DSM-IV - Revision Changes in ASD Diagnosis, May 2013 DSM-V 


The DSM 1V - contains 886 pages that is the only thing that can be used by psychiatrists, to diagnose, prescribe, and drug a patient. Currently is used to collect over 71 billion dollars in private and government insurance payments. Learn more in the video below.

As to the new changes in the DSM.

Right now as of this date, there are some obvious concerns as to exactly how this 2013 DSM-V changed criteria will affect children and persons with autism, (ASD); and as well those with diagnosis of related Aspergers disorder, etc. These obviously valid concerns, are not only in regard to any possible change in and of diagnosis, but as well in regard to change in treatment, and also the availability of insured treatment and payment for care. If you are insured or other; as for prescribing and treatment; the prescribing would still likely be covered, irregardless of it being an ASD, psychiatric, or other behavior related diagnoses. Pharma obviously can not lose in that situation. What if a child is placed into the mentally handicapped diagnosis category, and it actually is ASD related; and gets no treatment? Obviously some other variables as well could indeed exist here.What we have here in the below site page, is a collection of claims argued and with claimed to said said studies; that show a potential outcome that could actually go either way in its outcome.

In the overall view of what the American Psychiatric Association is putting forth in their said DSM changes information; based on that alone, a person would likely conclude that they have developed a far better working outline in regard to ASD diagnosis. But is it really??? Is it that simple? We also have well founded arguments made that this change will exclude a large number of children, and/or individuals from an ASD diagnosis.

In the balance, this information was put together as mostly information sources, and for the reader to come to their own conclusions as to which camp or group is actually, or may be right.

This said situation outcome may possibly be, or may only be realized after it has been implemented for period of time, as to and in regard to these said revisions in the DSM. We do know that there is a huge concern regarding the increasing ASD diagnosis numbers. Hopefully theses changes do not and will not have anything to do with an possible underlying attempt to artificially and/or falsely reduce the said ASD diagnosis numbers. These people that deal in the no real science behind it pseudo quackery of psychiatric drug prescribing, can not be trusted, and obviously the public should not trust them. Significant concern is warranted, and is obviously quite valid.


DSM5 in Distress

The DSM's impact on mental health practice and research
by Allen Frances, M.D.

Will the DSM-5 Reduce Rates of Autism? Yes, by a lot and for the wrong reasons.

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/dsm5-in-distress/201211/will-the-dsm-5-reduce-rates-autism

Updates to the APA in DSM-V – What do the changes mean to families living with Autism? (This is a good article in and as to explanation of, and in the understanding of the concerns regarding the said DSM, May 2013 ASD diagnosis changes).

Revisions to the specific criteria needed for a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder have also been made. The new criteria are more thorough and strict compared to the old criteria.  For example, more symptoms are needed to meet criteria within the area of fixated interests and repetitive behaviors. Other changes to the criteria include a reorganization.  Currently, the domains for Autistic Disorder include impairments in Communication, Social Interaction, and Restricted Interests and Repetitive Behaviors.  In the new edition, the Communication and Social Interaction domains will be combined into one, titled “Social/Communication Deficits.” Additionally, the requirement of a delay in language development is no longer necessary for a diagnosis.

These proposed changes are based on research, analysis, and expert opinion. The revisions have been made with the hope that the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders will be more specific, reliable, and valid.  Despite these positive hopes, legitimate concerns have been raised regarding how these changes might impact people on the spectrum.  One of the biggest concerns is that some who are higher functioning will no longer meet the more strict diagnostic criteria and will therefore have difficulties accessing relevant services.  Questions have been raised about what will happen to people currently diagnosed with Asperger’s Disorder or PDD-NOS.  Furthermore, there is uncertainty regarding how state and educational services and insurance companies will adopt these changes.

It is clear these changes will have an impact on families and people currently diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. It remains to be seen how diagnosticians and clinicians will use the new criteria in evaluating children and the impact it will have on the availability of services.

http://www.autism.com/index.php/news_dsmV

Redefining Autism: Will New DSM-5 Criteria for ASD Exclude Some People? 

(This is a quite well written article, as to these the understanding of the DSM changes)

Excerpts:

Essentially, to qualify for a diagnosis of autistic disorder in DSM-IV, a patient must show at least six of 12 symptoms, which are divided into three groups: deficits in social interaction; deficits in communication; and repetitive and restricted behaviors and interests. In contrast, the DSM-5 divides seven symptoms of ASD into two main groups: deficits in social communication and social interaction; and restricted, repetitive behaviors and interests. (For a closer look at the changes, read the companion piece: "Autism Is Not a Math Problem".

Essentially, to qualify for a diagnosis of autistic disorder in DSM-IV, a patient must show at least six of 12 symptoms, which are divided into three groups: deficits in social interaction; deficits in communication; and repetitive and restricted behaviors and interests. In contrast, the DSM-5 divides seven symptoms of ASD into two main groups: deficits in social communication and social interaction; and restricted, repetitive behaviors and interests. (For a closer look at the changes, read the companion piece: "Autism Is Not a Math Problem".

