Personality Disorders
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Brain Structure Differs in Youth With Conduct Disorder
Kids with conduct disorder may have lower volume in limbic and striatal areas of the brain, new study finds.
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Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy: Be Aware of Cutaneous Signs
Identifying Munchausen syndrome by proxy early is critical, as the mortality rate is extremely high.
Commentary
Cannabis for Psychiatric Disorders? ‘Not Today,’ Experts Say
Media and the state legislatures speak about cannabis as a medication for the treatment of psychiatric conditions before there is sufficient...
Hard Talk
Sometimes well-intended mental health treatment hurts
Our enthusiasm for widespread psychiatric interventions should be tempered by rigorous research and a nuanced understanding of human psychology...
Commentary
Mass shooters and mental illness: Reexamining the connection
Untreated mental illness combined with access to firearms poses a lethal threat to society.
Commentary
The ‘borderlinization’ of our society and the mental health crisis
We appreciated Dr. Nasrallah’s recent editorial1 that implicated smartphones, social media, and video game addiction, combined with the pandemic,...
From the Journals
ADHD meds cut hospitalization risk in borderline personality disorder patients
Medications including benzodiazepines, antipsychotics, and antidepressants were associated with an increased risk of all-cause hospitalization or...
Shrink Rap News
Prescribing lifestyle changes: When medicine isn’t enough
In prescribing lifestyle changes, it is important to offer most of these changes as suggestions, not as things we insist on.
Pearls
Diagnosing borderline personality disorder: Avoid these pitfalls
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is associated with impaired psychosocial functioning, reduced quality of life, increased use of health care...
Feature
Tips for addressing uptick in mental health visits: Primary care providers collaborate, innovate
Clinical psychologist recommends primary care providers screen all adult patients for depression and anxiety.
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Serious mental illness not a factor in most mass school shootings
More than three-quarters of all perpetrators of mass murders in academic settings had no recorded history of psychotic symptoms.