Psychology & Psychiatry

New diagnosis category in post-traumatic stress disorder

The World Health Organization (WHO) recently listed a new sibling diagnosis for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), termed complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD). An international team with the involvement of the ...

Addiction

Gender may influence the way people cope with alcohol dependence

A qualitative study conducted by researchers at the University of São Paulo's School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities (EACH-USP) in Brazil suggests that gender influences how people suffering from alcohol use disorder cope ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

APA releases fully revised reference manual of mental disorders

Today, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) released the "Diagnostic And Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-5-TR)". The manual, which the APA has published and updated since 1952, ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Winter blues? It could be SAD

(HealthDay)—If winter gets you down, you may have a form of depression called SAD.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

COVID-19 and PTSD: Assessing the pandemic's toll on mental health

Illness, grief, job loss, social isolation, uncertainty, and other pandemic-driven stressors have contributed to an increase in psychological distress on an unusually wide scale. As researchers and clinicians continue to ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Researchers use AI to successfully detect signs of anxiety

Researchers are using artificial intelligence (AI) to detect behavioral signs of anxiety with more than 90 percent accuracy, and suggest that AI could have future applications for addressing mental health and well-being. ...

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