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Clinical News & Knowledge: Dissociative Disorders
November 1, 2008 Dissociation—a common feature of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)—involves disruptions in the usually integrated functions of consciousness, memory, identity, and perception of the self and the environment. More>> August 22, 2007 DURHAM, N.C. -- The mystery of obsessive-compulsive disorder may be at least partly solved, with a discovery that implicates a structural protein missing in the brains of certain excessively groomed mice. More>> November 21, 2006 NEW ORLEANS -- As many as 30% of patients with bipolar disorder go untreated for 10 years or more, largely because the condition is so tricky to diagnose, said investigators here. More>> August 25, 2006 Many highly regarded clinicians have built careers working with patients they believe to have dissociative identity disorder (DID). Other distinguished practitioners consider DID to be a bogus diagnostic tag. More>> May 1, 2005 Bipolar disorder in children is particularly difficult to treat. A treatment algorithm combining pharmacology with psychotherapy in order to get optimal results is presented. More>> April 15, 2004 While the symptoms of somatoform and dissociative disorders are influenced by the patient's culture, these syndromes are heterogeneous and may have overlapping features. Although more frequently reported in non-Western cultures and thought of as exotic and culture-bound, multiple personality disorder may be a North American example of one such disorder. More>> November 1, 1998 Dissociative identity disorder (DID), known as multiple personality disorder until renamed in the DSM-IV (American Psychiatric Association, 1994), is a controversial diagnosis. More>>
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