Medscape

Controversial New Diagnosis in DSM-5 May Be Faulty

Attenuated psychosis syndrome (APS), a new and controversial diagnosis for potential inclusion in the upcoming Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), is ...
Slate

Abnormal Is the New Normal

Beware the DSM-5, the soon-to-be-released fifth edition of the “psychiatric bible,” the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual. The odds will probably be greater than 50 percent, according to the new ...
Medscape

Screening for Personality Disorder with the Standardised Assessment of Personality: Abbreviated Scale (SAPAS): Further Evidence of Concurrent Validity

Personality pathology is common among substance dependent patients. [1] Substance dependent patients display the full range of personality disorders, and these diverse disorders predict impairment in ...
Nature

Concordance of psychiatric symptom ratings between a subject and informant, relevancy to post-mortem research

Investigators are interested in determining whether lifetime behavioral traits and specific mood states experienced close to death affect brain gene and protein expression as assessed in post-mortem ...
Nature

Testing Early-Onset Chronic Atypical Depression Subtype

AD was present in 44.5% (251/563). EO-C-AD was present in 26.2% of AD (66/251). In the AD sample, univariate logistic regression of EO-C-AD vs BP-II, index age, female gender, recurrences, axis I ...