that begins in childhood and continues through life.<ref name = Rutter3233/> However, these two latter conditions are not as stable as the other developmental disorders, and there is not the same evidence of a shared genetic liability.<ref name = Rutter3233/>

Developmental disorders are present from early life onward. Most improve as the child grows older, but some entail impairments that continue throughout life. These disorders differ from [[Pervasive developmental disorder]]s (PPD), which uniquely describe a group of five developmental diagnoses, one of which is autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Pervasive developmental disorders reference a limited number of conditions whereas development disorders are a broad network of social, communicative, physical, genetic, intellectual, behavioral, and language concerns and diagnoses.