Ellen Frank, Ph.D., a distinguished psychologist and member of the DSM 5 workgroup on bipolar disorders, recently lamented that the DSM IV criteria for bipolar disorder mixed type were too stringent.

Each year, World Bipolar Day is an opportunity to raise awareness and deepen understanding of bipolar disorder, a condition ...

Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder. This new diagnosis identifies children experiencing persistent irritability and extreme changes in mood without bipolar disorder. This change addresses and ...

The Board of Trustees of the American Psychiatric Association tried yesterday to project confidence in the next edition of its problem-plagued manual, assuring Americans that radical changes to the ...

Each month, Clinical Advisor makes one new clinical feature available ahead of print. Don’t forget to take the poll. The results will be published in the next month’s issue. The fifth edition of the ...