Leah Derham-Boyce

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Communication and interaction in ASDs - why were they merged together in the DSM?

I was told that the section on communication was merged with the section on social interaction in the DSM V because research had shown these impairments to co-occur often. Is this true? Or not?...

19 September 2014 851 3 View

Where has Childhood Disintegrative Disorder gone?

CDD was removed, along with Rett's Syndrome, from the new DSM (V). Rett's was removed because APA decided it was actually a genetic disorder based on recent research findings. No explanation was...

14 September 2014 484 3 View