The DSM-IV is specific as to specifying the more severe and milder sub-types of autism such as Asperger’s Syndrome and Savant Syndrome. The DSM-IV is 886 pages large, and is a document that has been peer-reviewed by the American Psychiatric Association, also a governing body. The process of checklisting a patient against the DSM criteria creates a significant clinical marker for autism and is especially important in the absence of a biological test to determine autism. ![]() ![]() The DSM was created by clinicians for clinicians, and is referred to regularly by psychiatrists and clinical psychologists alike who seek to reference patients against a checklist of behaviours it is a book not intended for any other professions, although other professions may be able to access it for reference purposes. 1994) also commonly referred to as ‘the bible of psychiatry’. Improved sense of ‘self’ as individual seeks to understand his/herself better.ĭiagnosis involves ‘tick-boxing’ the criteria for diagnosis that is in the DSM, (presently the DSM-IV est.Improved employment conditions as diagnosis leads to support/protection under The Autism Act 2009. ![]() Educational statementing and Individual Education Plans (IEPs).
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