>Actually Larry you are wrong again. > >The manual as you put it is for specially trained people in that area, and >it is up to those people from the results of the test, to diagnose and >identify what is wrong with someone.
I know, I took 2 semesters on the DSM-IV during grad school. I am an ABD, (all but dissertation). I told my dissertation committee to take a flying f**k and walked during my defense. FWIW my dissertation was on attentional processing, vigilance and hypnotic susceptibility. So I think I know a little bit on attention and cognition. > >Now as I said before, I am no expert but I am very closely related to >someone who had this test, and has ADHD (mild case) but has been diagnosed >with aspergers. Now the report is very detailed based on this manual and yes >I have read the report, and it outlines the problems with the person in >great detail. Try this link: http://apt.rcpsych.org/cgi/reprint/7/4/310 Diagnosis and differential diagnosis of Asperger syndrome -- Michael Fitzgerald & Aiden Corvin -- Advances in Psychiatric Treatment (2001), vol. 7, pp. 310â318 Its an interesting review of the available research on Asperger's, and possible links to ADHD, OCD and other conditions. Here's the critical part: -- Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) presents with inattention, distractability, fidgetiness, impulsivity and hyperactivity. Persons with HFA spectrum disorders may be hyperactive, impulsive, have a short attention span and share similar executive function deficits as patients with ADHD. The conditions differ in that ADHD lacks the classic impairment in reciprocal social interaction, narrow interests, repetitive routines and non-verbal problems of Asperger syndrome. In accordance with a hierarchical rule in DSMâIV, a person meeting the criteria for a pervasive developmental disorder cannot be diagnosed as having ADHD. This is not the case in ICDâ10, in which a dual diagnosis of Asperger syndrome and ADHD is possible. Gillberg & Ehlers (1998) point out that children who meet criteria for ADHD may also meet the full criteria for Asperger syndrome. They mention one study, in which 21% of children with severe ADHD met the full criteria for Asperger syndrome and 36% showed autistic traits. A developmental history is usually sufficient to separate ADHD from Asperger syndrome, but ADHD can present as soon as the child can walk, and it is important to consider that impulsivity can interfere with social relationships, making children appear unempathic. Indeed, children with ADHD can be so easily distracted that they appear to be in a world of their own and therefore seem socially disconnected. It is not surprising, therefore, that children with Asperger syndrome are not uncommonly misdiagnosed as having ADHD, since it is often the attention and hyperactive problems that parents first observe. -- So in other words, while there are some similarities the neurological basis for the problems are different (see my previous posting), and the eitiology is different, with ADHD manifesting considerably earlier than Asperger's Syndrom. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:223059 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
