Yet, clinicians treating persons with autism continue to prescribe older ... This article presents a model using basic medical and DSM IV-based comorbidity groups of seizure-related behavioral ...

PDA may represent a neurotype to be accommodated rather than a disease to be treated.

The diagnosis for autism in adults is done through a series of in-person tests and observations, after the symptoms are discussed. The current DSM-5 criteria is what determines autism in adults. Once ...

They may use the criteria for ASD in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5) as well as behavioral observations to make a diagnosis. Roy M, Strate P. Autism ...

That’s because the previous version of the DSM—based on its exclusion criteria in the diagnosis of autism—didn’t allow for a ...

A new Macquarie University study suggests that instead of relying on the 'bible' of mental health diagnosis, we need a ...

They can also refer to the standardized criteria in the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Fifth Edition (DSM-5). Individuals with autism and parents or ...

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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD), as defined by the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), is usually characterized by communication challenges ...

Many folx at this intersection find it hard to get an "official" diagnosis because DSM criteria is based off of a voyeuristic interpretation of Autism that does not take gender, culture ...

While ASD and ADHD are two different experiences, stimming is a part of the formal diagnostic criteria for autism in the DSM-5-TR. Stimming is also an area of extensive research in ASD.