Loss of autism in DSM-5

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jul 2012 English Publisher:Royal College of PsychiatristsJournal:British Journal of Psychiatry, volume 201, pages 74-75 (issn: 0007-1250, eissn: 1472-1465,

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Authors: Michael, Fitzgerald;

doi: 10.1192/bjp.201.1.74b

pmid: 22753857

Loss of autism in DSM-5

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I wish to comment on the phrase in the editorial by Tyrer & Craddock that in DSM-5 ‘the changes are largely cosmetic’.[1][1] This is probably correct for most of DSM-5 but not for autism, where a new, narrow definition of autism is proposed. The broader autism phenotype is accepted by

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Royal College of Psychiatrists
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Psychiatry, Mental Disorders, Humans, Periodicals as Topic

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