RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Social (pragmatic) communication disorders and autism spectrum disorder
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 745
OP 751
DO 10.1136/archdischild-2014-306944
VO 101
IS 8
A1 Gillian Baird
A1 Courtenay Frazier Norbury
YR 2016
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/101/8/745.abstract
AB 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.