According to contemporary psychiatry, non-conformity is now a mental illness

To those who typically opt to go against the norm, be cautioned: The psychiatric occupation just dubbed non-conformity a “disorder.” The Diagnostic and Analytical Handbook of Mental Disorders, or DSM, specifies “oppositional defiant condition,” or ODD, as …See all stories on this topic

Glenn present supplies new fellowships in kid psychiatry

A gift from the Wilbur and Hilda Glenn Family Structure will support 2 kid psychiatry fellowships in the Division of Child, Teenager, and Young person Programs in Emory University’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. The $400,000 …See all stories on this subject

Neurobiological Basis of EMDR

de Jongh, A., Ernst, R., Marques, L., Hornsveld, H.(2013). The impact of eye movements and tones on disturbing memories involving PTSD and other mental disorders.J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry.; 44(4):477 -83. Elofsson, U.O., von Schèele, B., Theorell …See all stories on this topic

College Students, Young person Regularly Abusing ADHD Meds

Many university student are using prescription attention-deficit hyperactivity condition (ADHD) medication as a research product according to a new research study released in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. In the past, research has found that amphetamine use can lead …See all stories on this subject

Doctors are reaching past the signs of mental disorder to fix the circuits that breed them

Insel later softened his criticism of the DSM. But the battle had actually been signed up with, and with countless lives and billions of dollars at stake, the battle over the future of psychiatry was on. “There are 2 camps: the really biologically oriented and the …See all stories on this topic