[HTML][HTML] Autism according to diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders 5th edition: The need for further improvements
A Posar, F Resca, P Visconti - Journal of pediatric neurosciences, 2015 - journals.lww.com
The fifth edition of the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM-5)
introduced significant changes in the classification of autism spectrum disorders (ASD),
including the abolition of the diagnostic subcategories proposed by DSM-IV-Text Revision.
DSM-5 describes three levels of increasing severity of ASD. The authors report two
explanatory cases with ASD (verbal boys, aged about 7 and a half years, without intellectual
disability). According to DSM-5, both cases fall into the lowest severity level of ASD …
introduced significant changes in the classification of autism spectrum disorders (ASD),
including the abolition of the diagnostic subcategories proposed by DSM-IV-Text Revision.
DSM-5 describes three levels of increasing severity of ASD. The authors report two
explanatory cases with ASD (verbal boys, aged about 7 and a half years, without intellectual
disability). According to DSM-5, both cases fall into the lowest severity level of ASD …