Autism has been turned into a single, all-encompassing category after the American Psychiatric Association has voted to review its classification of certain mental disorders. This means that Asperger's syndrome is no longer a separate ailment. This weekend's vote by the group's board of trustees marks the first revision of the Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders since 1994 and the fifth since it first came about. The latest change comes ...Tuesday, 4 December 2012
Asperger's Syndrome is No Longer a Separate Ailment
Autism has been turned into a single, all-encompassing category after the American Psychiatric Association has voted to review its classification of certain mental disorders. This means that Asperger's syndrome is no longer a separate ailment. This weekend's vote by the group's board of trustees marks the first revision of the Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders since 1994 and the fifth since it first came about. The latest change comes ...
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