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Mad in America’s 10 Most Popular Articles in 2023

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TikTok’s “sick-role subculture” leads to children taking on the characteristics of rare psychiatric diagnoses, according to an article in Comprehensive Psychiatry. Borderline Personality Disorder “No Longer Has a Place in Clinical Practice” Image depicts the thoughts and behaviors typically associated with BPD.

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How I Developed a Critical Perspective on Psychiatry

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Editor’s Note: This article is being simultaneously published on Mad in America and on our affiliate site, Mad in the UK. It’s tragic that these people may then be wrongly labelled as personality disordered, bipolar, or psychotic. Should we still be calling it emotionally unstable personality disorder?

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Medical Journals Refuse to Retract Fraudulent Trial Reports That Omitted Suicidal Events in Children

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These harms increase the risk of suicide and violence, but the published article did not present any such data. There were no data about these important harms in the published article. Similarly, we do not find new evidence in support of your request to retract this article.” cm and 1.1 kg, respectively (P = 0.008 for both).

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Injured, Not Broken: Why It’s So Hard to Know You Have CPTSD

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CPTSD survivors may be diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder. ” Article → Back to Around the Web The post Injured, Not Broken: Why It’s So Hard to Know You Have CPTSD appeared first on Mad In America. CPTSD can cause fragmentation, dissociation, and other needed methods of coping.

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The Trauma Craze: How the Expansion of Trauma Diagnoses Fueled Victimhood Culture

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People increasingly claim vicarious trauma from reading distressing news articles, watching emotionally charged TV shows, or even hearing a friend’s upsetting story. It is a serious disorder, reflecting the deep psychological scars left by genuine trauma.

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Antidepressant Withdrawal: A Clinician’s Middle View

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Examples: from psychiatry, articles led by Juahar , Jha , Nutt ; and many psychiatrists’ responses to Moncrieff et al’s review on serotonin ( sample ). Their protests to the contrary have even been seen as indications of a personality disorder. Every new essay prompts yet more objections from the other camp.

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Day # 146: Bulimia Nervosa Part 1

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There is also an association between mood disorders , impulsivity, personality disorders (most commonly borderline PD ), and anxiety disorders. Resources for today's post include: First Aid for Psychiatry Kaplan and Sadocks Synopsis of Psychiatry DSM-5-TR Pocket Psychiatry And the articles referenced above.