While previous studies have shown the increase to be partially due to changes
in diagnostic practices and greater public awareness of autism, this does not fully explain the increased prevalence.
Current diagnostic practice embraces the ridiculous idea that until an intestinal biopsy shows structural damage, no diagnosis or therapeutic intervention is offered.
The observed increase is unlikely due to a genuine increase in the prevalence of the disorder, but rather reflect changes
in diagnostic practice.
«That is an enormous advantage, both in research and in
clinical diagnostic practice,» research team leader Walch says, assessing the new possibilities.
Personally, I would be leery of such treatment, but I'm a skeptic when it comes to alternative therapies and
diagnostic practices like applied kinesiology (muscle testing).
The Detroit - based artist's long and
diagnostic practice begins with sourcing African antiquities — here, masks from a tribe in Mozambique — and ends with printed, three - dimensional sculptures that elude classification.
Shattuck did not reject the idea that rising autism levels might be in part due to environmental causes; he merely showed the increase was largely an artifact of
changing diagnostic practices, which themselves had been enabled by rising levels of attention to autism and its listing as a diagnostic category in special education.
The authors also note that
changing diagnostic practices are responsible for the appearance of some of the decline in SIDS rates, as unexplained deaths that were once attributed to SIDS are now attributed to other causes.
It could be said, that reflective practice,
diagnostic practice, action learning, action research and researched action are all kinds of action enquiry.»
The Student Practice Books combine the format you found in
the diagnostic Practice Tests with the intense content focus you found in the Companion series.
Priorities in Critical Care Nursing 7th Edition — An in - depth look at the Critical Care Nurse career, from patient management techniques to
diagnostic practices.
«Although focused primarily on specific attachment therapy techniques, the controversy also extends to the theories, diagnoses,
diagnostic practices, beliefs, and social group norms supporting these techniques, and to the patient recruitment and advertising practices used by their proponents.»