Changes from DSM-IV to DSM-5
-:- - DSM - 5 abandoned the PDD subtypes from DSM- IV, returning to the earlier
notions of autism as a single mental health condition, known as autism spectrum
disorder
- For a diagnosis of autism, behavior must be impaired in two, instead of three, ways.
- Res...
✓ -:- - Fuzzy boundaries: it proved difficult in practice to make unambiguous
distinctions between the subtypes of autism
- Diagnostic instability: individuals change- they show improvement and they regress
The term ___________________ increasingly commonly used from the 1990s onward.
✓ -:- autism spectrum
Why add descriptors?
✓ -:- - facilitate the development of appropriate, individualized treatment plans
- make diagnostic criteria broad enough to encompass the whole range of people with
autism related behavior
Why change the status of impaired language?
✓ -:- Since impaired language is not invariably present in people with ASD, it was
listed as a specifier rather then put it under the umbrella of socio-communicative
impairment
Why allow for late diagnosis?
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