title: The Relationship Between the Childhood Autism Rating Scale: Second Edition and Clinical Diagnosis Utilizing the DSM-IV-TR and the DSM-5.
abstract: The Childhood Autism Rating Scale, Second Edition (CARS2; 2010) includes two rating scales; the CARS2-Standard Version (CARS2-ST) and the newly developed CARS2-High Functioning Version (CARS2-HF). To assess the diagnostic agreement between the CARS2 and DSM-IV-TR versus DSM-5 criteria for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), clinicians at community based centers of the University of North Carolina TEACCH Autism Program rated participants seen for a diagnostic evaluation on symptoms of autism using both the DSM-IV-TR and DSM-5 criteria and either the CARS2-HF or the CARS2-ST. Findings suggest that overall, the diagnostic agreement of the CARS2 remains high across DSM-IV and DSM-5 criteria for autism.
authors.affiliation: TEACCH Autism Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, CB 7180, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-7180, USA. Tamara_dawkins@med.unc.edu.
authors.forename: Tamara
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-9222-8392
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dawkins
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, CB 7180, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA.
authors.forename: Allison T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.affiliation: TEACCH Autism Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, CB 7180, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-7180, USA.
authors.forename: Mary E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Van Bourgondien
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Autism Spectrum Disorder; CARS2; DSM-5; DSM-IV-TR; Diagnosis