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Review
. 2016 Aug;101(8):745-51.
doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2014-306944. Epub 2015 Dec 23.

Social (pragmatic) communication disorders and autism spectrum disorder

Gillian Baird  1 , Courtenay Frazier Norbury  2
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Social (pragmatic) communication disorders and autism spectrum disorder

Gillian Baird et al. Arch Dis Child. 2016 Aug.

Abstract

Changes have been made to the diagnostic criteria for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the recent revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), and similar changes are likely in the WHO International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) due in 2017. In light of these changes, a new clinical disorder, social (pragmatic) communication disorder (SPCD), was added to the neurodevelopmental disorders section of DSM-5. This article describes the key features of ASD, SPCD and the draft ICD-11 approach to pragmatic language impairment, highlighting points of overlap between the disorders and criteria for differential diagnosis.

Keywords: Child Psychiatry; Neurodevelopment.

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