Definition Legal Personality disorders 
Mad in America
APRIL 22, 2025
W hen asked about her behavior during a psychiatric assessment for personality disorders, one patient’s response included this description: It was completely crazy. Professionals assess and diagnose the disorder situated in a patient’s mind so that interventions can be targeted to alleviate the disorder.
Psychiatric Times
JULY 14, 2025
Emerging research on RNA biomarkers, AI applications, and genetic mutations shows promise for developing new diagnostic tools for bipolar disorder. High rates of psychiatric and medical comorbidities—including anxiety, substance use disorders, migraines, thyroid dysfunction, and type 2 diabetes—further complicate the diagnostic process.
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Mad in America
AUGUST 5, 2024
The conflation of ‘disorder’ with ‘identity’ is helped by the fact that, despite long lists of criteria, psychiatric diagnoses such as ASD and ADHD are ultimately based on subjective judgements (by the clinician) about subjective experiences (of the client), rather than on biomarkers—because there are none.
Association for Psychological Science (APS)
MARCH 20, 2025
In graduate school, I focused largely on the classification of personality disorders. I spent five years at University of Missouri as a postdoc and research professor, where I moved away from studying classification of personality disorders and toward psychopathology more generally. My training is in clinical psychology.
Mad in America
MARCH 21, 2024
Taking the two studies together, adverse events definitely predisposing to violence against self or others leading to discontinuation occurred in 11 versus 3 children. Department of Justice, the Journal’s editorial team undertook a thorough evaluation of the article, the legal settlement, and related materials.
Mad in America
DECEMBER 18, 2024
The new drug application for MDMA-AT submitted by MAPS would have allowed MDMA legal use solely within MAPS’ proprietary psychotherapy protocol and only for individuals with a PTSD diagnosis. Much of the therapy was conducted underground by therapists seeking to keep their practices shielded from the authorities.
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