AUTISM - ISSUES OF DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS AND VERIFICATION OF DIAGNOSIS
Autism is one of the urgent problems of childhood due to the increase in prevalence rates, the difficulties of timely diagnosis, and complex correction. At the moment, we know that autism is a multifactorial disease and its cause is unknown. This article provides data on the historical development of the doctrine of autism. The main periods of the formation of scientific ideas about autistic disorders in children, the spectrum of diseases for differential diagnosis, in the structure of which there may be an autistic syndrome, are described. Even though a lot of research has been devoted to the topic of autism, no universal and effective algorithm can successfully deal with this problem. A timely diagnosis of autism allows you to start the necessary medical and corrective care earlier because timely intervention can improve the prognosis in most children with signs of autism. The approach to this problem should be interdepartmental. ФАРМАЦИЯ The first stage of verification of the diagnosis in PHC, the service of child psychiatry, is followed by providing the child with a continuous algorithm for habilitation, education, correction the creation of a support system throughout his life.