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Tardive Dyskinesia: Treat Functional Impairment, Not the AIMS Score

Psychiatric Times

The American Psychiatric Association updated their practice guidelines for the treatment of schizophrenia in 2020 and recommended “that patients who have moderate to severe or disabling tardive dyskinesia associated with antipsychotic therapy be treated with a reversible inhibitor of the vesicular monoamine transporter 2.”

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Walking the Line: Navigating Student Mistreatment by Patients

Psychiatric Times

Effective communication strategies, such as using "I" statements and fostering patient self-reflection, can help address microaggressions without escalating tensions. 4 This step fosters self-reflection in the patient, which is often adequate for an introspective patient to understand their error.

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Part 4: Neurodiversity: New Paradigm, or Trojan Horse?

Mad in America

We consider the consequences of diagnosis as a form of social identity; of neurodivergence as a form of disability; and of self-diagnosis. The re-framing of diagnosis as identity in some parts of the neurodiversity movement leads to an insistence on identity-first language—an ‘autistic person’ rather than ‘a person with autism.’

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Supportive Psychotherapy - The Clinical Language of Psychiatry

Real Psychiatry

That requires the psychiatrist to be genuinely interested in the mental life of the other person and to avoid any potential obstructions to the flow of information. Therapeutic neutrality is a goal as well as the psychiatrist being aware of any personality characteristics that may get in the way like impatience or getting bored or annoyed.

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Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome (PAWS): How the Last Step to Recovery Became the Final Step in Life

Mad in America

In 2009-2010, things did not go well for me due to a combination of extreme insomnia, a seriously diminished self-image, setbacks in all kinds of areas and the partial loss of my social safety net. Almost all of the disorders that I had been diagnosed with were in complete remission. Over the years, the diagnoses all fell away.

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The Trauma Craze: How the Expansion of Trauma Diagnoses Fueled Victimhood Culture

Mad in America

While expanding trauma criteria is often justified as necessary for inclusivity and compassion, critics contend that these expansions may be driven, by some, out of self-interest. By the mid-2020, the hashtag #TraumaDumping had garnered over 2 billion views on platforms like TikTok and Instagram.

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Could IPT Be a Treatment Option for Autism?

International Society for Interpersonal Psychother

ASD is also associated with difficulties with central coherence, a disability that costs a lot of energy in the persons daily life. Individuals with ASD possess difficulties in self-understanding or theory of own mind as well as theory of mind about others (Robinson, 2018). 2015) and borderline personality disorder (A.