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Henbane
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25 Sep 2014, 12:41 pm

I will be attending my first diagnostic interview with a psychologist next week, and I've been reading about the difference between the DSMs IV and V, and the ICD-10. It seems like people in the UK should be assessed using the ICD, but I wonder if this is actually reflected in reality.

Have you been diagnosed using a DSM or the ICD-10? And for people diagnosed since the DSM V came out, did you receive an Asperger's diagnosis or ASD?



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25 Sep 2014, 1:10 pm

Never diagnosed here, just screened. I have read that the United Kingdom uses the ICD. KingdomOfRats http://www.wrongplanet.net/forums-profi ... -2474.html has confirmed this fact. He lives in Manchester.

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25 Sep 2014, 3:48 pm

No idea. I was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder in July this year, but dunno whether the psychiatrist was using DSM or ICD. From the UK, otherwise I wouldn't be posting here.