http://www.psychiatrictimes.com Psychiatric News, Features, Special Reports and Career Opportunities - Psychiatric Times en Copyright 2009, CMPMedica US Wed, 16 May 2012 22:00:01 GMT Wed, 16 May 2012 22:00:01 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/blog/frances/content/article/10168/2068571?CID=rss <img src="http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/image/image_gallery?img_id=1662113&t=1336161963096" border="0" align="left" height="50" width="50" style="padding-right:5px; padding-top:2px"/>For the first time in its history, DSM-5 has shown some flexibility and capacity to correct itself. Hopefully, this is just the beginning of what will turn out to be a number of other necessary DSM-5 retreats.<br style="clear:both;"/> Fri, 4 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/blog/moffic/content/article/10168/2062591?CID=rss <img src="http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/image/image_gallery?img_id=1651651&t=1334953601309" border="0" align="left" height="50" width="50" style="padding-right:5px; padding-top:2px"/>I can just sense the uproar now. Dr. Moffic wants state hospitals again? Has he lost it? Well, yes. I do, sort of. Here’s why.<br style="clear:both;"/> Fri, 20 Apr 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/blog/forman/content/article/10168/2061027?CID=rss <img src="http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/image/image_gallery?img_id=2061683&t=1334851971727" border="0" align="left" height="50" width="50" style="padding-right:5px; padding-top:2px"/>After seeing Death of a Salesman on Broadway, I knew I had seen something extraordinary—but it was only after a few days’ separation from the performance when my mind cleared and my emotions settled that I realized 2 of the reasons that made me very appreciative to see this play as a young psychiatrist.<br style="clear:both;"/> Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/blog/frances/content/article/10168/2060159?CID=rss <img src="http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/image/image_gallery?img_id=2056303&t=1334603813461" border="0" align="left" height="50" width="50" style="padding-right:5px; padding-top:2px"/>An excellent study has killed two birds with one stone. It is a clear caution against the DSM-5 proposal for a psychosis risk syndrome and it should temper enthusiasm for rushing ahead with "ultra high risk" prevention programs. <br style="clear:both;"/> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/blog/pies/content/article/10168/2055947?CID=rss <img src="http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/image/image_gallery?img_id=2055940&t=1333721991511" border="0" align="left" height="50" width="50" style="padding-right:5px; padding-top:2px"/>Opponents in the now well-worn, “Bereavement Exclusion” debate can probably agree on one thing: of all the proposed changes in the DSM-5, the move to eliminate the bereavement exclusion has ignited the most intense emotional reaction among the general public.<br style="clear:both;"/> Fri, 6 Apr 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/eating-disorders/content/article/10168/2054720?CID=rss <img src="http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/image/image_gallery?img_id=2054709&t=1333481391958" border="0" align="left" height="50" width="50" style="padding-right:5px; padding-top:2px"/>In the case of orthorexic thinking, clinicians, patients, and their loved ones are bombarded by the same cultural tropes about our bodies and their relationship with the environment in which we live.<br style="clear:both;"/> Tue, 3 Apr 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/blog/frances/content/article/10168/2053479?CID=rss <img src="http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/image/image_gallery?img_id=2053475&t=1333385765953" border="0" align="left" height="50" width="50" style="padding-right:5px; padding-top:2px"/>My experience indicates that the SVP laws are being implemented in a highly arbitrary and idiosyncratic fashion with judges and juries easily confused by misleading expert testimony. <br style="clear:both;"/> Mon, 2 Apr 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/blog/frances/content/article/10168/2051732?CID=rss <img src="http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/image/image_gallery?img_id=2017025&t=1332878228187" border="0" align="left" height="50" width="50" style="padding-right:5px; padding-top:2px"/>The diagnostic boundary between Major Depressive Disorder and Bipolar II Disorder is one of the most difficult and also one of the most important in psychiatry. <br style="clear:both;"/> Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/blog/phillips/content/article/10168/2043461?CID=rss <img