This chapter describes the major eating disorders encountered during adolescence including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and eating disorders not otherwise specified (EDNOS). The latter group accounts for most adolescents seeking treatment for an eating disorder and refers to those patients not meeting full Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) crit...

It is widely acknowledged that the approach taken in the development of a classification of mental disorders is guided by various values and assumptions. The author, who played a central role in the development of DSM-III (American Psychiatric Association [1980] Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, 3rd ed. Washington, DC:Author) and DSM-III-R (American Psychiatric Association ...

We read with great interest the article by Bienvenu et al 1 in a recent issue of CHEST (July 2013) and would like to compliment them on the development and validation of the Impact of Events Scale-Revised (IES-R) for patients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after acute lung injury. Psychiatric nosology and diagnostic classifi cation systems are always dynamic and in a state of fl ux. ...

Background: The negative symptoms of schizophrenia remain a major clinical challenge. Nortriptyline is a serotonin and noradrenalin reuptake inhibitor and belongs to secondary amine tricycles. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of nortriptyline on the negative symptoms of schizophrenia. Methods: This study is a six-week randomized placebo-control trial of nortriptyline or placebo a...

BACKGROUND The creation of each edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) of psychiatry has proven enormously controversial. The current effort to revise the 'bible' of disorder definitions for the field of mental health is no exception. The controversy around DSM-5 reached a crescendo with the announcement from National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) that the institute would fo...

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are the most common neurodevelopmental disorders. Despite significant comorbidity, the previous diagnostic criteria prohibited the simultaneous diagnosis of both disorders. Sleep problems are highly prevalent in both disorders; however, these have been studied independently for ADHD and ASD. In the context of rev...

background: the negative symptoms of schizophrenia remain a major clinical challenge. nortriptyline is a serotonin and noradrenalin reuptake inhibitor and belongs to secondary amine tricycles. the aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of nortriptyline on the negative symptoms of schizophrenia.   methods: this study is a six-week randomized placebo-control trial of nortriptyline or placebo...