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Asperger’s, Overdiagnosed, Ill Defined, May Not Be a Syndrome Much Longer

Overdiagnosed and ill defined, the syndrome seems headed for psychiatry’s scrap heap.

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What are we talking about when we talk about Asperger’s syndrome?

It’s a reasonable question to ask in the midst of the furor over the American Psychiatric Association’s proposed changes to the way autism

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