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Prodromal Symptoms of Schizophrenia: Understanding and Addressing Challenges

Psychiatric Times

Studies in Australia and the United States followed individuals with subthreshold psychotic symptoms and functional decline, along with a genetic risk for schizophrenia, over time. The DSM-5 task force concluded that there was not enough evidence to justify incorporating APS as an official mental disorder diagnosis in Section II.

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Could I Have an Eating Disorder?

ADDitude

Eating disorders are serious, brain-based mental illnesses with a strong genetic link. Do I Have an Eating Disorder: Next Steps Free Download: Types of Eating Disorders Associated with ADHD Read: We Demand Attention! Int J Environ Res Public Health. The genetics of eating disorders. BMC Womens Health.

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“The New York Times Reruns Familiar ADHD Tropes”

ADDitude

April 16, 2025 Every few years, the ADHD community must endure another skeptic an author, a journalist, a contrarian mental health provider, quite frequently a chiropractor recycling claims like “ADHD is overdiagnosed,” “stimulants dont work,” or, most remarkably in one case, “ADHD does not exist.”

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Setting the Record Straight About ADHD and Its Treatments

ADDitude

and suggested that the diagnosis of ADHD was arbitrary because it relies not on a biomarkers or genetic tests, but on a trained clinicians careful review of patients self-reported and observed symptoms in several settings. Tough dismissed the lifelong work of esteemed ADHD researcher Russell Barkley, Ph.D. ,