Asperger's syndrome doesn't exist any more? Yeah, instant-cure!
Seriously though, what's going on with that? They've drawn a very clear line between Asperger's and Kanner's with the delay in language. Now they're directly contradicting that?
I have the suspicion that "spectrum disorders" will be the new diagnosis of the year, and be used as newspeak for "I only have a very vague idea what I'm doing, but there is definitely something I gotta diagnose. Probably."
Like ADHD and bipolar before, which were grossly misused and overdiagnosed. And while it may not have much of an effect on the work of skilled therapists, the shitty ones may do more damage...
Another two points that seems completely arbitrary:
Ruling out Autism when there's schizophrenia, even though they're not mutually exclusive.
"clinically significant impairment" seems like another criterion that relies on the therapist to make an educated guess.
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Asperger's syndrome doesn't exist any more? Yeah, instant-cure!
Seriously though, what's going on with that? They've drawn a very clear line between Asperger's and Kanner's with the delay in language. Now they're directly contradicting that?
I have the suspicion that "spectrum disorders" will be the new diagnosis of the year, and be used as newspeak for "I only have a very vague idea what I'm doing, but there is definitely something I gotta diagnose. Probably." Like ADHD and bipolar before, which were grossly misused and overdiagnosed. And while it may not have much of an effect on the work of skilled therapists, the shitty ones may do more damage...
Another two points that seems completely arbitrary:
Personality disorders seem to be a mess as well.
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