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Asperger's entry removal from manual decried

Brett Sherris of Northport wasn't diagnosed with Asperger's

Photo credit: Newsday / Alejandra Villa | Brett Sherris of Northport wasn't diagnosed with Asperger's until he was in his 40s. Editors of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders -- the DSM-5, considered the bible of psychiatry -- have no intention of reinserting Asperger's syndrome as a separate condition. (Dec. 12, 2012)

With orders now being taken by the American Psychiatric Association for its first updated volume on diagnostics in nearly 20 years -- and no hope for changes in the text -- Long Islanders are dismayed that an Asperger's syndrome entry no longer exists.

Editors of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders -- the DSM-5, considered the bible of psychiatry -- have no intention...

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