At the American Psychiatric Association’s annual meeting last week, a presentation covered some of the likely major changes that will be incorporated into the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders, commonly referred to as the DSM by mental health professionals. …
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Here’s an interesting article that was in today’s Chicago Tribune online that touches on the conflicts of interest some psychiatrists on the panel have with Pharma companies.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/la-sci-mental-disorder26-2009may26,0,7457507.story
Interesting site, but much advertisments on him. Shall read as subscription, rss.
Hopefully they will put in extensive thyroid testing for bipolar, standard tests will miss the problem and the bipolar meds do not work well. I went through a lot of meds and problems till I figured it out on my own. I was lucky my docs gave me credit for figuring it out and came on board, some deny it and don’t listen.
If your doc does not listen or trust, see another one.
I’m wondering if much consideration is being given to the proposed diagnosis of Post-Surgical Eating Avoidance Disorder (PSEAD) by Adriano Segal in Obes Surg March 2004:353-360?