Asperger's Syndrome: A Comparison of Clinical Diagnoses and Those Made According to the ICD-10 and DSM-IV

Autor/inn/en	Woodbury-Smith, Marc; Klin, Ami; Volkmar, Fred
Titel	Asperger's Syndrome: A Comparison of Clinical Diagnoses and Those Made According to the ICD-10 and DSM-IV
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 35 (2005) 2, S.235-240 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-004-2002-x
Schlagwörter	Asperger Syndrome; Clinical Diagnosis; Autism; Diagnostic Tests; Classification; Evaluation Criteria; Comparative Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Asperger-Syndrom; Autismus; Diagnostic test; Diagnostischer Test; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem
Abstract	The diagnostic criteria for Asperger Syndrome (AS) according to ICD-10 and DSM-IV have been criticized as being too narrow in view of the rules of onset and precedence, whereby autism takes precedence over AS in a diagnostic hierarchy. In order to investigate this further, cases from the DSM-IV multicenter study who had been diagnosed clinically with AS were assigned to appropriate DSM-IV/ICD-10 diagnostic categories. The analysis indicated that 11 (23%) cases would be reassigned a diagnosis of autism by either ICD-10 or DSM-IV according to their onset and precedence rules, and 33 (68%) would be diagnosed with AS. These results contrast with those of others who have stated that the diagnosis of AS using ICD-10/DSM-IV criteria is virtually impossible . It is suggested that this is due to limitations inherent in these criteria, and alternative conceptualizations are discussed. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10