Personality Disorders
Early detection of bipolar disorder essential to management, but can be ‘really difficult’
Detecting bipolar disorder and initiating treatment early can improve outcomes for individuals, but discerning bipolar disorder from other illnesses in adolescents and young adults is not easy, according to an expert.
Children living with parental mental illness more likely to be placed in out-of-home care
Children living with parents with mental illness were four times as likely to be placed in out-of-home care than their peers, according to findings from a Swedish study published in Pediatrics.
VIDEO: Interactive session at APA highlights personality disorders
Choi-Kain LW, et al. Focus live: Personality disorders. Presented at: American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting; May 20-24, 2023; San Francisco.
Somatic symptom disorder common among patients hospitalized with PTSD
SAN FRANCISCO — Among patients hospitalized for PTSD, there were associations between somatic symptom disorder and sex, race and psychiatric conditions, according to a poster presented at the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting.
VIDEO: BPD can be treated in any clinical setting
NEW ORLEANS – Borderline personality disorder, which was once thought untreatable, can now be managed by generalists in typical practice settings, Lois W. Choi-Kain, MD, said here at the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting.