Exaggerated claims abound about the prevalence of mental disorder in gay men. By reviewing the literature on this topic, Newcomb and Mustanksi (2010) conclude that future research needs to focus on how ethnicity, amongst other important considerations, influences psychological outcomes for gay men afflicted by internalised homophobia. ... Newcomb, M., & Mustanski, B. (2010) Internalized h
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September 19, 2010
Gay Men, Not Suffering Spectacularly
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June 10, 2010
Understanding the Switch Process in Bipolar Disorder
(Brain Post Note: Hannah Dunbar is a summer research student from Oral Roberts University. Today she will be summarizing some of the key issues in the neurobiology of the switch process in bipolar disorder. Bipolar disorder is a somewhat unique mental disorder in that the onset of a mood swing can be quite dramatic--a patient with bipolar disorder can be fine one day and manic the next. It is
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December 11, 2009
More Research Needed Regarding The Impact Of Climate Change On Mental Health
Among the many topics to be discussed at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen this month, one that is unlikely to feature is that of increasing concern about the effects on climate change on people with a history of mental health, and the potential for an increase in the overall burden of mental disorder worldwide...
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August 25, 2009
“Abortion Trauma Syndrome”
Abortion trauma syndrome is a fabricated mental disorder conceived by anti-abortion activists to advance their cause and is not a scientifically based psychiatric disorder. So said 2 psychiatrists at the American Psychiatric Association's recent annual meeting in San Francisco.
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August 8, 2009
Prolonged Grief Disorder
Recent research has psychometrically validated the criteria for Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD) - a disabling intense state of grief that persists for months, sometimes years. Though not a recognized mental disorder in the DSM-IVTR and ICD-10, inclusion could become a reality as with the upcoming DSM V and ICD-11.... Prigerson, H., Horowitz, M., Jacobs, S., Parkes, C., Aslan, M., Goodkin,
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July 1, 2009
A neurobiology of the disordered mind
Newsweek has a short but smart essay by neuroscientist Eric Kandel who riffs on some of the latest developments that have pushed forward our understanding of the neurobiology of mental disorder.Kandel gives a description of one of the big biological discoveries from recent years, namely copy number variations, and explores what they might tell us about the development of psychiatric disorders:One
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May 30, 2009
Psychiatry trying to get its disorders in order (Chicago Tribune)
Guide's scope will decide how -- or even what -- to treat SAN FRANCISCO -- Is the compulsion to hoard things a mental disorder? How about the practice of eating excessively at night?
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May 26, 2009
Psychiatrists rewriting the mental health bible (Chicago Tribune)
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, commonly called DSM, is getting an update. Now experts must decide what is a disorder and what falls in the range of normal human behavior. Is the compulsion to hoard things a mental disorder? How about the practice of eating excessively at night?
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May 25, 2009
Schizophrenia Does Not Increase Risk Of Violent Crime
A new study from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet and the University of Oxford finds that the severe mental disorder schizophrenia only marginally increases the risk of committing violent crime. Rather, the overrepresentation of individuals with schizophrenia in violent crime is almost entirely attributable to concurrent substance abuse.
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