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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 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 The stick can work just as well as the carrot in improving our performance, a team of academics at The University of Nottingham has found. A study led by researchers from the University's School of Psychology, published recently in the Journal of Neuroscience, has shown that punishment can act as a performance enhancer in a similar way to monetary reward. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-academics.html Neuroscience Wed, 13 Mar 2013 12:51:47 EST news282397900 The perpetration of homicide by people with mental disorders has received much attention, but their risk of being victims of homicide has rarely been examined. Yet such information may help develop more effective strategies for improving the safety and health of people with mental illness. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-people-mental-illness-highly-victims.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 05 Mar 2013 18:30:01 EST news281723647 As a young boy, Paul Christiano loved the world of girls - the way they danced, how their spindly bodies tumbled in gymnastics. In adolescence, as other boys ogled classmates, he was troubled to find himself fantasizing about 7- to 11-year-olds. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-view-pedophilia.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 21 Jan 2013 10:46:31 EST news277987570 For seven years, Carsten René Jørgensen from the Department of Psychology and Behavioural Sciences at Aarhus University has collaborated with the Clinic for Personality Disorders, Aarhus University Hospital, Risskov on examining the extent to which modern psychoanalytic psychotherapy can help the Danes suffering from severe borderline personality disorders. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-effective-treatment-danes-personality-disorders.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 23 Oct 2012 09:44:57 EST news270204272 (Medical Xpress)—A new twin study from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health shows that the heritability of avoidant and dependent personality disorder traits might be higher than previously reported. People with avoidant personality disorder are often anxious in the company of others, while people with dependent personality disorder feel more secure. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-heritability-personality-disorder-traits.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 24 Sep 2012 10:34:16 EST news267701649 Scientists at Queen Mary, University of London have shown that zebrafish could be used to study the underlying causes of psychiatric disorders. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-zebrafish-key-psychiatric-disorders.html Neuroscience Thu, 17 May 2012 10:20:02 EST news256467189 (Medical Xpress) -- Personality disorders could be more effectively diagnosed by identifying and targeting the disrupted neurobiological systems where the disorders originate, report Cornell researchers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-approach-effectively-personality-disorders.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:34:14 EST news248981604 A newly published paper from Rhode Island Hospital reports on the impact to patients if five personality disorders are removed from the upcoming revision to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, 5th edition (DSM-5). Based on their study, the researchers believe these changes could result in false-negative diagnoses for patients. The paper is published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry and is now available online in advance of print. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-impact-deleting-personality-disorders-dsm-.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:54:13 EST news246624839 (Medical Xpress) -- New research challenges the belief that psychopaths are born not made, and suggests psychopaths may even be able to change their spots. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-myths-psychopaths.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 19 Dec 2011 06:15:54 EST news243497535 Psychopathic personalities are some of the most memorable characters portrayed in popular media today. These characters, like Patrick Bateman from American Psycho, Frank Abagnale Jr. from Catch Me If You Can and Alex from A Clockwork Orange, are typically depicted as charming, intriguing, dishonest, guiltless, and in some cases, downright terrifying. But scientific research suggests that psychopathy is a personality disorder that is widely misunderstood. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-psychopathy-misunderstood-personality-disorder.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 07 Dec 2011 13:30:01 EST news242486220 Carla Sharp, an associate professor and director of the Developmental Psychopathology Lab in clinical psychology at the University of Houston (UH), became interested in the way people think, how they organize thoughts, execute a decision, then determine whether a decision is good or bad. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-focuses-teenage-mind.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 28 Sep 2011 14:46:48 EST news236439955 A newly published paper from Rhode Island Hospital argues against the proposed changes to redefine the number of personality disorders in the upcoming Diagnostic Statistical Manual, 5th edition (DSM-5). In their study, the researchers found the current scoring used in the DSM-IV already captures the dimensional nature of personality disorders. The paper is published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry and is now available online in advance of print. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-personality-disorders.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:49:56 EST news235835385 (Medical Xpress) -- Normally, pro football stars call news conferences to discuss touchdowns, tackles or Twitter accounts. But Miami Dolphins wide receiver Brandon Marshall had a completely different objective when he stepped to the lectern earlier this summer at the team’s training camp. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-borderline-personality-disorder.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 12 Aug 2011 09:05:40 EST news232358683 The American Psychiatric Association’s diagnostic criteria for the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) propose a significant reformulation in how personality disorders are identified and assessed. The change integrates disorder types with pathological personality traits and, most importantly, levels of impairment in what is known as “personality functioning.” http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-dsm-personality-disorders-major.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 11 Jul 2011 13:54:23 EST news229611238