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More people are being diagnosed with eating disorders every year and the most common type is not either of the two most well known—bulimia or anorexia—but eating disorders not otherwise specified (eating disorders that don't quite reach the threshold to be defined as anorexia or bulimia), shows a study published online in BMJ Open. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-incidence-disorders-uk.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 20 May 2013 18:30:02 EST news288291496 (AP)—There's a new version of the world's most widely used psychiatric manual, and it's already getting lots of criticism. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-critics-psychiatric-manual.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 15 May 2013 16:30:18 EST news287854212 (HealthDay)—Social and population variations in mental diagnosis are not accounted for in the newly revised fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), according to an editorial published in the May issue of Health Affairs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-social-considerations-accounted-dsm-.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 14 May 2013 04:20:01 EST news287722592 A new "alternative model" included in the upcoming Fifth Edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM -5) lines up well with the current approach to diagnosis of personality disorder, according to a study in the May Journal of Psychiatric Practice. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-alternative-personality-disorders-upcoming-dsm-.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 10 May 2013 12:31:08 EST news287407860 (Medical Xpress)—Examining social factors is vital to better explaining and understanding the dramatic rise in the number of Americans diagnosed with mental disorders in recent years, according to an analysis by a team of medical and mental health experts. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-social-factors-mental-disorders.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 26 Apr 2013 07:22:04 EST news286179717 (HealthDay)—People with Asperger's syndrome—mild autism with normal or sometimes superior verbal ability and intelligence—are at a crossroads: Their diagnosis is about to disappear. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-guideline-asperger-edge.html Autism spectrum disorders Thu, 18 Apr 2013 13:50:01 EST news285510091 (HealthDay)—When the latest version of what is considered the "bible" of psychiatry is unveiled in May, experts believe several changes in it will broaden both the definition and diagnosis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder—or ADHD. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-psychiatry-bible-widen-definition-adhd.html Attention deficit disorders Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:02:53 EST news284990550 The age at which a child with autism is diagnosed is related to the particular suite of behavioral symptoms he or she exhibits, new research from the University of Wisconsin–Madison shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-autism-age-diagnosis-specific-symptoms.html Autism spectrum disorders Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:48:50 EST news284744924 (Medical Xpress)—Widespread confusion about what constitutes grief, 'normaI' depression and clinical depression risks being exacerbated under the American Psychiatry Association's newest classification system, professor of psychiatry Gordon Parker warns. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-dsm-grief.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 03 Apr 2013 08:52:21 EST news284197933 People with mental illnesses are more than seven times more likely to use cannabis weekly compared to people without a mental illness, according to researchers from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) who studied U.S. data. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-camh-mental-illness-heavy-cannabis.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 02 Apr 2013 11:33:19 EST news284120908 Millions of people could be mislabeled as mentally ill when psychiatry's bible of diagnoses is updated in May, warns a senior doctor in this week's BMJ. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-somatic-symptom-disorder-condition-millions.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 19 Mar 2013 18:52:14 EST news282937927 Proposed changes to the upcoming fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) will affect the criteria used to assess alcohol problems. One change would collapse the two diagnoses of alcohol abuse (AA) and alcohol dependence (AD) into a single diagnosis called alcohol use disorder (AUD). A second change would remove "legal problems," and a third would add a criterion of "craving." A study of the potential consequences of these changes has found they are unlikely to significantly change the prevalence of diagnoses. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-dsm-alcohol-problems.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:00:03 EST news278091433 (HealthDay)—Results of functional brain imaging can greatly improve prediction of which patients with social anxiety disorder (SAD) will benefit from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), according to a study published in the January issue of JAMA Psychiatry. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-functional-mri-cbt-success.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 04 Jan 2013 13:51:19 EST news276529870 Even though there are many women who do not notice any special symptoms, there are some whose pre-menstrual disorders hamper their everyday lives: depressive mood, anxiety, excessive emotional sensitivity, fatigue, lack of concentration, headache, etc. Nevertheless, according to Leire Aperribai, PhD holder in Psychology from the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country, unified criteria for defining and diagnosing this disease have yet to be agreed on, "and so it is difficult to develop suitable interventions to treat women suffering from these symptoms." http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-pre-menstrual-syndrome.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 21 Dec 2012 10:31:52 EST news275308293 (HealthDay)—The long-awaited revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) has been approved, bringing with it a series of revisions, additions and subtractions to the tome that is considered the Bible of psychiatry. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-psychiatry-diagnostic-manual.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 03 Dec 2012 18:20:07 EST news273776187 The diagnostic system used by many mental health practitioners in the United States—known as the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders—assumes that symptoms of two disorders that occur at the same time are additive and that the order in which the disorders are presented doesn't matter. But new research suggests that order actually plays a significant role in determining how clinicians think about psychiatric disorders. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-psychiatric-clinicians-symptoms.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:47:43 EST news273340057 (Medical Xpress)—One of the most popular intervention therapies for children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) lacks scientific support according to a literature review published by University of Texas at Austin professor Mark O'Reilly and an international team of scientists. