Psychiatry

Transgender no longer a medical disorder

Editions to the new DSM remove "gender identity disorder" but many underlying assumptions remain unchanged

Natasha Lennard 31 Topics: Transgender, Psychiatry, DSM-5, Gender Dysphoria, APA

The Golden State has some very highly paid employees, but that's not the whole story

Alex Halperin 13 Topics: Psychiatry, Health Care, California, Government, State government

A new study suggests the risk of marijuana-induced psychosis may have a genetic origin

Sarah Beller, The Fix 24 Topics: Drugs, marijuana, The Fix, Psychiatry, Psychosis

I'm in recovery and scary memories are coming up. How do I find a professional?

Cary Tennis 24 Topics: Psychiatry, Recovery, psychotherapy, addiction, Alcoholism, Psychology, Since You Asked, Drug Addiction

The Child Mind Institute hopes to pinpoint the origins of autism, depression and psychosis, among other disorders

Ingrid Wickelgren, Scientific American Topics: Scientific American, Brain, Brain Develpment, Children, Psychiatry, Autism

I'm getting treatment for my disorder. But it's no fun and I don't like it

Cary Tennis 84 Topics: Since You Asked, Psychiatry, Bipolar Disorder, psychotherapy, Mental Illness

A new book examines whether medical professionals have transformed normal human emotion into mental disease

Andrew Scull, LA Review of Books 44 Topics: Health Care, LA Review of Books, Mental Illness, Psychiatry, Cold War

The revision of the DSM—the shrinks' bible—has infuriated addiction specialists and advocates

Dr. Richard Juman, The Fix 34 Topics: addiction, Psychiatry, Medicine, therapy, Social Issues