Childhood Impulsivity Disorder
Childhood disintegrative disorder is a condition in which children develop normally through age 3 or 4. Then, over a few months, children lose language, motor, social, and other skills that they already learned.
Alternative Names
Disintegrative psychosis; Heller syndrome
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
The cause of childhood disintegrative disorder is unknown, but it has been linked to brain and nervous system problems. A child who is affected loses:
- Communicat...
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