Alan Frances
An American psychiatrist and chair of the DSM-IV task force, Alan Frances later publicly reflected on the unintended consequences of DSM-IV revisions, which were associated with substantial increases in diagnosis rates for conditions such as autism. He authored Saving Normal, a critical examination of psychiatric diagnosis and the boundaries of mental disorder.
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Alan Frances was the editor-in-chief of DSM-IV
Alan Frances believes that the enormous increase in autism diagnoses is more attributable to his having loosened the diagnostic criteria than to an actual increase in the number of cases
DSM-IV was published in 1994 under the leadership of Alan Frances, and for the first time incorporated "Asperger's syndrome" into the autism spectrum while lowering the diagnostic threshold for autism
Alan Frances publicly expressed regret about the revisions to DSM-IV in his book Saving Normal (2013)
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Alan Frances was the editor-in-chief of DSM-IV
50%UnverifiedAlan Frances believes that the enormous increase in autism diagnoses is more attributable to his having loosened the diagnostic criteria than to an actual increase in the number of cases
50%UnverifiedDSM-IV was published in 1994 under the leadership of Alan Frances, and for the first time incorporated "Asperger's syndrome" into the autism spectrum while lowering the diagnostic threshold for autism
50%UnverifiedAlan Frances publicly expressed regret about the revisions to DSM-IV in his book Saving Normal (2013)
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