In July 2003, Archives of Disease in Childhood (official journal of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health) carried a paper on Pathological Demand Avoidance Syndrome by E Newson, K Le Maréchal, and C David. The article Pathological demand avoidance syndrome: a necessary distinction within the pervasive developmental disorders can be accessed on the ADC Online website.

The abstract of the article can be found at:
http://adc.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/abstract/88/7/595

The full article and additional supporting material are all available without subscription.

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