Read more:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=autism-new-criteria

Psychiatric association approves changes to diagnostic manual
http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/02/health/new-mental-health-diagnoses

The proposed DSM-5 changes with regard to ASD
American Psychiatric Association DSM-5 Development

(Retrieved from www.dsm5.org)

Autism Spectrum Disorder

Must meet criteria A, B, C, and D: (New criteria outline)

http://www.autismsupportnetwork.com/news/proposed-dsm-5-changes-regard-asd-3478294#ixzz2NAY1oNvH

DSM-5: The Future of Psychiatric Diagnosis
http://www.dsm5.org/Pages/Default.aspx

Autism prevalence and the DSM, (here they argue it in the other direction, claiming the ASD all inclusive category will potentially allow for more inclusions as to insurance coverage, not less).

http://www.apa.org/monitor/2012/10/autism-dsm.aspx 

Here as a fact is your BEST option, and the earlier after diagnosis, that biomedical treatment is started, the better. Getting to the real causation and source of the problem; instead of only providing behavioral and speech therapy, and possibly long term prescribing of psychiatric drugs. If you want the best chance for improvement and even complete reversal of ASD, and in healing the harm done; then biomedical treatment can NOT be ignored and or left out of the ASD treatment plan.  

Biomedical Treatment in Autism (ASD) 
http://www.vacfacts.info/biomedical-treatment-in-autism-asd.html

The DSM: Psychiatry's Deadliest Scam, (the video above)

It's psychiatry's best-selling catalog of mental illness — 943 pages long and covering everything from depression and anxiety to stuttering, cigarette addiction, fear of spiders, nightmares, problems with math and even disorder of infancy — all reinterpreted and labeled as a brain disease.

And though it weighs less than five pounds, its influence pervades all aspects of modern society: our governments, our courts, our military, our media and our schools.

Using it, psychiatrists can enforce psychiatric drugging, seize your children and even take away your most precious personal freedoms.

It is psychiatry's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, and it is the engine that drives a $330 billion psychiatric industry.

But is there any proof behind the DSM? Or is it nothing more than an elaborate pseudoscientific sham? Listen to this video and find out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcuhhJ1BaMk

How Psychiatric Drugs Can Kill Your Child - Documentary Video, (the video above)

The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) is a nonprofit mental health watchdog, responsible for helping to enact more than 150 laws protecting individuals from abusive or coercive practices. CCHR has long fought to restore basic inalienable human rights to the field of mental health, including, but not limited to, full informed consent regarding the medical legitimacy of psychiatric diagnosis, the risks of psychiatric treatments, the right to all available medical alternatives, and the right to refuse any treatment considered harmful. http://www.cchr.org/. Dead Wrong: How Psychiatric Drugs Can Kill Your Child. From the makers of the award-winning documentaries Making a Killing: The Untold Story of Psychotropic Drugging and The Marketing of Madness: Are We All Insane? comes this searing new documentary, exposing how devastating—and deadly—psychiatric drugs can be for children and families. Behind the grim statistics of deaths, suicides, birth defects and serious adverse reactions is the human face of this global drugging epidemic—the personal stories of loss and courage of those who paid the real price. Psychiatrists claim their drugs are safe for children? Once you hear what eight brave mothers, their families, health experts, drug counselors and doctors have to say instead, you will come away convinced of one thing... Psychiatrists are DEAD WRONG.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gazEyr86RVY

MAKING A KILLING: (video above)

THE UNTOLD STORY OF PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGGING

Psychotropic drugs. It’s the story of big money—drugs that fuel a $330 billion psychiatric industry, without a single cure. The cost in human terms is even greater—these drugs now kill an estimated 42,000 people every year. And the death count keeps rising. Containing more than 175 interviews with lawyers, mental health experts, the families of victims and the survivors themselves, this riveting documentary rips the mask off psychotropic drugging and exposes a brutal but well-entrenched money-making machine.

http://www.cchr.org/videos/making-a-killing.html

THE MARKETING OF MADNESS: ARE WE ALL INSANE? (the video above)
http://www.cchr.org/videos/marketing-of-madness.html

SSRI Stories - A( long list of cases involving murder and suicide on these drugs, by category)
http://ssristories.com/

"Simple Truths About Psychiatry" by Peter R. Breggin, MD
http://www.breggin.com/

Psychiatry's Chemical Imbalance Scam - 1 of 3

On this installment of Freedom Magazine we expose one of the biggest scams of the 20th and 21st centuries, psychiatry's Chemical Imbalance of the Brain Scam. We expose psychiatry's fraudulent pseudo-scientific diagnoses, and how they have created the false impression that they are the experts in the mental health field. This is just one more chapter in the history of the pseudoscience of psychiatry.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vel8H0Lz-w0

Psychiatry's Chemical Imbalance Scam - 2 of 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OO2IWNJnXZ4

Psychiatry's Chemical Imbalance Scam - 3 of 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbhxH1igpBQ

Psychiatry An industry of Death, (video above)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4vD4QC0kQ8

State Law & Vaccine Requirements
http://www.nvic.org/Vaccine-Laws/state-vaccine-requirements.aspx 

Introduction To Vaccine Exemptions, attorney Allan Phillips
http://www.vaccinerights.com/exemptions.html