Analysis on the Validity of Autistic Disorder in Past, Present, and Future DSMs
Running Head: ANALYSIS ON THE VALIDITY OF AUTISTIC DISORDER IN
PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE DSM’S
Analysis on the validity of Autistic Disorder in Past, Present and Future DSM’s
Monica Gilbert
Carlos Albizu University
Abstract
Several studies were examined on the validity of Autistic Disorder in present DSM; DSM-IV-TR and on the future proposed DSM; DSM-V. Past DSM’s were also examined in order to analyze the history and pattern of the diagnostic criteria. Furthermore, studies that compared Autistic Disorder with Asperger’s Disorder and Autistic Disorder with Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS) were also examined in order to predict whether the proposed DSM-V would show validity in its criterion of this disorder.
Analysis on the validity of Autistic Disorder in Past, Present and Future DSM’s
Introduction
Over the past years there has been a great deal of attention rendered to Autism. To some this is a fairly novel diagnosis but to others such as Leo Kanner (1943) this disorder has been around for quiet some time. The word autism comes from the Greek word “autos” which means self. Many people will usually describe a child with autism as one that likes to “keep to himself” Eugene Bleuler, a Swiss psychiatrist was the first to use the term Autism in 1911, who used it this term to refer to one group of symptoms of child schizophrenia (Bleuler, 1984).
Later on, Leo Kanner mentioned in his description of a childhood disorder which termed autistic disturbances of affective contact that some characteristics of these children included lack of social interaction, disturbances in communication such as muteness, echolalia, and/or literal speech, fascinations with objects and ritualistic stereotypic behaviors (Kanner. 1943). Similarly as Kanner was working with Autism in 1940 another psychiatrist from Austria, Hans Asperger was also examining the disorder. In the Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Asperger is also seen as a disorder
PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE DSM’S
Analysis on the validity of Autistic Disorder in Past, Present and Future DSM’s
Monica Gilbert
Carlos Albizu University
Abstract
Several studies were examined on the validity of Autistic Disorder in present DSM; DSM-IV-TR and on the future proposed DSM; DSM-V. Past DSM’s were also examined in order to analyze the history and pattern of the diagnostic criteria. Furthermore, studies that compared Autistic Disorder with Asperger’s Disorder and Autistic Disorder with Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS) were also examined in order to predict whether the proposed DSM-V would show validity in its criterion of this disorder.
Analysis on the validity of Autistic Disorder in Past, Present and Future DSM’s
Introduction
Over the past years there has been a great deal of attention rendered to Autism. To some this is a fairly novel diagnosis but to others such as Leo Kanner (1943) this disorder has been around for quiet some time. The word autism comes from the Greek word “autos” which means self. Many people will usually describe a child with autism as one that likes to “keep to himself” Eugene Bleuler, a Swiss psychiatrist was the first to use the term Autism in 1911, who used it this term to refer to one group of symptoms of child schizophrenia (Bleuler, 1984).
Later on, Leo Kanner mentioned in his description of a childhood disorder which termed autistic disturbances of affective contact that some characteristics of these children included lack of social interaction, disturbances in communication such as muteness, echolalia, and/or literal speech, fascinations with objects and ritualistic stereotypic behaviors (Kanner. 1943). Similarly as Kanner was working with Autism in 1940 another psychiatrist from Austria, Hans Asperger was also examining the disorder. In the Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Asperger is also seen as a disorder