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DSM IV Test
| Fri, 03-23-2007 - 9:58pm |
Where can I find this test? (I'm wondering if it's in a folder in my house and I just don't know that that is what it is called.) I just filled out the PDD Assessment Scale Screening questionnaire but would love to read the test all of the PDD articles talk about.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Elissa
PS. I LOVE this board. Just told my pediatrician about it today for other moms struggling with the PDD diagnosis and looking for answers and support.

To my knowledge, it's not a test, just a handbook. From Wickipedia:
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is a handbook for mental health professionals that lists different categories of mental disorder and the criteria for diagnosing them, according to the publishing organization the American Psychiatric Association. It is used worldwide by clinicians and researchers as well as insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies and policy makers. It has attracted controversy and criticism as well as praise.
The DSM has gone through five revisions since it was first published in 1952. The last major revision was the DSM-IV published in 1994, although a "text revision" was produced in 2000. The DSM-V is currently in consultation, planning and preparation, due for publication in approximately 2011. The mental disorders section of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD) is another commonly-used guide, and the two classifications use the same diagnostic codes.
THat is right. It is not a test but it is the manual that doctors do use typically to diagnose. Basically the book lists criteria for each disorder that must be achieve to diagnose a condition.
There are many links to the DSM-IV criteria for autism, aspergers and PDD-NOS. If you do not have a link I can post one for you.
Renee