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WHEN ASPERGER’S DISORDER CAME OUT

Chloe Gamlin ; School of Clinical Medicine University of Cambridge, Lucy Cavendish College University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

Sažetak

Background: In 2013, the American Psychiatric Association removed Asperger’s Disorder from the DSM, offering instead the
new DSM-5 diagnosis: Autism Spectrum Disorder. This change has been hailed the most controversial exclusion from the DSM, yet unlike the 1973 removal of homosexuality from DSM-III, Asperger’s disorder has not been demedicalised. Rather, the disorder has simply been reclassified as part of the DSM-5 Autism Spectrum and therefore retains its fundamental characteristic as a mental disorder owing to its inclusion within the sphere of the DSM.
Methods: This paper is based on a review of the current academic literature in conjunction with careful reading of the DSM-5.
Results: Removing the Asperger’s label, valued by patients for its distinctiveness from autism brings with it the potential to inflict iatrogenic harm.
Discussion: This paper demonstrates how the DSM-5 reclassification has the potential to threaten the identity of those affected,
and discusses the problem of autism as a stigmatizing diagnostic label.
Conclusions: A case is made for the use of tandem social/colloquial – medical/technical terminology to refer to the conditions
classified under DSM-5 Autism Spectrum Disorder, in order to square the circle of social concerns regarding identity and stigma
with the need for diagnostic clarity to continue to advance medical practice.

Ključne riječi

autism; Asperger’s; DSM-5; stigma

Hrčak ID:

263801

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/263801

Datum izdavanja:

15.6.2017.

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