Follow the money, or why the DSM had to be revised again
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A recent article on AOL news highlights the systemic reasons why the DSM had to be revised. DSM 5-TR is an economic reaction to the issues that are highlighted in the article. The system believes that it costs too much to have all these autistic students in the system. Thus, the text revision’s tightening of diagnostic criteria is the system pushing back.
Follow the money, or why the DSM had to be revised again
Follow the money, or why the DSM had to be revised again
Follow the money, or why the DSM had to be revised again
A recent article on AOL news highlights the systemic reasons why the DSM had to be revised. DSM 5-TR is an economic reaction to the issues that are highlighted in the article. The system believes that it costs too much to have all these autistic students in the system. Thus, the text revision’s tightening of diagnostic criteria is the system pushing back.
The effects are also featured in my new book, No Place for Autism? … out now.