src="http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/image/image_gallery?img_id=1854753&t=1331154473744" border="0" align="left" height="50" width="50" style="padding-right:5px; padding-top:2px"/>With DSM-5 scheduled for publication a little more than a year from now, we may safely assume that, barring unannounced surprises from, say, the APA Scientific Review Committee, what we will see on the DSM-5 Web site is what we will get. With that in mind it’s time to review what we will indeed get. <br style="clear:both;"/> Wed, 7 Mar 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/blog/frances/content/article/10168/2042902?CID=rss <img src="http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/image/image_gallery?img_id=1889932&t=1331047321273" border="0" align="left" height="50" width="50" style="padding-right:5px; padding-top:2px"/>Of all the misconceived DSM-5 suggestions, the one touching the rawest public nerve is the proposed medicalization of normal grief into a mental disorder. <br style="clear:both;"/> Tue, 6 Mar 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/blog/frances/content/article/10168/2040708?CID=rss <img src="http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/image/image_gallery?img_id=1651651&t=1330609007616" border="0" align="left" height="50" width="50" style="padding-right:5px; padding-top:2px"/>This letter was sent to the APA Trustees and to the DSM-5 Task Force on February 12, 2012, under the title, “Heads Up And Recommendations.”<br style="clear:both;"/> Thu, 1 Mar 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/blog/moffic/content/article/10168/2040421?CID=rss <img src="http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/image/image_gallery?img_id=2040372&t=1330549289130" border="0" align="left" height="50" width="50" style="padding-right:5px; padding-top:2px"/>Just as a dog leaps onto its beloved owner, on this leap year, let me leap to my own surprised answer. Yes, dogs, indeed, may be man’s (and woman’s) best therapist at certain times and in certain situations. <br style="clear:both;"/> Wed, 29 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/blog/forman/content/article/10168/2037320?CID=rss <img src="http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/image/image_gallery?img_id=2037318&t=1330103980921" border="0" align="left" height="50" width="50" style="padding-right:5px; padding-top:2px"/>In my experience these are the common complaints by residents who want to come to work tie-free and some simple rebuttals if you, as I do, wish to see future male psychiatrists adorning neckwear<br style="clear:both;"/> Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/blog/eghigian/content/article/10168/2036390?CID=rss <img src="http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/image/image_gallery?img_id=1651051&t=1329944762379" border="0" align="left" height="50" width="50" style="padding-right:5px; padding-top:2px"/>In a recent college course, Dr Eghigian asked his students to discuss long-term patterns and trends in the history of the handling of mental illness. He was struck by a recurring tendency. Most students portrayed the history of mental health in one of two ways.<br style="clear:both;"/> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/blog/frances/content/article/10168/2036198?CID=rss <img src="http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/image/image_gallery?img_id=1652290&t=1329927927077" border="0" align="left" height="50" width="50" style="padding-right:5px; padding-top:2px"/>Until yesterday, there were only 2 reasons to stick with the projected date of DSM-5 publication (May 2013). The first just dropped out.<br style="clear:both;"/> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/blog/moffic/content/article/10168/2030709?CID=rss <img src="http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/image/image_gallery?img_id=2030599&t=1328903210102" border="0" align="left" height="50" width="50" style="padding-right:5px; padding-top:2px"/>In many climates, a cold February is relieved a bit by the Super Bowl and then by Valentine’s Day—a symbol of hope for falling in love, sometimes suddenly and unexpectedly. <br style="clear:both;"/> Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/blog/couchincrisis/content/article/10168/2029020?CID=rss <img src="http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/image/image_gallery?img_id=2029018&t=1328652623515" border="0" align="left" height="50" width="50" style="padding-right:5px; padding-top:2px"/> During my career—initially as a caddy and now as a psychiatry resident—I’ve had the immense privilege of listening to the stories of others. Here's one of those stories.<br style="clear:both;"/> Tue, 7 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMT