Friday, May 4, 2012

Telepsychiatry, neuromodulation, the role of genetics, and updates for the upcoming Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) are just some of the hot items on the agenda of this year's APA ... - DSM-5 Field Trial Results a Hot Topic at APA 2012 Meeting - Medscape




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How do controversial revisions in psychiatry's guidebook make you feel?
Philadelphia Inquirer - ‎4 hours ago‎

By Stacey Burling When upward of 10000 members of the American Psychiatric Association meet here this weekend, they'll be met by protesters - there are always protesters - and tough questions about where their profession is headed and how it will ...

Coalition of Individuals with Psychiatric Labels Supports Protestors' Efforts ...

MarketWatch (press release) - ‎15 hours ago‎
WASHINGTON, May 3, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The National Coalition for Mental Health Recovery (NCMHR), a coalition comprising 32 statewide organizations of individuals in recovery from mental health conditions, supports an upcoming peaceful ...

DSM-5 Debate: Committee Backs Off Some Changes, Re-Opens Comments

TIME - ‎18 hours ago‎
By Maia Szalavitz | @maiasz | May 3, 2012 | + The committee responsible for revising the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders — psychiatry's diagnostic “bible” commonly referred to as the DSM — has dropped the ...

Occupy the American Psychiatric Association In A Darker Dark Age

Age of Autism - ‎2 hours ago‎
By Adriana Gamondes By Adriana Gamondes I'm writing this post for two reasons. First it's to announce an event which autism families might take an interest in—a chance to protest the proposed changes to the “bible of psychiatry,” the Diagnostic and ...

APA Announces New Changes to Drafts of the DSM-5, Psychiatry's New “Bible”

Scientific American (blog) - ‎14 hours ago‎
By Ferris Jabr | May 3, 2012 | I have this slim silver book on my desk called the “Quick Reference to the Diagnostic Criteria From DSM-IV-TR.” Page 153 reads: A. Characteristic symptoms: Two (or more) of the following, each present for a significant ...

DSM-5 Field Trial Results a Hot Topic at APA 2012 Meeting

Medscape - ‎15 hours ago‎
May 3, 2012 — Telepsychiatry, neuromodulation, the role of genetics, and updates for the upcoming Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) are just some of the hot items on the agenda of this year's American ...

'Integrated care' will be a hot topic in Philadelphia this weekend

Newsworks.org - ‎15 hours ago‎
By Maiken Scott Integrated Care, bringing together mental and physical health care, is the theme of this year's American Psychiatric Association conference, which begins in Philadelphia this weekend. What role will psychiatrists play if healthcare ...

A Major Transformation in Psychiatry?

Medscape - ‎19 hours ago‎
Hello, this is Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman of Columbia University, speaking to you today for Medscape. For some time now, I have said that the one thing that would have the biggest impact on changing the way the public looks at mental illness is the ...

Body composition in patients with schizophrenia: comparison with healthy controls

7thSpace Interactive (press release) - ‎19 hours ago‎
Recently, a relationship between obesity and schizophrenia has been reported. Although fat mass and fat-free mass have been shown to be more predictive of health risk than body mass index, there are limited findings about body composition among ...

CCHR STL Blog and News Archive

Citizens Commission on Human Rights of St. Louis - ‎May 3, 2012‎
We wish we could give you all the true data about autism, but we don't know it all. Instead, we can give you many related facts and a few opinions; perhaps these can help you evaluate the subject. The reason we discuss it at all is because the ...

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