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The ultimate companion volume to DSM-5-TR, the Study Guide is designed to help clinical learners, teachers, and practitioners in psychiatry, psychology, and social work understand and apply diagnostic criteria.
Six percent of people in North America will develop borderline personality disorder (BPD) in their lifetime, and about 46% of BPD patients will also have alcohol use disorder (AUD). Alcohol use exacerbates the symptoms of both diseases, rendering treatment more challenging and increasing the risk of suicide. Integrated treatments have been lacking.
The risk factors and consequences of substance use disorders (SUDs), always a large part of the social discourse, have become even more prominent with the opioid crisis in the United States. Given our greater awareness of the links between SUDs and other mental illnesses, psychiatry and medicine have been developing new, less moralistic approaches ......
The Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA) and the American Psychiatric Association (APA) have collaborated on this comprehensive guide, which is designed to empower patients and their support networks in their quest for wellness. Structured into six sections, each offering invaluable insights and tools.
By 2050, 85.7 million people in the United States are projected to be 65 or older. Older adults are especially prone to the effects of substances, and a 2021 survey showed that 4 million older adults were dealing with a substance use disorder. As the country's population ages, clinicians will inevitably have to care for a greater number of older ......
Recent studies suggest that anywhere from 20% to as much as 60% of psychiatric diagnoses are eventually labeled as treatment resistant. No consensus exists on a definition for treatment resistance, nor are there clear criteria for what is still an unrecognized diagnosis, which suggests that incomplete assessments, inadequate treatment planning, ......
A Psychodynamic Approach to the New Developmental Phase of the 21st Century
What makes an adult? Is it living independently, having a stable career path, getting married, or becoming a parent? In the digital age, particularly in Western societies, such traditional markers have been increasingly postponed and redefined. Thus, the concept of emerging adulthood, first described by Jeffrey Jensen Arnett, Ph.D., is a period ......
