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Three Approaches to Understanding and Classifying Mental Disorder: ICD-11, DSM-5, and the National Institute of Mental Health’s Research Domain Criteria (RDoC)

Three Approaches to Understanding and Classifying Mental Disorder: ICD-11, DSM-5, and the National Institute of Mental Health’s Research Domain Criteria (RDoC)

Lee Anna Clark, Bruce Cuthbert, Roberto Lewis-Fernández, … First Published December 6, 2017 Research Article Find in PubMed  https://doi.org/10.117/1529100617727266 Article information  Abstract The diagnosis of mental disorder initially appears relatively straightforward: Patients present with symptoms or visible signs of illness; health professionals make diagnoses based primarily on these symptoms and signs; and they prescribe medication, psychotherapy, or both, accordingly. However, despite a dramatic expansion of knowledge about mental disorders during the past half century, understanding of their components and processes…

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Comorbidity of developmental trauma disorder (DTD) and post-traumatic stress disorder: findings from the DTD field trial

Comorbidity of developmental trauma disorder (DTD) and post-traumatic stress disorder: findings from the DTD field trial

Eur J Psychotraumatol. 2019; 10(1): 1562841. Published online 2019 Jan 29. doi: 10.1080/20008198.2018.1562841 PMCID: PMC6352932 PMID: 30728917 Bessel van Der Kolk,a Julian D. Ford,b and Joseph Spinazzolac Author information Article notes Copyright and License information Disclaimer Associated Data Supplementary Materials ABSTRACT Background: Developmental trauma disorder (DTD) has been proposed to describe the biopsychosocial sequelae of exposure to interpersonal victimization in childhood that extend beyond the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Objective: To characterize the psychopathology comorbid with DTD and to…

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Five Ethical and Clinical Challenges Psychiatrists May Face When Treating Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder Who Are or May Become Suicidal

Five Ethical and Clinical Challenges Psychiatrists May Face When Treating Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder Who Are or May Become Suicidal

Edmund Howe, MD, JD Author information ►Copyright and License information ► Abstract This article discusses five core ethical and clinical questions psychiatrists should consider when they treat patients with borderline personality disorder who are or may be suicidal. These questions include whether psychiatrists should tell patients their diagnosis, what they should tell them about their suicide risk, whether they should be “always” available by phone, when they should hospitalize these patients involuntarily, and how they should respond after these patients…

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