Ellen Frank, Ph.D., a distinguished psychologist and member of the DSM 5 workgroup on bipolar disorders, recently lamented that the DSM IV criteria for bipolar disorder mixed type were too stringent.
Rates of bipolar disorder diagnoses have been rising for decades, causing concern among experts that the condition is ...
A massive reference book of mental health conditions known as the “bible” of psychiatry is going to change. The fifth and ...
The Board of Trustees of the American Psychiatric Association tried yesterday to project confidence in the next edition of its problem-plagued manual, assuring Americans that radical changes to the ...
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Bipolar Disorder Symptoms — Diagnosis to Daily Life
Understanding bipolar disorder goes beyond its diagnostic checklist to the everyday symptoms that shape each individual’s ...
The release of the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) this past May was met with criticism within the mental health profession. Modifications in ...
Bipolar disorder exists on a spectrum rather than as a single, uniform condition. This fundamental characteristic explains why two people with the same diagnosis can experience dramatically different ...
A sweeping new study of psychiatric and genetic records has the potential to change treatment for millions of psychiatric ...
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