PSYC 337 Lecture 2: 2 PSYC 337 Sept 7th 2016
1 Dec 2016
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1/68 births or 1/42 for males (very common) 1990"s=critical asd grew 172% (about take with grain of salt) Cost=90 billion/yr take costs/% with a grain of salt. Diagram of diagnostic criteria shows sharp increase around 1992 so really there was a huge increase in criteria which would increase the diagnosis. Dsm iv was produced in 1994 and included a lot of new criteria e. g. asperger"s this also shows girl/boy differences asperger"s has 9 to 1 (way more males) Also added not otherwise specified to diagnostic criteria meaning: you can diagnose asd nos even if they don"t fit the criteria exactly (seriously reduces reliability) E. g. a huge % of eating disorders are nos. Dsm v has tried to get rid of nos criteria but not successful. Increased social awareness, pressure, funding more money increase in the disorder. Comorbidity and diagnostic substitution increase autism decrease in individuals diagnosed with intellectual deficiencies and same for adhd (more.
