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
These techniques, Kellog noted, are showing promise and may provide new biological markers for identifying the disorder. Dr Trinh continued with a focus on the treatment landscape, drawing from the Systematic Treatment Enhancement Program for Bipolar Disorder (STEP-BD) trials conducted from 1998 to 2005.
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Mad in America
JULY 14, 2025
W hen Laura Lopez-Aybar was thirteen, she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder (BPD). While Puerto Rico is officially a territory of the United States, Luiggi-Hernandez explains, “The only thing that’s actually American about Puerto Rico is the legal aspect.”
Psychiatric Times
JULY 17, 2025
Advisory committees make non-binding recommendations to the FDA, which generally follows the recommendations but is not legally bound to do so. It has been 20 years since the last new agent was approved for treating PTSD, so all eyes on the meeting, which is scheduled for Friday, July 18, 2025. 2 The meeting is open to the public.
Mad in America
MAY 15, 2024
I said to myself, “If I can develop a way to work that brings me more satisfaction, if I can develop a paradigm that can survive considering the legalities, I think my life is going to be better.” It’s a basic shift of perspective that can literally change a person’s life. However, learn the legalities. We are ripe for a change.
Mad in America
AUGUST 5, 2024
The same is true of attempts to reframe other diagnostic labels as ‘identities’—including the most contentious, ‘borderline personality disorder’ which, it is suggested, can be ‘destigmatised’ through ‘ neuroqueer feminism ’. Neuroqueer Feminism: Turning with Tenderness toward Borderline Personality Disorder. Johnson, M.
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.
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