MPDD

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Registered: 03-28-2003
MPDD
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Sat, 02-04-2006 - 4:14pm

Have y'all heard of this? I read an article on OASIS about mild pdd as a sort of off-shoot of PDD. Has anyone ever heard of it as a diagnosis or is it just a way of explaining extreme nerdiness?

Thanks,
Sio

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Registered: 03-26-2003
In reply to: sio64
Sat, 02-04-2006 - 5:18pm

SIO!!!! GIRL!!!!!!

Hey there! Actually that is an article written a fair number of years ago by a psychiatrist in my area out here. In fact, I worked with him my first year of teaching! I was a teacher for a adolescent mental health treatment program.

I can't find the date it was written now, but I wonder if it was right around the time when AS was put in the DSM-IV. Dr. Putnam was a nice guy and I liked him. I knew him in 1991 prior to AS in the DSM and prior to my having kids so I have no ideas what he views are on ASD's but if I were to need a psychiatrist in this area I think I might look him up.

Renee

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