NEW YORK (Oct. 1, 2012) -- Parents should not worry that proposed changes to the medical criteria redefining a diagnosis of autism will leave their children excluded and deemed ineligible for ...

A poorly written DSM criteria set is useless. The essential prerequisite to an accurate diagnosis is that different clinicians can agree on whether it is present or absent in a given individual. If ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) affects about one out of every fifty school children. However, according to the new Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fifth Edition (DSM-5) Autism ...

The latest edition of the "psychiatry bible" -- the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fifth Edition (DSM-5) -- caused controversy ahead of its June 2013 release because of an ...

There's been a lot of talk about how the upcoming DSM V definition of autism will affect people on the spectrum. Last week's NY Times and ABC News stories really got people talking, especially when ...

With the release of the fifth edition of the so-called psychiatrist's bible -- the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)," days away, the controversy surrounding the new ...

Draft diagnostic guidelines are raising concerns that mild forms of the disorder may no longer be recognized. The word 'autism' once invoked the picture of someone with severe problems, serious ...

Millions of people could be mislabeled as mentally ill when psychiatry's bible of diagnoses is updated in May, warns a doctor. Millions of people could be mislabeled as mentally ill when psychiatry's ...