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Introducing the Borderline Personality Disorder Inventory

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Developed with input from international mental health professionals, the BPD-I™ is freely available for clinical use, education, and research. SHOW MORE Discover the innovative Borderline Personality Disorder Inventory (BPD-I™), a psychodynamically-informed tool for assessing BPD symptoms effectively.

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What Is a Sleep Disorder? A Harmful Dysfunction Analysis

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A Harmful Dysfunction Analysis Author(s): Jean-Arthur Micoulaud-Franchi, MD, PhD , Christophe Gauld, MD, PhD +2 More Key Takeaways Sleep medicine lacks a structured definition for disorders, complicating diagnosis and classification compared to psychiatry's DSM framework. SHOW MORE What is a sleep disorder?

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Tardive Dyskinesia: Treat Functional Impairment, Not the AIMS Score

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of patients who were prescribed antipsychotics for their psychiatric illness and had evidence of tardive dyskinesia (TD) had TD recorded properly in their electronic health records, supporting the idea that TD is often underreported and misdiagnosed and, therefore, not treated appropriately.

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Sleep-Related Eating Disorder: A Distressing But Treatable Complex Parasomnia

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Schenck, MD , Ranji Varghese, MD Key Takeaways SRED is a parasomnia involving involuntary nocturnal eating, often with limited awareness and recall, and can coexist with other parasomnias. SRED can lead to obesity, health risks, and interpersonal issues, with effective treatments including topiramate, SSRIs, and dopaminergic agents.

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Gerald Maguire, MD, Provides Tips for Differentiating Bipolar Depression From MDD

Psychiatric Times

Similarly, because patients with bipolar disorder often self-medicate, looking for a family history of substance abuse can be helpful. “iI's Family histories can also support the differential diagnosis , he said. For instance, if there is a family history of suicides, that may be a clue, he explained.

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The 6 Steps to Catalyze CBT and DBT With Young Patients

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13 Chain analyses allow patients to confront distressing emotions while staying grounded in self-compassion and radical acceptance of their current realities. Practice What You Preach Therapists’ self-care is central to DBT and CBT. Our supervisory experiences tell us that one of the best ways to learn CBT is self-practice.

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99 Pubs and Zero Followers? Psychiatric Leadership in the Age of Influencers

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Psychiatric Leadership in the Age of Influencers Author(s): Raina Aggarwal, MD Social media shapes mental health discourse, but misinformation and self-diagnosis risks arise as non-professionals dominate the conversation.