Berikut ini saya posting ulang DSM-IV untuk Autisme, berhubung banyak yang minta. Dr. Rudy Sutadi, SpA ================================================== DSM-IV* Criteria for Autistic Disorder (299.0) A. A total of at least six items from (1),(2), and (3), with at least two from (1), and one each from (2) and (3): (1) Qualitative impairment in social interaction, as manifested by at least two of the following: (a) 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 (b) Failure to develop peer realtionships appropiate to developmental level (c) Markedly impaired expression of pleasure in other people's happiness. (d) Lack of social or emotional reciprocity (2) Qualitative impairments in communication as manifested by at least one of the following: (a) Delay in, or total lack of, the development of spoken language (not accompanied by an attempt to compensate through alternative modes of communication such as gesture or mime) (b) In individuals with adequate speech, marked impairments in the ability to initiate or sustain a conversation with others (c) Stereotyped and repetitive use of language or idiosyncratic language (d) Lack of varied, spontaneous make-believe play or social imitative play appropriate to developmental level (3) Restricted repetitive and stereotyped patterns of behavior, interests, and activitites, as manifested by at least one of the following: (a) Encompassing preoccupation with one or more stereotyped and restricted patterns of interest that is abnormal either in intensity or focus (b) Apparently compulsive adherence to specific, nonfunctional routines or rituals (c) Stereotyped and repetitive motor mannerisms (e.g., hand or finger flapping or twisting, or complex whole body movements) (d) Persistent preoccupation with parts of objects B. Delays of abnormal functioning in at least one of the following areas, with onset prior to age 3 years: (1) social interaction, (2) language as used in social communication, or (3) symbolic or imaginative play. C. Not better accounted for by Rett's Disorder or Childhood Disintegrative Disorder. (* Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder, Fourth Edition. The American Psychiatric Association, 1994) Dr. Rudy Sutadi, SpA >> Cake, parcel lebaran & bunga2 Natal? Klik, http://www.indokado.com >> Info balita, http://www.balita-anda.indoglobal.com Etika berinternet, email ke: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Stop berlangganan, e-mail ke: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
