Psychiatric diagnoses

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For up-to-date research on psychiatric diagnoses of a broad range of mental and neuropsychiatric disorders, consult the authoritative information and peer-reviewed articles available through Psychiatrist.com.

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CME activities cover psychiatric diagnoses and treatment of a broad array of conditions. Activities include titles such as:

• The Value of Neuropsychological Assessment in the Differentiation Between Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia and Late-Onset Psychiatric Disorders. Jozefien M. Overbeek, Nicole Korten, Flora Gossink, Jay Fieldhouse, Marleen van de Beek, Lianne Reus, Annemieke Dols, Yolande Pijnenburg, and Sigfried Schouws
  How do you differentiate between behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia and psychiatric disorders with similar behavioral changes. Which tests are useful?.
• Associations Between ADHD Medication Use in Pregnancy and Severe Malformations Based on Prenatal and Postnatal Diagnoses: A Danish Registry-Based Study. Line Kolding, Vera Ehrenstein, Lars Pedersen, Puk Sandager, Olav B. Petersen, Niels Uldbjerg, Lars H. Pedersen
  Do you have patients who take ADHD medication and are planning a pregnancy? How do you respond to questions of safety? This journal CME activity offers evidence..
• Predictors of Bipolar Disorder Versus Schizophrenia Diagnosis in a Multicenter First Psychotic Episode Cohort: Baseline Characterization and a 12-Month Follow-Up Analysis. Estela Salagre, Iria Grande, Eduard Vieta, Gisela Mezquida, Manuel J. Cuesta, Carmen Moreno, Miquel Bioque, Antonio Lobo, Ana González-Pinto, Dolores María Moreno, Iluminada Corripio, Norma Verdolini, Josefina Castro-Fornieles, Anna Mané, Justo Pinzon-Espinosa, Caterina del Mar Bonnin, Miquel Bernardo, and PEPs Group
  What features may predict bipolar disorder vs schizophrenia in a person with first-episode psychosis? In this journal CME activity, find out which tools could most aid diagnosis..
• Early Diagnosis and Management of Bulimia Nervosa in Type 1 Diabetes. Ahmed Saeed Yahya, Shakil Khawaja, Jude Chukwuma, Chisolum Chukwuma
  When you treat patients with type 1 diabetes, what clinical signs and red flags do you look for that would suggest comorbid bulimia nervosa? How should the comorbidity be treated? This narrative review summarizes the latest published evidence..
• Diagnosing Dementia-Related Psychosis: Using Tools and Communicating With Patients and Caregivers. Clive Ballard
  What diagnostic criteria and assessment tools would you use for dementia-related psychosis? What strategies may help when discussing psychosis with patients’ family members? Dr. Ballard considers these topics in this brief CME activity..
• Screening for Excessive Daytime Sleepiness and Diagnosing Narcolepsy. John W. Winkelman
  Which patients need evaluation for excessive daytime sleepiness and central hypersomnias? Dr. Winkelman shares his expertise in this brief CME activity..

Access peer-reviewed articles on psychiatric diagnoses

Psychiatrist.com sources content from several journals. Research and articles from The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry (JCP) provide psychiatrists and mental health professionals with the latest information on psychiatric diagnoses and treatment of mental and neurological illnesses. Articles from The Primary Care Companion for CNS Disorders help primary care physicians and other clinicians to improve their clinical experience as they treat patients with mental and CNS disorders.

Resources related to psychiatric diagnoses and treatment include peer-reviewed articles, case reports, Academic Highlights, meta-analyses, Brief Reports, and other evidence-based research.

Resources related to psychiatric diagnoses include articles such as:

• Functional Impairment in Youth With ADHD: Normative Data and Norm-Referenced Cutoff Points for the Before School Functioning Questionnaire and the Parent Rating of Evening and Morning Behavior Scale, Revised. Stephen V. Faraone, Norberto J. DeSousa, Marina Komolova, F. Randy Sallee, Bev Incledon, and Timothy E. Wilens
• Adding Increased Energy or Activity to Criterion (A) of the DSM-5 Definition of Hypomania and Mania: Effect on the Diagnoses of 907 Patients From the Bipolar Collaborative Network. Mette U. Fredskild, Jim Mintz, Mark A. Frye, Susan L. McElroy, Willem A. Nolen, Ralph Kupka, Heinz Grunze, Paul E. Keck, Robert M. Post, Lars V. Kessing, and Trisha Suppes
• Sultans of Swing: A Reappraisal of the Intertwined Association Between Affective Lability and Mood Reactivity in a Post Hoc Analysis of the BRIDGE-II-MIX Study. Norma Verdolini, Giulia Menculini, Giulio Perugi, Andrea Murru, Ludovic Samalin, Jules Angst, Jean-Michel Azorin, Charles L. Bowden, Sergey Mosolov, Allan H. Young, Margherita Barbuti, Dina Popovic, Eduard Vieta, and Isabella Pacchiarotti, for the BRIDGE-II-MIX Study Group
• Cognitive Deficits in the THINC-Integrated Tool (THINC-it) Are Associated With Psychosocial Dysfunction in Patients With Major Depressive Disorder. Matthew J. Knight, Célia Fourrier, Ellen Lyrtzis, Natalie Aboustate, Emma Sampson, Hikaru Hori, Natalie T. Mills, and Bernhard T. Baune
• Depression With Mixed Features in Major Depressive Disorder: A New Diagnosis or There All Along?. Michael J. Ostacher and Trisha Suppes
• Validity of the Maudsley Staging Method in Predicting Treatment-Resistant Depression Outcome Using the Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety. Sjoerd M. van Belkum, Hanneke Geugies, Thom S. Lysen, Anthony J. Cleare, Frenk P. M. L. Peeters, Brenda W. J. H. Penninx, Robert A. Schoevers, and Henricus G. Ruhe
• Utilizing the DSM-5 Anxious Distress Specifier to Develop Treatment Strategies for Patients With Major Depressive Disorder. Michael E. Thase, Richard H. Weisler, J. Sloan Manning, Madhukar H. Trivedi
• The Diagnostic Challenge of the Late-Onset Frontal Lobe Syndrome: Clinical Predictors for Primary Psychiatric Disorders Versus Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia. Everard G. B. Vijverberg, Flora Gossink, Welmoed Krudop, Sietske Sikkes, Cora Kerssens, Niels Prins, Max Stek, Philip Scheltens, Yolande Pijnenburg, and Annemiek Dols

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A digital property of Physicians Postgraduate Press, Inc., Psychiatrist.com is a leading source of peer-reviewed, evidence-based research on a wide range of behavioral health and CNS disorders. Psychiatrist.com includes content for psychiatrists and mental health professionals along with materials for primary care physicians and other healthcare professionals who work with patients with mental illness.

Content on Psychiatrist.com is compiled from three sources: The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry (a leading psychiatry research journal), The Primary Care Companion for CNS Disorders, and the CME Institute at CMEInstitute.com. The psychiatry journal articles and research published on the website touch on a broad array of topics, including bipolar disorder symptoms; treatment for Alzheimer’s disease; diagnosis of recurrent major depressive disorder; ADHD symptoms; the latest research on schizotypal personality disorders; and many other areas of psychiatry and psychotherapy.