Question

Will is a 3-year-old who rarely makes eye contact with others, only speaks a few words, and engages in repetitive hand flapping behavior. By DSM–5 criteria, Will would probably be diagnosed with__________.

Answer 1

Answer:

Autism Spectrum Disorder

Explanation:

In psychology and according to the DSM-V, the Autism Spectrum Disorder is a psychopathology disorder which has the following criteria for diagnosis:

• Deficits in social communication and interactions with other people: reduced sharing of interest of conversations with other people, speaking only a few words, difficulties to make eye contact.
• Restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior, interests, or activities: echolalia, repetitive behaviors, inflexible adherence to routines.

This symptoms are not explained by another illness or mental condition.

In this example, Will rarely makes eye contact with others, only speaks a few words and engages in repetitive hand flapping behavior. We can see that he is showing deficits in social communication as well as repetitive patterns of behavior. Therefore, he would probably be diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder