Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder. This new diagnosis identifies children experiencing persistent irritability and extreme changes in mood without bipolar disorder. This change addresses and ...

The current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual is known as the DSM-5. What will the next version be called? That's one of several open questions as the "Bible of psychiatry" goes online.

Clinical situations that child psychiatrists too frequently encounter in the inner cities resemble this composite case of a young school-aged child born to a drug-addicted mother and living with her ...

Depression is a mood disorder, described as a continuous feeling of sadness as well as a general loss in interest. The American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental ...

In my list of the 10 worst things about DSM 5, its decision to confuse normal grief with clinical depression earned a very high ranking at second place. https://cdn ...

Each month, Clinical Advisor makes one new clinical feature available ahead of print. Don’t forget to take the poll. The results will be published in the next month’s issue. The fifth edition of the ...