Brief Report: DSM-5 “Levels of Support:” A Comment on Discrepant Conceptualizations of Severity in ASD
Has a useful graph.
It was written before the DSM came out, apparently, but the concerns are still relevent as no quanitification seems to exist/have been developed. (That I am aware of -- if anybody knows otherwise, please share!)
Is it possible to even do that, though? Given that ASD symptoms can be influenced by context? (And considering situations where a person could have comorbid conditions with overlapping symptoms that may have been present since birth?)
Has a useful graph.
It was written before the DSM came out, apparently, but the concerns are still relevent as no quanitification seems to exist/have been developed. (That I am aware of -- if anybody knows otherwise, please share!)
Authors said:Alternatively, if forthcoming DSM-5 text clarifies that the diagnostic modifier should indicate “level of support” for ASD symptoms alone (i.e., should not overlap with functional impairment), the issue then becomes how to quantify and qualify that going forward.
Is it possible to even do that, though? Given that ASD symptoms can be influenced by context? (And considering situations where a person could have comorbid conditions with overlapping symptoms that may have been present since birth?)
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