Dec 4, 2013
This audio program introduces the DSM-5 diagnosis of somatic symptom disorder, considers a case of psychological vulnerability to persistent amnesia following anesthesia, analyzes the neuropsychiatric events in people taking varenicline to quit smoking, and reports a large study of drug-induced long QT interval in...
Nov 1, 2013
This audio program includes an overview of the DSM-5 diagnoses for eating disorders, a report on brain activation in patients with panic disorder who do and don’t respond to cognitive-behavioral therapy, changes in lamotrigine dose for pregnant patients with bipolar disorder, and recommendations for use of...
Oct 3, 2013
This audio program includes a case of folie à deux and infanticide, the DSM-5 changes in sleep disorder classification, and new research on ketamine for treatment-resistant depression. Two reports explore brain structure and functioning in patients with eating disorders. Additional studies examine neural mechanisms...
Sep 11, 2013
This audio program examines relationships between violence and mental illness. This issue looks at psychiatric characteristics of homicide defendants, differences in mental illness between gang members and other men with violent behavior, and aggression in a child with Asperger’s disorder. It also features a study of...
Aug 1, 2013
This audio program contains articles on changes to substance use disorders for DSM-5, adaptive treatment for smoking cessation, the efficacy of functional remediation for patients with bipolar disorder, and a longitudinal study on visual orienting, white matter microstructure, and a later diagnosis of autism. A...