The DAWBA clinical rater's manual
Practice cases relevant to pervasive developmental disorders (autistic disorders)
For each case:
- Click onto the case number to move to the rating screens for that case.
- Use the information from the rating screens to answer the questions.
- Check your answers by reading what we say in the text box in Note.
- You can also look at the DSM and ICD screens
to see our clinical diagnoses.
If you haven't yet learnt to navigate your way round the rating screens, we strongly recommend
you click here to work your way through the introductory tutorial
before starting on the practice cases listed below.
- What diagnosis is revealed in the open-ended comments?
- How does this diagnosis fit with the other information supplied?
- From the open-ended comments, what is the primary diagnosis? How is this
consistent with the less common disorders report?
- What diagnoses does the diagnosis of pervasive developmental disorder overrule? Consider the difference between the DSM-IV and ICD-10 classifications
- Is the diagnosis of specific phobia appropriate?
Last modified : 11/07/14