Personality disorders Reference Self-awareness 
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.
Mad in America
APRIL 29, 2025
This parallels Micha Frazer-Carrolls argument that mainstream mental health awareness campaigns tend to normalize mental illness for the so-called worried well, while deliberately excluding those deemed mad or seriously mentally ill. As a result, this promotes the funneling of the mad toward psychiatry and institutional care.
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Psychiatric Times
JUNE 13, 2025
Yet, she expressed that the moderate eye blinking and mild lip movements were impacting her job, emotions, self-esteem, and social functioning, causing significant distress, so she readily agreed to initiate VMAT2 inhibitor treatment to minimize these movements to the greatest degree possible. References 1. BMC Psychiatry.
Psychiatric Times
JUNE 24, 2025
Gazzellone, MD, FRCPC Over the past 30 years, the structured definition of medical disease has largely centered on the HDA developed by Jerome Wakefield for mental disorders in 1992. 7 According to the HDA, only dysfunctions that cause significant harm are considered disorders. References 1. Wakefield JC. Psychol Rev.
Mad in America
OCTOBER 13, 2023
Clients should be well aware of the responsible boundaries separating them from their therapist. After a tumultuous episode of a hasty suicide attempt, I was promptly referred to a clinical psychology professor at a university in my hometown, who happened to be the senior alumnus of my former therapist. What makes you think that?”
Psychiatric Times
JUNE 23, 2025
By definition, technology refers to the application of scientific knowledge to practical purposes, particularly in industry. While some providers embrace mental health apps as tools to assist with patient routines and self-care, others remain cautious about their efficacy and appropriate use. References 1. World Psychiatry.
My Psychiatry
APRIL 15, 2025
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a complex mental health condition marked by intense emotions, unstable relationships, a fluctuating self-image, and impulsive behaviors. While not officially recognized in the DSM-5, quiet BPD is a widely acknowledged presentation of borderline personality disorder.
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