Thursday, February 11, 2010
Psychiatrists propose changes in how doctors diagnose and name mental disorders
WASHINGTON - Don't say "mental retardation" - the new term is "intellectual disability." No more diagnoses of Asperger's syndrome - call it a mild version of autism instead. And while "behavioural addictions" will be new to doctors' dictionaries, "Internet addiction" didn't make the cut....More
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