Christopher Gillberg

Professor
University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Christopher Gillberg is professor of child and adolescent psychiatry at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden.

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Spectrum

By Christopher Gillberg

8 October 2013

8 min read

ESSENCE: From defined categories to broad understanding

Clinicians should place children under age 5 who have developmental delay into a broad diagnostic category, called ESSENCE, which may then resolve into any number of individual diagnoses over time, says Christopher Gillberg.

Spectrum

ESSENCE: From defined categories to broad understanding

By Christopher Gillberg

8 October 2013 | 8 min read

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