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Many years ago my local AS support group had to make a decision between ICD-10 and DSM-IV as their primary reference manual. We chose ICD-10.

One reason for choosing ICD-10 is that it's already used by GPs, school nurses, and pediatric consultants (who are the first lines of contact in the medical profession) whereas DSM-IV tends to be confined to the bookshelves of folk who specialise in psychiatry and mental health rather than working in general medicine.

The second reason is that ICD-10 is FREE and available on the internet whereas DSM-IV costs ££££ as it's a commercial product sold by the American Psychiatric Association.

After DSM-5 was released I have had numerous parents ask me where they can get hold of it for free, because it's now the norm for ASD diagnosis in Britain. A copy of DSM-5 and DSM-IV are kept on the bookshelf of my local AS support group but I have to constantly remind parents that if they want a copy themselves then they must pay ££££ for it whereas ICD-10 and ICD-11 are available for FREE on the internet. 

Why then is DSM now more popular in Britain than ICD is when you have to pay ££££ for it?

Parents

  • Probably less so it's more popular in Britian, but more than the online community is more DSM focussed as many now adopt this one. The US is DSM based generally and there is a large mass of US based people on autism online communities, so if someone visits online forums, they are likely to encounter it a lot more.

    On top of that personally I think the DSM format is pretty clear, concise, and even if the book costs money, the individual criterias for diagnostics are fairly easily obtainable and easy to understand in black and white terms, and is also easily translatable to online communities.

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  • Probably less so it's more popular in Britian, but more than the online community is more DSM focussed as many now adopt this one. The US is DSM based generally and there is a large mass of US based people on autism online communities, so if someone visits online forums, they are likely to encounter it a lot more.

    On top of that personally I think the DSM format is pretty clear, concise, and even if the book costs money, the individual criterias for diagnostics are fairly easily obtainable and easy to understand in black and white terms, and is also easily translatable to online communities.

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  • in reply to Leach
    Leach said:
    Probably less so it's more popular in Britian, but more than the online community is more DSM focussed as many now adopt this one. The US is DSM based generally and there is a large mass of US based people on autism online communities, so if someone visits online forums, they are likely to encounter it a lot more.

    There are online communities that are based in Britain and other countries apart from the US.

    Your scenario is almost analgous that the rest of the world should use fahrenheit for temperature, rather than celsius, because it's what American online communities mostly use.