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The most recent revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) has arrived, and the latest changes have caused divisions among those in the psychiatric community. Often touted as the psychiatrist's "Bible," the DSM is published by the American Psychiatric Association and establishes the almost universal standard by which doctors classify, diagnose and ultimately treat mental disorders – making it an essential part of the psychiatric profession. The DSM is utilized not only by clinicians, but researchers and health insurance companies as well. Even government officials take interest in the DSM's criteria in order to determine grant funding, insurance coverage and new health care policies.The latest version is the DSM's fifth edition, and it is the manual's first major revision in nearly 20 years since the publication of the DSM-IV in 1994. The DSM-5's release brings some radical new changes, which have been met with both praise and disgust from mental hea...
A European court has blocked Britain from extraditing a mentally ill suspect accused of trying to set up a terrorist training camp in Oregon.The European Court of Hu...
A clinical psychologist for a federal prison hospital testified Thursday that a former street preacher charged in the abduction of Elizabeth Smart believes he will f...
Skin cells taken from four individuals with schizophrenia have been turned into brain cells, or neurons, and grown in lab dishes, the first time a complex mental dis...
Scientists have created the world’s first schizophrenic mice in an attempt to gain a better understanding of the illness.It is believed to be the first time an anima...
Families with a history of schizophrenia or bipolar disorder are also more likely to have a child with autism, new research from Sweden and Israel suggests.Researche...
Studies of schizophrenia drugs are increasingly finding lesser effects because more patients are responding to drug-free placebos used for comparison, according to a...
Before they were even married, Michael and Susan Schofield decided if they ever had a daughter, they would name her January.They both liked that month the best, most...
Some children who were exposed to the flu virus in the womb may be at increased risk of developing schizophrenia later in life, a new study suggests.It's known that ...
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Sleep problems and schizophrenia may have common roots, raising hopes that the devastating mental disorder could be improved by helping patients overcome insomnia.In...
A new finding in brain science reveals that the voices in a schizophrenia patient's head can drown out voices in the real world — and provides hope that people with ...
A variation in a part of the brain may explain why some people have a better memory of reality than others and could advance understanding of brain disorders like sc...
The mental illness schizophrenia affects over two million American adults. The disorder often causes inappropriate and unpredictable behavior, making it difficult fo...
Ask Dr. Manny Show: For the nearly 60 million Americans suffering from mental disorders, learning to cope can be draining for both the patient and the family. Meet a woman who has been ravaged by paranoid schizophrenia since childhood
The life of an individual suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is often a debilitating one, as patients are frequently plagued by intense nightmares,...
Regulators on Thursday approved a once-monthly injectable form of Abilify, the blockbuster treatment for schizophrenia, which will be sold by Japanese drugmaker Otsu...
New information from police says a northern Nevada gunman feared demons were after him in the months before his deadly rampage at a Carson City IHOP restaurant.The N...
If expectant mothers catch the flu during pregnancy, their babies could be four times as likely to develop bipolar disorder later in life, BBC News reported.Bipolar ...
Meet a woman who has been ravaged by paranoid schizophrenia since childhood, and her identical twin sister - who happens to be a psychiatrist