January 19, 2021
Fire setting is the current preferred term in the literature to describe acts of deliberately started fires regardless of their legal or diagnostic status.
July 09, 2020
Lack of empathy is a commonly known feature of narcissistic personality disorder. Relationships are typically shallow and difficult to maintain. What are some other features of NPD? More in this case presentation.
July 07, 2020
The image of the psychopath is that of a cold, heartless, inhuman being. But do all psychopaths show a complete lack of normal emotional capacities and empathy?
June 18, 2020
The country has erupted into a wave of anger that demands justice and reform; but what can we, psychiatrists, do when we hear “code black”?
September 26, 2019
This article explores why Enduring Personality Change After Catastrophic Experience (EPCACE) is a clinically useful diagnosis.
March 22, 2019
What do functional magnetic resonance neuroimaging findings reveal about the neurobiology of borderline personality disorder? Take the quiz and learn more.
August 23, 2018
Which medical condition-characterized by the rapid onset of delirium, mania, and psychosis-is linked with bipolar disorder? Take the 5-question quiz and learn more.
October 13, 2017
The authors describe an alternative model for BPD diagnosis that is dimensional in nature and requires fulfillment of 4 of 7 personality traits.
March 02, 2017
On the risk of accepting the practice of psychiatric diagnosis from afar.
June 29, 2016
What is the clinical approach to pathological narcissism and narcissistic personality disorder?