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PTSD
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Diagnosis in Bipolar Disorder: Dealing With Comorbidity
May 13th 2025
Effective diagnosis and treatment of comorbid disorders in patients with bipolar enhance care and lead to more optimal mental health outcomes.
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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Memory
March 2nd 1997Trauma, by definition, is the result of exposure to an inescapably stressful event that overwhelms a person's coping mechanisms. Since it would be immoral to expose laboratory subjects to the sort of overwhelming stimuli that give rise to the dissociated sensory reexperiences characteristic of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), we are uncertain to what degree the vast literature involving laboratory studies of less stressful events is relevant to understanding how people process traumatic memories.
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