After significant debate, the fifth edition of The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association (DSM-5) was published in 2013. Even before it was published it was met with ...

Psychotic disorders encompass a spectrum of conditions marked by disturbances in perception, thought and behaviour that impair reality testing. Historical frameworks began with Kraepelin’s distinction ...

Psychiatric classification and diagnostic frameworks provide the foundation for identifying, studying and treating mental health conditions. Traditionally anchored in categorical systems such as the ...

Two landmark studies reveal the psychiatric disorders genetic link across eight to fourteen conditions through shared ...

Researchers recently discovered that eight different psychiatric conditions share a common genetic basis. A new study has now honed in on some of those shared genetic variants to understand their ...

Dr. Oldham's contributions have fundamentally reshaped personality disorder classification, moving the field from rigid diagnostic categories toward a more nuanced dimensional system. As former ...

(Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Library/Getty Images) Researchers are beginning to realize that even vastly different psychiatric ...

Researchers have uncovered shared genetic pathways that link multiple psychiatric disorders. These new findings have the potential to change the way psychiatric disorders are diagnosed and treated, ...

Comparative analysis showed NBE presence in 9/10 ICSD-3-TR disorders versus 7/10 DSM-5-TR disorders, with overall overlap remaining high (Jaccard index 0.75). ICSD-3-TR preferentially excludes other ...

Some psychiatric disorders have many overlapping symptoms, which can make it very challenging to diagnose a specific disease. These disorders can be influenced by genetic factors, which may involve a ...