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Eyes, Ears, and Emotion: Techniques to Tackle Diagnosing Bipolar Disorder

Psychiatric Times

Emerging research on RNA biomarkers, AI applications, and genetic mutations shows promise for developing new diagnostic tools for bipolar disorder. Emerging research on RNA biomarkers, AI applications, and genetic mutations shows promise for developing new diagnostic tools for bipolar disorder.

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Does Bipolar Disorder Get Worse with Age? Understanding the Impact on Older Adults

Center for Integrative Psychiatry

Bipolar disorder is a lifelong mental health condition characterized by intense mood shifts, from manic highs to depressive lows. But as individuals age, many wonder: Does bipolar disorder get worse with age? Bipolar Disorder in Older Adults: What Changes? The answer is not straightforward.

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Introducing the Borderline Personality Disorder Inventory

Psychiatric Times

Наталья Добровольска/AdobeStock Borderline personality disorder (BPD) remains one of the most commonly misunderstood and challenging diagnoses in mental health. Despite its clinical significance, few assessment tools exist that reflect the complex intrapsychic reality of borderline pathology as it presents in everyday practice.

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Exploring NMDA Antagonists for MDD

Psychiatric Times

Visualizing Novel Therapeutic Targets for Patients with Major Depressive Disorder. Presented at: Southern California Psychiatry Conference; July 11-12, 2025; Huntington Beach, CA. For more coverage of the Southern California Meeting, visit PsychiatricTimes.com. References 1. The GLP-1 RAs as Psychiatric Medications?

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How Do Psychiatry Residents Learn Psychopharmacology?

Psychiatric Times

2 Realizing that, modern medical educators often morph traditional Socratic questioning into the embedding of “audience response questions” (ARS) within formal presentations. Figure 1 presents a modified version of this conceptualization highlighting the role of the educator as facilitator.

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Tardive Dyskinesia: Treat Functional Impairment, Not the AIMS Score

Psychiatric Times

Curiously, anticholinergic medications, including benztropine, diphenhydramine, and trihexyphenidyl, are commonly used to treat all antipsychotic-induced movement disorders despite the fact that they make TD worse and have no benefit for akathisia. Ms Robbins presents to your office for a follow-up visit.

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In Brain Chemistry We Trust—The Gospel According to Pharma

Mad in America

Advertising at its very core involves presenting a highly selective set of facts, carefully cherry-picked by drug companies to leave a favorable impression. Yet, we did not mention these particular conclusions in our marketing materials. reporting receiving treatment for depression in 2023.The