ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2018
Implications of an Autism Spectrum Disorder Diagnosis: An Interview Study of How Physicians Experience the Diagnosis in a Young Child.
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- Building Capacity: A Systematic Review of Training in the Diagnosis of Autism for Community-Based Clinicians.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2025Pooled it
- The Diagnostic Process for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Preliminary Study of Jordanian Parents' Perspectives.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Autism diagnosis as a social process.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2022Article
- National Profile of Caregivers' Perspectives on Autism Spectrum Disorder Screening and Care in Primary Health Care: The Need for Autism Medical Home.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Are medical students in Palestine adequately trained to care for individuals with autism spectrum disorders? A multicenter cross-sectional study of their familiarity, knowledge, confidence, and willingness to learn.BMC medical education · 2021Article
- How UK health care professionals conceptualise parental experiences of the diagnostic process for autism spectrum disorder: A qualitative study.SAGE open medicine · 2021Article
- Parents' multi-layered expectations when requesting an Autism Spectrum Disorder assessment of their young child: an in-depth interview study.BMC psychiatry · 2020Article
- Parents' views and experiences of the autism spectrum disorder diagnosis of their young child: a longitudinal interview study.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2020Article
- "Managing the Wait": Parents' Experiences in Accessing Diagnostic and Treatment Services for Children and Adolescents Diagnosed With Autism Spectrum Disorder.Health services insights · 2020Article
- The many meanings of autism: conceptual and ethical reflections.Developmental medicine and child neurology · 2019Review
- Physician View and Experience of the Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder in Young Children.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2019Article
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Abstract
Clinicians are significant translators and interpreters towards parents of the abundant literature on autism spectrum disorder (ASD). However, how clinicians experience and view ASD and an ASD diagnosis is not well known. Sixteen physicians working with young children with a (presumed) diagnosis of ASD participated in a semi-structured interview. They described their professional view on ASD and an ASD diagnosis, and how they experienced its use in their clinical practice. Interpretative phenomenological analysis of the data revealed two main topics about physicians' experiences: how they view ASD and an ASD diagnosis, and how they experience the implications of an ASD diagnosis. The latter topic comprised three themes: (1) the ASD diagnosis leads to a particular treatment trajectory and services; (2) ambivalence about how the ASD diagnosis impacts parents and child; and (3) psycho-relational functions of the ASD diagnosis. Physicians feel that some doubts and questions are inevitable when dealing clinically with ASD and an ASD diagnosis. They also perceive that there are certain risks associated with assigning the categorical ASD diagnosis to a young child. Altogether however, ASD is perceived by physicians as a useful and valuable diagnosis both because of treatment related consequences and of several psycho-relational implications.
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