Talk:pervasive developmental disorder - not otherwise specified

pervasive developmental disorder - not otherwise specified
Highly doubtful we need this as an entry. It basically means what it says on the tin. -- Liliana • 12:41, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. DCDuring TALK 13:58, 15 March 2015 (UTC)


 * Note that a lot of diagnostic names include "". Equinox ◑ 15:33, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
 * I wrote that Wikipedia page. bd2412 T 19:58, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
 * not otherwise specified seems like a candidate for an entry, as does not elsewhere classified . DCDuring TALK 20:21, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Also not elsewhere specified. A little coverage for these at OneLook. DCDuring TALK 20:25, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep. The current definition is inaccurate. "Pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified" is considered both an autism spectrum disorder and a pervasive developmental disorder in its own right (see the ), and not just a description applied to other disorders. At least it was pre-DSM5. Basically, the DSM5 rolled the separate diagnoses of autism, Asperger's, and PDD-NOS into a single "autism spectrum disorder" diagnosis. There's been some controversy over this change, particularly in the autistic community. Anyway, searching Google Books for "with PDD-NOS" yields results like "children with PDD-NOS" and "individuals with PDD-NOS," further establishing its status as a discrete disorder/diagnosis. -Cloudcuckoolander (talk) 21:03, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Obviously delete. And correct the plural if we keep it. SemperBlotto (talk) 08:06, 16 March 2015 (UTC)
 * This reminds me of the use of incertae sedis in taxonomy. I sure don't think that every taxon ("Taxon") that has some direct members that are of a lower rank than other direct members needs to have "Taxon incertae sedis" as an artificial taxon. That Wikispecies needs such things for presentation purposes does not make them real.
 * Similarly that DSM publication formatting needs a heading doesn't give any reality to it. DCDuring TALK 21:47, 16 March 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete per DCDuring and per nom. - -sche (discuss) 07:32, 22 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Weak keep as etymon of PDD-NOS, which is what people actually use in conversation and most writing. ("My kid has PDD-NOS, but he hit all the goals in his plan last year.") However, there's no overwhelming reason PDD-NOS couldn't just link to pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified.  ... There are a lot of interesting definitional questions around this and other autistic spectrum conditions, especially in the aftermath of the DSM-V; but they tend to be the kind of messily prescriptive definitional issues that Wiktionary and Wikipedia each prefer to leave to the other. -- Visviva (talk) 19:57, 22 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete, and historically User:Visviva's reasoning for keeping has not been seen as valid in RFD discussions. —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 17:44, 31 July 2015 (UTC)

Deleted. bd2412 T 17:35, 3 August 2015 (UTC)