The College of Medicine at Basrah University, in cooperation with Abbott Nutrition Company, organized a scientific symposium entitled Autism Spectrum Disorder in Children.
The symposium discussed the latest developments in the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder based on the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and educating pediatricians on the correct and early diagnosis of autism.
The symposium also expressed the importance of immunity and nutrition in the early life of children and recommended the need to adopt modern diagnostic criteria that depend on the DSM-5 to diagnose autism cases in children.
The attended lecturers and professors also stressed the necessity of Arabizing the above diagnostic criteria to facilitate their adoption by pediatricians, and the need for optimal use of diagnostic tools such as EEG and MRI during assessment and diagnosis of autism cases in children.
