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I'd think the amount dropped significantly once Asperger's was removed from the spectrum in DSM-5 (although this article seems to ignore that fact).

by Aoyagi 10y ago

Aelinsaar 10y ago
Asperger's was folded into the spectrum, and the actual condition was removed as a "standalone".
RankingMember 10y ago
Correct me if I'm wrong, but my understanding was that references to "Aspergers" were removed, but the diagnosis was basically just rolled into the greater "Autism spectrum" diagnosis.
scott_s 10y ago
That's not my understanding of what happened in DSM-5. My understanding is that Asperger's was removed as a separate diagnoses, as it now falls under Autistic Spectrum Disorder. The Wikipedia article seems to match my prior understanding (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autism_spectrum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autism_spectrum), "The DSM-5 redefined the autism spectrum to encompass the previous (DSM-IV-TR) diagnoses of autism, Asperger syndrome, pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS), and childhood disintegrative disorder."
- jsprogrammer 10y ago
  >The strength of each of the editions of DSM has been “reliability” – each edition has ensured that clinicians use the same terms in the same ways. The weakness is its lack of validity. http://www.nimh.nih.gov/about/director/2013/transforming-diagnosis.shtml http://www.nimh.nih.gov/about/director/2013/transforming-dia... Time for a new book.
  - scott_s 10y ago
    I like Steven Novella's nuanced take on this issue: https://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/dsm-5-and-the-fight-for-the-heart-of-psychiatry/ https://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/dsm-5-and-the-fight-for...
LifeQuestioner 10y ago
It was not removed - it was pushed into the "Umbrella" of "Autistic spectrum disorder" - why? Because there was no agreement as to what "High functioning autism" vs "Aspergers" was so different people diagnosing would put different people under different things.
- Aoyagi 10y ago
  Oh, so it was the other way around, basically? Well, thanks for correcting me.

I'd think the amount dropped significantly once Asperger's was removed from the spectrum in DSM-5 (although this article seems to ignore that fact).

by Aoyagi 10y ago

I'd think the amount dropped significantly once Asperger's was removed from the spectrum in DSM-5 (although this article seems to ignore that fact).

Aelinsaar 10y ago

Asperger's was folded into the spectrum, and the actual condition was removed as a "standalone".

RankingMember 10y ago

Correct me if I'm wrong, but my understanding was that references to "Aspergers" were removed, but the diagnosis was basically just rolled into the greater "Autism spectrum" diagnosis.

scott_s 10y ago

That's not my understanding of what happened in DSM-5. My understanding is that Asperger's was removed as a separate diagnoses, as it now falls under Autistic Spectrum Disorder. The Wikipedia article seems to match my prior understanding (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autism_spectrum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autism_spectrum), "The DSM-5 redefined the autism spectrum to encompass the previous (DSM-IV-TR) diagnoses of autism, Asperger syndrome, pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS), and childhood disintegrative disorder."

jsprogrammer 10y ago
>The strength of each of the editions of DSM has been “reliability” – each edition has ensured that clinicians use the same terms in the same ways. The weakness is its lack of validity. http://www.nimh.nih.gov/about/director/2013/transforming-diagnosis.shtml http://www.nimh.nih.gov/about/director/2013/transforming-dia... Time for a new book.
- scott_s 10y ago
  I like Steven Novella's nuanced take on this issue: https://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/dsm-5-and-the-fight-for-the-heart-of-psychiatry/ https://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/dsm-5-and-the-fight-for...

LifeQuestioner 10y ago

It was not removed - it was pushed into the "Umbrella" of "Autistic spectrum disorder" - why? Because there was no agreement as to what "High functioning autism" vs "Aspergers" was so different people diagnosing would put different people under different things.

Aoyagi 10y ago
Oh, so it was the other way around, basically? Well, thanks for correcting me.