Top

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Gepubliceerd in:

01-07-2013 | Original Paper

Views on the Diagnostic Labels of Autism and Asperger’s Disorder and the Proposed Changes in the DSM

Auteurs: Donna M. Kite, Judith Gullifer, Graham A. Tyson

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 7/2013

Abstract

With the approaching release of the DSM V in 2013, there has been much debate about the proposal to remove the diagnostic label of Asperger’s disorder from the new DSM. This study explored how health and education professionals perceive the conditions of autism and Asperger’s disorder and their views on the proposed diagnostic changes. Analysis of the 547 participant responses confirmed an increase stigma is associated with the label of autism, with autism considered to be a more severe than the condition of Asperger’s disorder. Approximately half of the participants reported being opposed to proposed diagnostic changes and of the remaining participants, 22 % supported the proposed changes and 28 % expressed uncertainty.

vorige artikel Investigating Word Learning in Fragile X Syndrome: A Fast-Mapping Study

volgende artikel Meta-Analysis of Social Skills Interventions of Single-Case Research for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Results from Three-Level HLM

Admin. (2011, July 6). Asperger’s, autism and the new DSM. Retrieved December 27, 2011.

American Psychiatric Association. (2000). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders. Washington: American Psychiatric Association.

American Psychiatric Association. (2009). Asperger’s disorder. Retrieved 30 April 2009.

American Psychiatric Association. (2010). DSM-V: The future manual. Retrieved 18 June.

American Psychiatric Association. (2011). DSM-5 Development. Retrieved September 1, 2011 from http://www.dsm5.org>Home>ProposedRevision.

Angermeyer, M. C., & Matschinger, H. (2003). The stigma of mental illness: Effects of labelling on public attitudes towards people with mental illness. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 108, 304–309.PubMedCrossRef

Attwood, T. (1998). Asperger’s syndrome: A guide for parents and professionals. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

Australian Government. (2008). Helping children with autism. Canberra: FaHCSIA.

Autism Support Group. (2010). Proposed changes to autism diagnosis in DSM-V. Retrieved 20 July 2010.

Barbaro, J., & Dissanayake, C. (2007). A comparative study of the use and understanding of self-presentational display rules in children with high functioning autism and Asperger’s disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 37, 1235–1246.PubMedCrossRef

Bernard, H. R., & Ryan, G. W. (2010). Analyzing qualitative data systematic approaches. London: SAGE Publications.

Bocaccini, M. T., Murrie, D. C., Clark, J. W., & Cornell, D. G. (2008). Describing, diagnosing and naming psychopathy: How do youth psychopathy labels influence jurors. Behavioural Science and the Law, 26, 487–510.CrossRef

Brewin, B. J., Renwick, R., & Fudge Schormans, A. (2008). Parental perspectives of the quality of life in school environments for children with Asperger syndrome. Focus on Autism and other developmental disabilities, 23(4), 242–252.CrossRef

Bubbles. (2011). Autism and Asperger’s in teh DSM-V: Thoughts on clinical utility. Retrieved September 2011.

Corrigan, P. W. (2007). How clinical diagnosis might exacerbate the stigma of mental illness. Social Work, 52(1), 31–39.PubMedCrossRef

Cuccaro, M. L., Nations, L., Brinkley, J., Abramson, R. K., Wright, H. H., Hall, A., et al. (2007). A comparison of repetitive behaviors in Aspergers disorder and high functioning autism. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 37, 347–360.PubMedCrossRef

Doherty, E. (2009, 26 April). Kids ‘Cage’ Anger. The Advertiser, pp. 1, 4.

Earley, D. (2009, May 2). Rein reveals autism ordeal. The Advertiser.

Eiser, J. R., & Mower-White, C. J. (1976). The persuasiveness of labels: Attitude change produced through definition of the attitude continuum. European Journal of Social Psychology, 4(1), 89–92.CrossRef

Elfant, A. B. (1985). Psychotherapy and assessment in hospital settings: Ideological and professional conflicts. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 16(1), 55–63.CrossRef

Fletcher, J., Pirkis, J., King, K., Christo, J., Bassilios, B., Burgess, P., et al. (2011). Psychologists’ experiences with the Better Access initiative: A pilot study. Australian Psychologist, 46, 153–162.CrossRef

Ghaziuddin, M. (2005). A family history study of Asperger’s syndrome. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 35, 177–182.PubMedCrossRef

Ghaziuddin, M. (2008). Defining the behavioural phenotype of Asperger syndrome. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 38(1), 138–142.PubMedCrossRef

Ghaziuddin, M. (2010). Brief report: Should the DSM V drop Asperger syndrome? Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 40, 1146–1148.PubMedCrossRef

Gillberg, C., & Enlers, S. (1998). High functioning people with Autism and Asperger’s syndrome: A literature review. In E. Schopler, G. B. Mesibov, & L. J. Kunce (Eds.), Asperger syndrome or high-functioning autism? (pp. 79–100). New York: Plenum Press.CrossRef

Henrysdad. (2010). Autism and Asperger’s in teh DSM-V: Thoughts on clinical utility. Retrieved September 21, 2011.

Holm-Denoma, J. M. (2008). Patients’ affective reaction to receiving diagnostic feedback. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 27(6), 555–575.CrossRef

Hough, H. (2006). Letters to the editor. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, 19(4), 166–169.CrossRef

Huang, H., & Diamond, K. E. (2010). Early childhood teacher’s ideas about including children with disabilities in programmes designed for typically developing children. International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 56(2), 169–182.CrossRef

Isus. (2011). Autism and Asperger’s in the DSM-V: Thoughts on clinical utility. Retrieved September 21, 2011.

