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DSM-5 is here: Are psychiatrists ready to stop arguing about it?
Finally. After many contentious years, the American Psychiatric Assn. has unleashed DSM-5, the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. If you know one thing about the DSM, it’s probably that this book is...
Tags: Adultery, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Social Sciences, Science and Technology, Eating Disorders
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Voice of the People, May. 18
Mental-health medicines This is in response to "Psychologists seek prescription power; Health professionals split over contentious bill now up to House" (News, May 12) and "Rx: Slow down; Psychologists and mental health medicines" (Editorial, May 13)....Tags: McCormick Place, DePaul University, Medical Specialization, Chemical Industry, Psychologists
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Is grief a mental illness? Psychiatrists, critics face off over revised diagnostic guidebook
AP Medical WriterCHICAGO (AP) — In the new psychiatric manual of mental disorders, grief soon after a loved one's death can be considered major depression. Extreme childhood temper tantrums get a fancy name. And certain "senior moments" are called "mild...Tags: Social Sciences, Medical Research, Asperger Syndrome, Medical Specialization, Chemical Industry
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Health professionals split over allowing psychologists to prescribe drugs
Week in and week out for the last five years, Marlin Hoover has boarded a plane for New Mexico, where he sees patients Monday through Wednesday. Then, the psychologist flies home Thursday to treat patients at his southwest suburban office in Tinley Park....
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Chemical Industry, Don Harmon, Mental Illness, Springfield
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Trial date set for Jefferson County psychiatrist on sex assault charges
richardb@herald-mail.comAn Oct. 15 trial date has been set for a Jefferson County psychiatrist who was indicted by a county grand jury in April on felony sexual assault and abuse charges in a case involving a 15-year-old girl, Assistant Prosecutor Hassan Rasheed said Wednesday....Tags: Sex Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, Psychiatrists, Health and Medical Professionals, Prosecution
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Connecticut Lags In Mental Health Screening For Children
The Hartford CourantSelenia Velez remembers the near-daily phone calls from the pre-school, alerting her that her 2-year-old son had acted out aggressively and needed to be picked up immediately. The calls went on for months, as Velez, 27, of Hartford, and her husband...Tags: Social Sciences, Medical Specialization, Health Insurance, Arts and Culture, Medicaid
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READER SUBMITTED: Quinnipiac University To Host Symposium "Exploring The Legacies Of The Great Hunger" May 17
HamdenQuinnipiac University will host the symposium, "Exploring the Legacies of the Great Hunger: The Cultural, Spiritual, Psychological and Political Consequences for Today's Ireland from Centuries of Colonization," from 1 to 4:30 p.m. on Friday, May 17, in...Tags: Republic of Ireland, Social Sciences, Arts and Culture, University of California, Los Angeles, Addiction
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Predicting stubborn alcohol addiction: mood, motive may hold keys
It doesn't take stacks of research to demonstrate that medicating painful feelings with alcohol or drugs is a dangerous and ultimately futile strategy (although those studies do exist). But the relationship between emotional difficulties and alcohol...Tags: Medical Research, Substance Abuse, Behavioral Conditions, Medical Specialization, Alcohol Addiction
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Reports blister Chicago psychiatric hospital for youths
When Garfield Park Hospital opened in February, the child psychiatric center promised to treat Chicago's toughest kids, including young gang members and sexually aggressive adolescents. But Illinois officials stopped sending juvenile state wards to...
Tags: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago, Mental Health, Health and Safety at School
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Family Of David Messenger's Victim Seeks To Block Hearing On His Bid For Additional Freedom
The Hartford CourantThe family of a woman killed by her husband, who was later acquitted by reason of insanity, is seeking an emergency order to prohibit the state board that oversees the killer's psychiatric care from holding a May hearing at which he could be granted...Tags: Judges, Labor Legislation, Crime, Law and Justice, Middletown, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut)
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Anthem Agrees To Reprocess 28,000 Psychotherapy Claims, Pay $400,000 To Providers
The Hartford CourantAnthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Connecticut agreed to pay $400,000 to psychiatrists and behavioral-health providers for services dating back to Jan. 1 and to reprocess thousands of claims, the state Insurance Department said Wednesday. At issue is...Tags: Social Sciences, Insurance, Health and Medical Professionals, Medical Specialization, Health Organizations
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How long it takes to get insurance OK to admit psychiatric patients
Psychiatrists spent an estimated 1 million hours on the phone getting insurance authorizations to admit people to hospitals – time the lead author of a study on the matter says could be better spent helping patients. And perhaps time the...
Tags: Science and Technology, Cambridge (Middlesex, Massachusetts), Boston, Medical Specialization
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