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The DSM-IV-TR is the standard handbook for diagnosing mental disorder. It is used by mental health professionals in the United States.

Autism spectrum disorders have not always been included as unique diagnostic conditions in the DSM. Through the years, the diagnostic criteria has been refined.

Here are quick links to help you easily find recent Suite101.com articles on the general topic of Personality Disorders and PD Clusters.

The DSM-V will be published in 2012. The history of the diagnosis of PTSD went from shell shock and battle fatigue to PTSD and it is continuing to evolve and change.

Psychological disorders range from personality disorders to sleep disorders. Here's a complete list of the 16 DSM-IV mental illnesses, plus brief definitions.

The American Psychiatric Association sparks controversy in choosing "anti-trans" experts to revise definitions of gender identity disorders in the DSM-V.

Under-acknowledged and under-treated, needle phobia often results in needle phobics' avoidance of dentists and doctors because of extreme fear of medical procedures.

This Cluster B Personality Disorder was removed from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition. Should it be reinstated?

C-PTSD, caused by continual stressors that may last for months or years can cause psychological injury, should be recognized as a psychiatric disorder.

Drinking that causes serious problems in relationships, health, work and finances is a chronic disease called alcoholism. The person's body becomes dependent on alcohol.

Alcoholism is a chronic disease in which a person has lost control over alcohol and has become dependent upon it.

Hallucinations are hearing, seeing, smelling, feeling by sense or touch or tasting something without a stimulus present. Clairaudience is psychic hearing.

A recent paper published is claiming video games can lead to addiction, similar to gambling or alcohol, and a vote is called to determine its including in the DSM IV

Sufferers of 1 of the 11 types of personality disorders in DSM-IV can experience unhappiness or feel judged. Answering "What is a personality disorder?" can help.

Let us hope that the "scholars" of the DSM V Committee have the good sense to remove this blatant tool of social control from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual.

Deceptively thin, but bursting with information, Dr. Duane Dobbert's new book is a winner as a brief but comprehensive reference.

Here's a guide to various mental illnesses and psychological disorders, such as obsessive compulsion, schizophrenia, phobias, anxiety disorders, and depression.

Can a person be a little psychopathic, and if so, why isn't this considered narcissism rather than psychopathy? What's the distinction?

The masochist has been taught from an early age to hate herself and consider herself unworthy of love and worthless as a person.

These articles explore the similarities and differences between the two Cluster B disorders of narcissistic and antisocial personality.

The "paranoid" in PPD doesn't generally refer to a person with delusions or psychosis, but rather to someone who is constantly suspicious and distrustful of others.

One of the reasons the terms psychopathy, sociopathy and antisocial personality disorder (aspd) are so often used interchangeably is that even the experts don't agree.

The Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) is not a new psychological construct. In previous centuries it was called "egotism" or "megalomania". It is an extreme form of

Discover some of the tools that psychologists use to evaluate Narcissistic Personality: the DSM-IV-TR, the ICD-10, the Narcissistic Personality Inventory and the MCMI.

According to the DSM-IV-TR, five different diagnoses fall under the umbrella of autism spectrum disorders, PDD-NOS is one of these five.

The Sadistic Personality disorder is characterized by a pattern of gratuitous cruelty, aggression, and demeaning behaviors.

The DSM uses five axes to analyze, classify, and describe these data. The patient (or subject) presents himself to a mental health diagnostician, is evaluated, tests are

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) explains the symptoms required to be diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder.

A US study estimates that about 30 percent of Americans report having an alcohol disorder at some time in their lives. Over half had alcohol abuse, the others dependency.

This article is part two in a series examining the clinical presentation of the Cluster B personality disorders with a focus on Borderline Personality Disorder.

Paranoia in schizophrenic patients often manifests in hallucinations, delusions, and other negative symptoms. There are treatment options for paranoid schizophrenics.

Most Adults with C-PTSD have experienced chronic trauma as children. Psychological injury hampers developing a healthy ego and is manifested by specific symptoms.

An explanation of the difference between the terms attention deficit disorder (ADD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Although often overlooked, delirium is a well defined condition. Delirium is a malfunction of the brain, but it's not dementia. It is a bad omen for an ill person.

Since publishing his first critical book on psychiatry in 1961, The Myth of Mental Illness, Thomas Szasz has been viewed as troublesome, troubled, and for many, a hero.

Here are summaries and Quick Links to the latest 2007 studies on Borderline Personality Disorder.

New-onset delusions in an older person: the condition could be labeled "schizophrenia," or, especially in Europe, "paraphrenia."

As awareness about autism spectrum disorders increases, a new trend is emerging: adults self-diagnosing Asperger's Syndrome.

People with winter seasonal affective disorder (SAD) experience an onset of depression in the fall or winter, and are relieved of their symptoms in the spring or summer.

A brief introduction to the major symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), also known as attention deficit disorder (ADD).

Straight talk for young people who feel confused about their gender identification and want help on coming out or where to go for advice.

Pathological lying is a criterion for other psychiatric disorders, not one in itself. How does a person recognize and deal with pathological liars?

Binge eating can be diagnosed by a physician or mental health care provider. Some methods of diagnosis include physical and psychological exam with laboratory tests.

According to the DSM IV-TR, Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) is diagnosed in between 2% and 16% of the population in clinical settings (between 0.5-1% of the gener

Psychopath, sociopath, or antisocial - all refer to a manipulative person with an alarming lack of conscience. And this personality isn't as uncommon as you may think.

Coming in under the radar, hybristophilia is, at its base, an attraction to extremely violent criminals - and yet it goes unknown and mostly unresearched.

There are flashbacks, nightmares, avoidance of triggers that bring these on and other uncomfortable symptoms. What are the therapies, prognoses and prevention?

A whopping 40% of Anorexia Nervosa/Bulimia Nervosa patients have co-morbid personality disorders (mostly Cluster B - Narcissistic, Histrionic, Antisocial, Borderline).

A whopping 40% of Anorexia Nervosa/Bulimia Nervosa patients have co-morbid personality disorders (mostly Cluster B - Narcissistic, Histrionic, Antisocial, Borderline).

The perception of PTSD as nothing more than "battle fatigue" is a thing of the past in American society. Or is it?