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Peer reviewedVolkmar, Fred R.; And Others – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1992
This paper compared clinicians' diagnosis and DSM-III (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual), DSM-III-R (Revised), and ICD-10 (International Classification of Diseases) diagnoses of 52 individuals with autism and 62 nonautistic, developmentally disordered individuals. The DSM-III-R system overdiagnosed the presence of autism, and ICD-10 closely…
Descriptors: Autism, Classification, Clinical Diagnosis, Comparative Analysis
