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Asperger's Syndrome as an Official Diagnosis:
In 1994, Asperger's Syndrome was added to the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) published by the American Psychiatric Association, which is the primary reference in the United States. The European equivalent of the DSM published by the World Health Organization is known as the ICD (International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems). It included Asperger's Syndrome in the 1992 publication. These are the two major references, so publication in them is when it would be considered an "official" diagnosis. So, it became an "official" diagnosis in 1992 in Europe and in 1994 in the United States.
Brief History of Asperger's Syndrome Prior to Becoming an Official Diagnosis:
Hans Asperger, an Austrian pediatrician, studied children with a condition he labeled "autistic psychopathy", for which some research was published in 1944. His work was not well-known because most of it was only published in German and not translated for decades.
A description of a condition labeled "Asperger's syndrome" by Lorna Wing first appeared in 1981. The condition was not clearly described until 1989-1991 by several different researchers who had been studying it separately. Lars Christopher Gillberg, who has done significant research on autism and Asperger's Syndrome, developed criteria published in 1989 that is considered by those who actually work with children to be more accurate than either the DSM or ICD. Peter Szatmari also proposed diagnostic criteria for Asperger's Syndrome in 1989. So, there were diagnoses of the condition prior to publication in the DSM and ICD.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoAt this time, it is not diagnosed in newborns, but it can sometimes be diagnosed at under 1 year of age. Some people will not be diagnosed until their teens, when the difficulties of Asperger's Syndrome and peer pressure cause too much stress. Other people will not be diagnosed until adulthood, possibly when children or grandchildren are diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder.
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What is profound Aspergers?
It is a more severe version of aspergers
Is aspergers syndrome and asburgers syndrome the same thing?
Close, asburgeres sounds similar to aspergers. Asburgeres specifically does not exist but aspergers does. Other names for aspergers is asperger(s) syndrome and autistic psychopathy which is the original name for aspergers.
What is the newest version of the DSM?
DSM-V
Is aspergers a mentall illness?
Aspergers is not a mentall illness it is not a diesease you can,t catch aspergers by being around someone with aspergers. People with aspergers are born with it. Although aspergers affects the way people think and veiw the world it is not a diesese. Recent aspergers studies have shown that in brains of people with aspergers there is a difference in the way the brain is wired and set up. and there have also been studies of aspergers brain waves and it showed the brain waves of people with aspergers differed from nerotypical brain waves. Just because people with aspergers think differently does not make them mentally ill there is a huge difference between the two.
When was the DSM-4 published?
DSM-4 WAS PUBLISHED IN 1994
When did conduct disorder get added to dsm?
I don't see it in the DSM II published in 1968. It is in the DSM III published in 1980.
When was Aspergers Society of Ontario created?
Aspergers Society of Ontario was created in 2000.
What is asperger's sickness?
I dont know that Aspergers is a sickness. It is said usually that someone is "gifted" with Asperger. That means it is a blessing. Many Aspergers say that they wouldnt trade Aspergers with a neurotypical life. I dont think Aspergers is a sickness.
