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wizzwizz4today at 2:07 AM1 replyview on HN

The DSM-V criteria are not a good description of the natural category, and most people don't actually use them. They are, at best, a vague gesture in the direction of the natural category. The ICD-11 criteria (6A02) are better, but are still contradicted by, for instance, studies evidencing the double-empathy problem. Trained psychologists know which diagnostic criteria to take literally, and which to interpret according to the understanding of the authors.


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roywigginstoday at 2:12 AM

If someone doesn't have any deficits or impairments at all then they won't qualify under ICD-11 either:

"Deficits are sufficiently severe to cause impairment in personal, family, social, educational, occupational or other important areas of functioning..."

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