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Follow-up or natural history outcome data for various DSM-III child and adolescent psychiatric diagnoses are presented. The data are relevant not only to our understanding of the specific disorders but also to the validity of the DSM-III diagnostic categories. "Semi-blind" psychiatric evaluations of 151 children were made as they presented to a community speech/language clinic and again approximately 4 years later. The follow-up data revealed high stability for only three diagnoses: infantile autism, attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity, and oppositional disorder. The data revealed that several of the DSM-III subcategories lacked predictive validity. This was true for the distinctions between attention deficit disorder with versus without hyperactivity; and between avoidant, separation anxiety, and overanxious disorders. Surprisingly low stability was found for conduct disorder diagnoses as were surprisingly poor prognoses for parent-child problems and adjustment disorders.
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PMID:Stability and natural history of DSM-III childhood diagnoses. 279 96

This research extends previous research regarding the intellectual functioning of autistic individuals on standardized measures of intelligence (Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised). In Study I 33 individuals with autism who closely fit the DSM-III criteria were studied. Clear evidence was found that differentiates these individuals' verbal intellectual processes from their visual-motor intellectual abilities. Principal components analysis was used to examine the interrelationship among the various intellectual abilities which such tests of intelligence measure. In Study II the intellectual abilities of a group of autistic 8- to 12-year-olds were compared to age-matched groups of children with receptive developmental language disorder, dysthymic disorder, or oppositional disorder. The intellectual abilities of autistic children were significantly different from the other groups of children.
J Autism Dev Disord 1988 Dec
PMID:A study of intellectual abilities in high-functioning people with autism. 321 79