Changes proposed in how psychiatrists diagnose
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 - 07:07
in Health & Medicine
(AP) -- 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 "behavioral addictions" will be new to doctors' dictionaries, "Internet addiction" didn't make the cut.