Psychiatrists Approves Vast Changes To Diagnosis Manual by Sharon Jayson. USA Today. December 2, 2012.
Culminating the work of over a decade, the board of the American Psychiatric Association approved the latest version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, which will be published in detail in May. The Manual has tremendous significance for insurance coverage and school special services.
Among the several controversial changes addressed by this article is the elimination of a mild form of autism known as Asperger's syndrome and folding it in as a part of autism spectrum disorder.
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