American Psychiatric Association Diagnostic and Statistical
Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) list:
Diagnostic
criteria for 299.80 Asperger's Disorder
A.
Qualitative impairment in social interaction, as manifested by at least two of
the following:
(1) marked impairment in the use of multiple nonverbal behaviors such as
eye-to-eye gaze, facial expression, body postures, and gestures to regulate
social interaction
(2) failure to develop peer relationships appropriate to developmental level
(3) a lack of spontaneous seeking to share enjoyment, interests, or
achievements with other people (e.g., by a lack of showing, bringing, or
pointing out objects of interest to other people)
(4) lack of social or emotional reciprocity
B.
Restricted repetitive and stereotyped patterns of behavior, interests, and
activities, as manifested by at least one of the following:
(1) encompassing preoccupation with one or more stereotyped and restricted
patterns of interest that is abnormal either in intensity or focus
(2) apparently inflexible adherence to specific, nonfunctional routines or
rituals
(3) stereotyped and repetitive motor mannerisms (e.g., hand or finger flapping
or twisting, or complex whole-body movements)
(4) persistent preoccupation with parts of objects
C.
The disturbance causes clinically significant impairment in social,
occupational, or other important areas of functioning.
D.
There is no clinically significant general delay in language (e.g., single
words used by age 2 years, communicative phrases used by age 3 years).
E.
There is no clinically significant delay in cognitive development or in the
development of age-appropriate self-help skills, adaptive behavior (other than
in social interaction), and curiosity about the environment in childhood.
F.
Criteria are not met for another specific Pervasive Developmental Disorder or
Schizophrenia.
American
Psychiatric Association: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders,
Fourth Edition, Text Revision.
(c)
2000 American Psychiatric Association. http://www.psych.org/
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