Julie. (2011). Bye Bye Asperger’s syndrome. Retrieved November 1, 2011 from http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2009/11/05/bye-aspergers-syndrome.

Kite, D., & Tyson, G. (2011a). Implicit theories of characteristics and causes of Asperger's disorder. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Kite, D., & Tyson, G. (2011b). Management and treatment strategies for Asperger's disorder- How effective are they perceived to be? Manuscript submitted for publication.

Kite, D., Tyson, G., & Gullifer, J. (2011). Exploring the perception of Asperger’s disorder. Unpublished Manuscript submitted for publication.

Kupfer, D. J., Regier, D. A., & Kuhl, E. A. (2008). On the road to the DSM-V and ICD-11. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 258, 2–6.PubMedCrossRef

Lecavalier, L., Gadow, K. D., DeVincent, C. J., Houts, C., & Edwards, M. C. (2009). Deconstructing the PDD clinical phenotype: Internal validity of the DSM-IV. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 50(10), 1246–1254.PubMedCrossRef

Lenne, B. S., & Waldby, C. (2011). Sorting out autism spectrum disorders: Evidence-based medicine and the complexities of the clinical encounter. Health Sociology Review, 20(1), 70–83.CrossRef

Little, L. (2003). Maternal perceptions of the importance of needs and resources for children with Asperger syndrome and nonverbal learning disorders. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 18(4), 257–266.CrossRef

Lopez-Duran, N. (2010). Autism and Asperger’s in the DSM-V: Thoughts on clinical utility. Retrieved September 21, 2011,

MacCulloch, T. (2010). Constructions of truth, gate-keeping and the power of diagnostic labels. Issues in Mental Health and Nursing, 31, 151–152.CrossRef

Macintosh, K., & Dissanayake, C. (2006). Social skills and problem behaviours in school aged children with high-functioning autism and Asperger’s disorder. Journal of Developmental Disorders, 36, 1065–1076.CrossRef

Paxton, K., & Estay, I. A. (2007). Counselling people of the autism spectrum: A practical manual. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

Regier, D. A., Narrow, W. E., Kuhl, E. A., & Kupfer, D. J. (2009). The conceptual development of DSM-V. American Journal of Psychiatry, 166(6), 645–650.PubMedCrossRef

Rogler, L. H. (1997). Making sense of historical changes in the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders: Five propositions. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 38, 9–20.PubMedCrossRef

Rosenberg, R. E., Daniels, A. M., Law, K. J., Law, P. A., & Kaufmann, W. E. (2009). Trends in autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 39, 1099–1111.PubMedCrossRef

Rosenhan, D. L. (1973). On being sane in insane places. Science, 179, 250–258.PubMedCrossRef

Sanders, J. L. (2009). Qualitative or quantitative differences between Asperger’s Disorder and autism? Historical considerations. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 39, 1560–1567.PubMedCrossRef

Skellern, C., Schluter, P., & McDowell, M. (2005). From complexity to category: Responding to diagnostic uncertainties of autism spectrum disorders. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 41, 407–412.PubMedCrossRef

Sproule, W. (2010). Content analysis. In M. Walter (Ed.), Social research methods (2nd ed., pp. 323–350). Melbourne: Oxford University Press.

Stinnett, T. A., Bull, K. S., Koonce, D. A., & Aldridge, J. O. (1999). Effects of diagnostic label, race, gender, educational placement and definitional information on prognostic outlook for children with behavior problems. Psychology in Schools, 36(1), 51–59.CrossRef

Swedo, S. (2009). Report of the DSM-V neurodevelopmental disorder work group. Retrieved 9/12/2009.

Wallis, C. (2009). A powerful identity, a vanishing diagnosis. The New York Times.

William & Mary. (2011). Asperger’s, autism and the new DSM. Retrieved December 1, 2011 from http://www.wm.edu/offices/deanofstudents/services/disabilityservices/facultyresource.

Wing, L., Gould, J., & Gillberg, C. (2011). Autism spectrum disorders in the DSM-V: Better or worse than the DSM-IV? Research in Developmental Disabilities, 32, 768–773.PubMedCrossRef

World Health Organisation. (1992). ICD-10 international statistical classification of diseases and related health problems. Geneva: author.

Titel: Views on the Diagnostic Labels of Autism and Asperger’s Disorder and the Proposed Changes in the DSM
Auteurs: Donna M. Kite
Judith Gullifer
Graham A. Tyson
Publicatiedatum: 01-07-2013
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 7/2013
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-012-1718-2

Bohn Stafleu van Loghum

Deel dit onderdeel of sectie (kopieer de link)

Abstract

Log in om toegang te krijgen

Andere artikelen Uitgave 7/2013

Bone Density in Peripubertal Boys with Autism Spectrum Disorders

The Broader Autism Phenotype in Simplex and Multiplex Families

Brief Report: Effect of Spatial Complexity on Visual Short-Term Memory and Self-Reported Autistic-Like Traits in Typically Developed Individuals

Orienting in Response to Gaze and the Social Use of Gaze among Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Brief Report: Predictors of Outcomes in the Early Start Denver Model Delivered in a Group Setting

Salient Social Cues are Prioritized in Autism Spectrum Disorders Despite Overall Decrease in Social Attention