DSM-5で採用された重篤気分調節症（DMDD）の診断動向と処方パターンを双極性障害（BPD）と比較すべく、後ろ向きコホート研究を実施。2008-18年の米電子診療録データから若年のDMDD患者7677例、BPD患者6480例（平均年齢13-15歳）を特定し、新規治療エピソード率 ...

Emily Laurence is a journalist, freelance writer and certified health coach living in Raleigh, North Carolina. She specializes in writing about mental health, healthy aging and overall wellness. For ...

The second section of DSM-5 is the heart of the system; it contains 23 categories of psychiatric illness and their diagnostic criteria. For example, these categories include Depressive Disorders, ...

The addition of new diagnoses in psychiatry is not a rare event. After all, the first edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association, published in 1952, was ...