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New Guidelines on How to Accurately Convey ADHD Information

Mad in America

A vivid example is that healthcare professionals tend do classify the youngest in a classroom as having ADHD up to twice as often as their older classmates—due to their normal age-appropriate behavior: a stunning but long-known research finding that has insufficiently found its way to a broader audience.

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Searching for the “Psychiatric Yeti”: Schizophrenia Is Not Genetic

Mad in America

Torrey is a psychiatrist and a researcher on schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. In research circles, he’s known as the founder and executive director of the controversial Stanley Medical Research Institute, which has spent more than $550 million on biological research on schizophrenia and bipolar disorder over the past few decades.

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Schizoaffective Disorder: Understanding the Incidence, Causes, Diagnosis, and Treatment

Now Psych

per cent of the population have schizoaffective disorder: its a lot less common than either major depression or bipolar disorder. In about 30 per cent of cases, onset occurs between the ages of 25 and 35, and it is more common in women. How is it Diagnosed?

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Summing up the STAR*D Scandal: The Public was Betrayed, Millions were Harmed, and the Mainstream Media Failed Us All

Mad in America

As such, the scandal now serves as a historical verdict on the ethics of American psychiatry, and by extension, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). “The esteem held by our field in the age of modern medicine rests on the validity of our scientific pursuits.

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Day # 153: Insomnia - Assessment

Bullet Psych

This session will include an overview, definitions, a comparison of primary and secondary insomnia, and an assessment framework. Age : Insomnia symptoms can start at any age, but the first episode is more common in young adults. Overall, complaints are more common in middle-age and older adults.

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Treating Lawyers with Depression: One Psychologist’s Top 10 Tips

Lawyers with Depression

Depression is a mental health disorder that affects roughly 10 to 15 percent of the general population. This is the medical definition of depression. However, this definition fails to capture the experience of what its like to be depressed. Take your mental health seriously. He received his Ph.D.

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Mad Sisters: An Interview With Susan Grundy

Mad in America

Her book, Mad Sisters , is a highly personal account of her caregiving journey for an older sister diagnosed with schizophrenia at the age of 13. ” With my parents, it was definitely a term of affection. Definitely a different era in terms of how this would be handled now. It was a definite role reversal.