What Are the Diagnostic Criteria for Asperger Syndrome?
What Are the Diagnostic Criteria for Asperger Syndrome?What are the diagnostic criteria for Asperger syndrome? How do the criteria for Asperger syndrome differ from the criteria for other autism disorders?Answer: The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV), most recently published in 2000, is the official diagnostic manual for mental disorders. It contains specific diagnostic criteria for Asperger disorder (also called Asperger syndrome), along with information about associated issues. For the first time, it includes some mention of anxiety and sensory disorders associated with Asperger syndrome, though those disorders are not required for diagnosis. The DSM-IV does describe distinct differences between Asperger syndrome and other autism spectrum
