DSM-5 criteria for autism spectrum disorder maximizes diagnostic sensitivity and specificity in preschool children

• Published in: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology Vol. 54; no. 6; pp. 693 - 701
• Main Authors: Wiggins, Lisa D., Rice, Catherine E., Barger, Brian, Soke, Gnakub N., Lee, Li-Ching, Moody, Eric, Edmondson-Pretzel, Rebecca, Levy, Susan E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.06.2019; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Autism; Autism Spectrum Disorder - diagnosis; Checklist; Child, Preschool; Criteria; Diagnosis; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; Diagnostic systems; Epidemiology; Female; Humans; Intellectual Disability - diagnosis; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Mental disorders; Mental illness; Original Paper; Preschool children; Psychiatry; Sensitivity; Sensitivity and Specificity; Signs and symptoms; Autism; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM); Diagnostic criteria; Autism spectrum disorder

Purpose The criteria for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) were revised in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). The objective of this study was to compare the sensitivity and specificity of DSM-IV-Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR) and DSM-5 definitions of ASD in...