After significant debate, the fifth edition of The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association (DSM-5) was published in 2013. Even before it was published it was met with ...

Dr. Oldham's contributions have fundamentally reshaped personality disorder classification, moving the field from rigid diagnostic categories toward a more nuanced dimensional system. As former ...

Researchers have discovered that eight different psychiatric conditions share a common genetic basis. A study published in early 2025 pinpointed specific variants among those shared genes, showing how ...

Some psychiatric disorders have many overlapping symptoms, which can make it very challenging to diagnose a specific disease. These disorders can be influenced by genetic factors, which may involve a ...