Download a PDF of "Measuring Specific Mental Illness Diagnoses with Functional Impairment" by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine for free. Description: The workshop summarized in this report was organized …
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Mental Health in America: A Shakespearean Tragedy – Psych Central
Social factors, environmental triggers, and increased stress in modern life all influence mental health, including the onset of depression. With healthcare expenditures approaching $3 trillion, our disorders and diseases are …
Here's what Texas' new mental health jail screening form looks like …
AUSTIN — Ahead of a committee hearing next week that will discuss suicides in jail, the Texas Commission on Jail Standards has rolled out a new inmate intake form to screen for mental illnesses. The form, which was …
Canine PTSD: how the US military's use of dogs affects their mental …
In 2014 about 5-10% of deployed military working dogs showed signs of canine PTSD – but the disorder can affect dogs far away from battlefields too.
PTSD and the DSM-5 | Mind the Brain – PLOS Blogs Network
More than thirty-five years after the 1980 recognition of PTSD in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), the data are unequivocal: Today there can be no doubt about the validity of PTSD as a …