What's in a name?
Ayris, Elizabeth
What's in a name? - 2013 - Your Autism Magazine 47 (3) 2013: 33-34 .
Describes how the American Psychiatric Association has revised its diagnostic manual, known as the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM). This fifth edition, familiarly known as DSM-5, incorporates key changes relating to autism and Asperger syndrome. Discusses these changes and their implications.
DIAGNOSIS
CLASSIFICATION
PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS
DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA
AUTISM
ASPERGER SYNDROME
CHANGE
What's in a name? - 2013 - Your Autism Magazine 47 (3) 2013: 33-34 .
Describes how the American Psychiatric Association has revised its diagnostic manual, known as the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM). This fifth edition, familiarly known as DSM-5, incorporates key changes relating to autism and Asperger syndrome. Discusses these changes and their implications.
DIAGNOSIS
CLASSIFICATION
PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS
DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA
AUTISM
ASPERGER SYNDROME
CHANGE
