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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 S
by 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 agoI 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...