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-popular-autism-treatment-lacks-scientific.html Autism spectrum disorders Tue, 20 Nov 2012 08:17:15 EST news272621823 (Medical Xpress)—The idea that an individual might suffer from a sexual addiction is great fodder for radio talk shows, comedians and late night TV. But a sex addiction is no laughing matter. Relationships are destroyed, jobs are lost, lives ruined. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-criteria-hypersexual-disorder-mental-health.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 19 Oct 2012 08:29:04 EST news269854115 A much anticipated addition to the revised Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders fifth edition (DSM-5) is questionable according to research findings. The newly revised DSM-5, the first alterations since it was last revised in 1994, includes attenuated psychosis syndrome (APS), a new diagnosis that would identify those impaired by preliminary psychotic symptoms that do not meet the threshold for an existing diagnosis as having a psychotic disorder. In an effort to understand the impact this new diagnosis would have in a real clinical setting, researchers at Butler Hospital, Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital studied how APS applied in an outpatient clinic, and found reasons for concern. The findings are published in the October issue of Journal of Clinical Psychology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-faults-mental-disorder-diagnosis.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 03 Oct 2012 10:52:36 EST news268480342 Parents should not worry that proposed changes to the medical criteria redefining a diagnosis of autism will leave their children excluded and deemed ineligible for psychiatric and medical care, says a team of researchers led by psychologists at Weill Cornell Medical College. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-definition-autism-dsm-exclude-children.html Autism spectrum disorders Tue, 02 Oct 2012 00:00:03 EST news268331950 People worried about the amount of time they spend online are invited to take part in a study about internet addiction. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-addicted-internet.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 26 Sep 2012 08:14:09 EST news267866034 (AP)—Rebuffing an intensive lobbying campaign, a task force of the American Psychiatric Association has decided not to list the disputed concept of parental alienation in the updated version of its catalog of mental disorders. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-psychiatric-group-parental-alienation-disorder.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 21 Sep 2012 13:45:41 EST news267453925 Results of a study led by researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and the Veterans Affairs (VA) Boston Healthcare System indicate that the proposed changes to the diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) will not substantially affect the number of people who meet criteria for the disorder. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-ptsd-diagnosis-criteria.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 05 Sep 2012 15:35:15 EST news266078100 A recent study by Erika J. Wolf, PhD, and Principal Investigator Mark W. Miller, PhD, both from the National Center for PTSD at the VA Boston Healthcare System and Department of Psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), found an association between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and dissociation. The findings, published in the Archives of General Psychiatry, suggest that symptoms of dissociation, which reflect problems in consciousness and awareness, are a prominent feature of PTSD in a distinct subtype of individuals with the disorder. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-scientists-dissociative-subtype-post-traumatic-stress.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 02 Jul 2012 16:00:13 EST news260456795 Every new edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders stirs up a host of questions and controversies, and the next DSM—the DSM-5, to be published in 2013—is no exception. The diagnoses related to alcohol and other substance use disorders have had their own share of the controversy, according to Marc A. Schuckit, M.D., editor of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs and a member of the Substance Use Disorder Work Group for the DSM-5. An editorial from Schuckit in the July issue of JSAD, as well as letters from three experts, highlights the debate. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-dsm-controversial-criteria-substance-disorders.html Addiction Wed, 06 Jun 2012 03:45:07 EST news258173075 (HealthDay) -- Use of 10/66 dementia diagnosis criteria (10/66) results in an increase in the estimated incidence of dementia in middle-income countries, according to a study published online May 23 in The Lancet. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-dementia-mid-income-countries.html Alzheimer's disease & dementia Thu, 24 May 2012 04:17:53 EST news257051684 The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), long the master reference work in psychiatry, is seriously flawed and needs radical change from its current "field guide" form, according to an essay by two Johns Hopkins psychiatrists published in the May 17 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-experts-psychiatry-diagnostic-manual-overhaul.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 16 May 2012 17:00:11 EST news256405395 "Journals, professional associations, clinical guideline developers, and others need to worry not just that disclosure provides a band-aid to the real problem of the [conflict of interest] itself, but that any attempt to stem the trouble through disclosure policies may actually be worsening the problem," say the editors of PLoS Medicine writing in an editorial that discusses the response to a paper published in the Journal last month, which examined the financial conflicts of interest of members of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) responsible for updating the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-disclosure-financial-conflicts-worsen-medical.html Other Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:00:01 EST news254505557 A Rhode Island Hospital psychiatrist and researcher explains the negative impact of broadening the diagnostic criteria for bipolar disorder in the upcoming Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5). In a newly published commentary in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, Mark Zimmerman, M.D., explains that lowering the diagnostic threshold for bipolar disorder will likely do more harm than good for patients. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-rhode-island-hospital-broadening-bipolar.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 24 Apr 2012 11:32:25 EST news254485938 (HealthDay) -- Children with probable developmental coordination disorder (DCD) at age 7 have a significantly increased risk of depression and mental health difficulties at age 10, according to a study published online March 26 in Pediatrics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-child-disorder-ups-mental-health.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 27 Mar 2012 05:30:01 EST news252041405