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3 weeks ago

Paranoid Personality Traits Should Capture Our Attention

To rise to the level of psychiatric concern, symptoms must be out of proportion to any evidence; e.g., a grandfather suspects his 33-year-old grandson Eric asking questions about family generations.
Mental health
fromThe Walrus
3 months ago

The Pill That Promises to Cure Grief | The Walrus

"In 2022, prolonged grief disorder was added to a text revision of the fifth Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders... Too much grief had become an official diagnosis."
Mental health
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fromPsychology Today
3 months ago

An Epidemic of Need: The Surge in Childhood Psychiatric Diagnoses

The rise in childhood diagnoses reflects societal shifts in understanding rather than an actual increase in mental health issues.
Expanded definitions in DSM-5 blur the lines of mental health diagnostics and increase access.
fromPsychology Today
4 months ago

When We Experience Cravings, We Grab What's In Reach

Addiction to certain substances can result in detrimental consequences that contribute to substance use disorder, which is classified using 11 criteria in the DSM-5.
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