Syndrome of our times
Disorderly queue … (from left) Daryl Hannah, Dan Aykroyd, David Walsh, J.K. Rowling and Mark Zuckerberg have all been linked with Asperger’s syndrome. Your boss has got it. your boss’s secretary has got it. The IT guys at work have all got it. Your accountant? A textbook case. Your older brother, too. And that weird [...]
Asperger’s syndrome: A life changer
Click to play video JAMES Faye was the type of kid who had to have the last word. A victim of bullying, he expressed his frustration one day by throwing a table in class. He was sent to see a psychiatrist, who put him on anti-psychotic medication. Twelve years later, as a university student, [...]
Just In: Aspergers Prevalence Predicted To Fall To Zero
Emily Willingham, Contributor Today, I was one of four people speaking on Forum with Michael Krasny, on KQED (Northern California Public Radio; listen here). The big news and the show’s focus is that Aspergers (and the less-mentioned, PDD-NOS [pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified) will no longer be diagnostic entities in the DSM-V, the guide clinicians theoretically [...]
Asperger’s dumped as official disorder: ‘It’s going to set the whole journey back’
ASPERGER’S disorder has been removed from the major psychiatric manual, leaving patients worried it will make life even harder. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, which psychiatrists use to diagnose mental illness in patients and the insurance industry often uses to decide what treatments to pay for, is being revised for the first time since 1994. Asperger’s, [...]
Parents fear loss of autism funding
DAN BOX From:The Australian diagnosis of Asperger’s syndrome is being dropped from the world-leading US medical manual of psychiatric conditions, in a decision that could affect the support and funding available to thousands of Australian families. The decision is among the first major revisions to the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental [...]
The term ‘Asperger’s’ scapped by leading psychiatric diagnostic guide
New Zealand singer-songwriter Ladyhawke (aka Pip Brown) was diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome as a teenager. Picture: Supplied Source: Supplied Bill Gates was famously diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome. Source: AFP THE diagnosis of Asperger’s syndrome is being dropped from the world-leading US medical manual of psychiatric conditions. And abnormally bad and frequent temper tantrums will be [...]
Good Grief! Psychiatry’s Struggle to Define Mental Illness Goes Awry
The editors of the forthcoming fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual — psychiatry’s diagnostic handbook — are having a hard time. They’ve been attacked by autism advocacy groups for proposing to eliminate the Asperger’s diagnosis. They’ve been slammed for adding a diagnosis, or “prediagnosis,” for people determined to be “at high risk” of [...]
