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RoutineCovers autism, intellectual disability, ADHD, and coexisting psychiatric or catatonic presentations.
2 of 7 diagnoses compared
| CriteriaComparison detail | Autism spectrum disorderRoutine |
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Developmental onset and restricted/repetitive or sensory features are central.
Clinical reference — not validated decision support. Review before use.
| Social anxiety disorderRoutine |
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| Intellectual disabilityRoutineNot selected |
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| ADHDUrgentNot selected |
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| OCDRoutineNot selected |
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| Psychosis emerging on developmental baselineRoutineNot selected |
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| Autistic shutdownRoutineNot selected |
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| Why it fits | Lifelong social-communication differences, sensory sensitivity, restricted interests, routines | Avoidance from fear of judgement, embarrassment, scrutiny | Lifelong global cognitive and adaptive limitations with support needs | Lifelong inattention, impulsivity, disorganisation, frustration intolerance, emotional lability | Rituals, order, repetition resembling autism but intrusive and resisted | New hallucinations, delusions, deterioration in someone with autism/ID | Marked withdrawal, mutism, slowing, loss of skills after overload/stress |
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| What argues against | Applies to the whole presentationReview locally. | ||||||
| Must-not-miss | Burnout, shutdown, exploitation, missed psychosis superimposed on autism | Severe avoidance, alcohol misuse, collapse in role functioning | Diagnostic overshadowing, abuse, unmet medical problems, missed delirium/psychosis | Substance misuse, accidents, | |||
| Bedside question | Applies to the whole presentationDevelopmental onset and restricted/repetitive or sensory features are central. | ||||||
| Immediate action | Applies to the whole presentationStabilise and reassess. | ||||||
| Investigations | Applies to the whole presentationGuided by presentation. | ||||||
| Mimics / overlap | Applies to the whole presentationReview overlap locally. | ||||||
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Review locally.
Developmental onset and restricted/repetitive or sensory features are central.
Stabilise and reassess.
Guided by presentation.
Review overlap locally.
Lifelong social-communication differences, sensory sensitivity, restricted interests, routines
Burnout, shutdown, exploitation, missed psychosis superimposed on autism
Avoidance from fear of judgement, embarrassment, scrutiny
Severe avoidance, alcohol misuse,
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| Severe time burden, contamination fears, self-harm obsessions |
| Command voices, severe self-neglect, aggression, catatonia |
| Refusal of intake, dehydration, severe self-neglect, psychosis, catatonia, suicidality |