Autism assessment tools in the transition from DSM-IV to DSM-5

Zuddas, Alessandro

doi:10.1007/s00787-013-0424-8

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“…Several diagnostic tools are available to facilitate the diagnosis of ASD. Many of them follow rigid administration standards that may be obtainable only in research setting and some require extensive training[3, 4]. In addition, the expense involved with some of these tools undermines their use in lower-middle-income countries (LMIC).…”

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Development and validation of DSM-5 based diagnostic tool for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of mental disorder-IV (DSM-IV) TR based INCLEN Diagnostic Tool for Autism Spectrum Disorder (INDT-ASD) is an established instrument for the diagnosis of ASD in Indian subcontinent and low-middle income countries (LMIC). The introduction of DSM-5 necessitated revision of existing INDT-ASD tool to incorporate the DSM-5 related changes. This study was undertaken to develop and validate the DSM-5 based All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)-Modified-INDT-ASD Tool. The modifications were done using Delphi method and included: (a) rearrangement of questions from the previous tool; and (b) addition of new questions on sensory symptoms. The modified tool was validated against DSM-5 diagnostic criteria. In addition, receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were used to determine the cut-off for total score as compared to Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS) score to grade the severity of ASD. Two-hundred-twenty-five children (159 boys, median age = 47months) were enrolled. The modified tool demonstrated sensitivity of 98.4% and specificity of 91.7% to diagnose ASD. A score ≥14 on the tool was suggestive of severe ASD (CARS>36.5) with a sensitivity and specificity of 80% and 80.7% respectively [Area under the curve = 0.89]. AIIMS-Modified-INDT-ASD Tool is a simple and structured instrument based on DSM-5 criteria which can facilitate diagnosis of ASD with acceptable diagnostic accuracy.

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Development and validation of DSM-5 based diagnostic tool for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

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“…DSM-5 also featured the removal of Asperger's disorder as an independent diagnostic category and its inclusion in ASD which generated significant debate (Parsloe and Babrow, 2016). ASD in DSM-5 has two dimensions, social relations/communication and restricted interests/repetitive behavior with seven criteria (Zuddas, 2013). DSM-5 also incorporated a severity scale for the assessment of autism that could facilitate determination of therapy options and prognosis (Mehling and Tasse, 2016).…”

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Section: Autism In the Dsmmentioning

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“…Concerns were expressed about the removal of Asperger's from DSM-5 (Zuddas, 2013). One of these concerns is that some individuals will no longer meet the criteria for diagnosis and will lose public health support services (Zuddas, 2013). However, rates of diagnosis are increasing even though it is unknown whether the increase is due to an elevated awareness, the broader diagnostic criteria or a true increase in the incidence of ASD (Kulage, Smaldone and Cohn, 2014).…”

Section: Autism In the Dsmmentioning

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Technological Interventions for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

Moussawi¹,

Diederich²

2018

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While communication is changing all around us, psychological practice has not fundamentally adapted for more than a hundred years. Psychologists deliver services by talking to people in an office environment or out in the field. However, with the arrival of artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace, psychological service delivery is set to change dramatically. The focus here is to explore and review the role of technology in psychological interventions, in particular for adults. This paper introduces the current definition of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and the main psychological intervention: Applied Behavioural Analysis (ABA). This is followed by a review of current technology to support ABA and to enhance psychological practice.

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“…The DSM-5 now conceptualizes the separate disorders as a single condition with different levels of symptom severity in two core domains; (1) social communication and social interaction, (2) restricted repetitive behaviors, interests, and activities 4). Such changes could influence diagnostic methods and therapeutic approaches which would raise both concerning and favoring perspectives 5). The concerned position argues that the number of patients taking medication could be inflated, since separate disorders are combined into a single disorder.…”

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Advanced Pharmacotherapy Evidenced by Pathogenesis of Autism Spectrum Disorder

Lee

Park

et al. 2014

Clin Psychopharmacol Neurosci

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In clinical practice, pharmacological treatment is mostly focused on behavioral symptoms in everyday life. Nevertheless, persistent effort continues to develop medication for causal treatment. Recent changes in diagnostic criteria from Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition, text revision (DSM-IV-TR) to DSM-5 would affect not only diagnosing approaches, but also therapeutic approaches. Because previous pervasive developmental disorders have been integrated into a single entity, the autism spectrum disorder (ASD), we have to prepare for what medications are valuable for the ASD. In this article, we reviewed the following etiological treatment: acetylcholine and glutamate related medicine; amino acid medicine such as secretin, endogenous opioid, and oxytocin; complementary and alternative medicine such as chelating agents, vitamins, and omega-3; promising drugs related to the scope of pharmacogenetics currently under study.

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Autism assessment tools in the transition from DSM-IV to DSM-5

Cited by 4 publications

References 18 publications

Development and validation of DSM-5 based diagnostic tool for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Development and validation of DSM-5 based diagnostic tool for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Technological Interventions for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

Advanced Pharmacotherapy Evidenced by Pathogenesis of Autism Spectrum Disorder

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