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Study finds faults in proposed mental disorder diagnosis

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 ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 03, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Are you addicted to the internet?

People worried about the amount of time they spend online are invited to take part in a study about internet addiction.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Sep 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Psychiatric group: Parental alienation no disorder

(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.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Sep 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Stanford researchers investigate the emotional side of autism

The diagnostic manual of the American Psychiatric Association defines autism in what seems to be a fairly comprehensive way: social impairment, difficulties with communication, repetitive behavior and restricted ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Aug 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Schizophrenia in movies: don't believe everything you see

(HealthDay) -- Movies often stereotype people with schizophrenia as being violent and unpredictable, says a researcher who claims Hollywood dispenses misinformation about symptoms, causes and treatment of ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jul 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Scientists discover dissociative subtype of post-traumatic stress disorder

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 ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jul 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

APA task force recommends treatment guidelines and position statements on transgender persons

A report from the American Psychiatric Association (APA) Task Force on Treatment of Gender Identity Disorder (GID) recommends the development of clinical practice guidelines for psychiatrists caring for patients who are transgender. ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jul 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

PTSD outcomes improve as US Army adds behavioral health screening to primary care

American Soldiers are reaping the rewards of an innovative Army program designed to identify and treat Soldiers at risk of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or depression earlier by conducting behavioral health screening ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jun 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bias found in mental health drug research presented at major psychiatric meeting

When thousands of psychiatrists attend their field's largest annual meeting each year, the presentations they hear about research into drug treatments report overwhelmingly on positive results.

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researcher apologizes for study of gay therapy

(AP) -- A prominent retired psychiatrist is apologizing to the gay community for a decade-old study that concluded some gay people can go straight through what's called reparative therapy.

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 19, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Experts say psychiatry's diagnostic manual needs overhaul

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 ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

US Army examines why some soldiers avoid PTSD care, strategies to keep them in treatment

U.S. Army researcher Maj. Gary H. Wynn, M.D., shared new analysis on why some Soldiers suffering from combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) never seek care or drop out of treatment early during a presentation ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Disclosure of financial conflicts of interest may worsen medical bias

"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 ...

Other created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Doctors want to redefine autism; parents worried

(AP) -- One child doesn't talk, rocks rhythmically back and forth and stares at clothes spinning in the dryer. Another has no trouble talking but is obsessed with trains, methodically naming every station ...

Autism spectrum disorders created Apr 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Public is less willing to pay to avoid mental illness than general medical illnes

People are less willing to pay to avoid mental illness than medical illness, even though they recognize that severe mental illnesses can dramatically lower quality of life, according to new research published in the April ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0