Asperger Syndrome: Or something else? Differential Diagnosis

Psyche – Nervous System (F00-F99; G00-G99).

  • Alexithymia (emotional blindness, emotional coldness).
  • Anxiety disorders
  • Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
  • Attachment disorders
  • Personality disorders
    • Anxious-avoidant personality disorder
    • Borderline personality disorder
    • Narcissistic personality disorder
    • Schizoid personality disorder
    • Schizotypal personality disorder
    • Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
  • Schizophrenia simplex – adult onset schizophrenia that is slow and insidious, lacking the prominent hallucinatory and paranoid symptoms; patients are perceived as “odd” or “cranky” and become more and more withdrawn
  • Social phobia
  • Obsessive-compulsive disorder