OBJECTIVE To assess the validity and reliability of the Montgomery and Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS Thai) by comparing DSM-IV TR criteria and Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRSD). MATERIAL AND METHOD Descriptive study. Subjects were recruited from the psychiatric out-patient clinic Siriraj Hospital. Subjects were assessed by MADRS Thai version and clinical interview. VALIDIT...

Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) is comprised of a cluster of affective, behavioral and somatic symptoms recurring monthly during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle. The disorder affects 3-8% of menstruating women and represents the more severe and disabling end of the spectrum of premenstrual disorders, which includes premenstrual syndrome and premenstrual aggravation of underlying ...

Eating disorder not otherwise specified (EDNOS) is the most prevalent eating disorder (ED) diagnosis. In this meta-analysis, the authors aimed to inform Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders revisions by comparing the psychopathology of EDNOS with that of the officially recognized EDs: anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN), and binge eating disorder (BED). A comprehensive ...

Much of the knowledge about relationships among domains psychopathology is built on diagnostic categories described in Diagnostic and Statistical Manual Mental Disorders ( DSM), relatively little research has examined symptom-level structure psychopathology. The aim this study was to delineate a detailed hierarchical model psychopathology—from individual symptoms up general factor psychopatholo...

J. C. Wakefield's (1998) critique of W. C. Follette and A. C. Houts's (1996) article is addressed by raising questions about (a) mentalism as a framework for studying psychopathology, (b) the nature of inferred mechanisms and the process of making such inferences, and (c) the accuracy of claiming that the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM; American Psychiatric Associati...

than two millennia and used to describe atypical signs and symptoms that did not conform to established diseases, disappeared from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) of the American Psychiatric Association’s classification of mental disorders. Critics had argued that the condition lacked validity and that it owed its longevity to tradition. Moreover, the term was pe...

Antecedents of personality disorder in childhood and adolescence have been a neglected area in official taxonomies of mental disorders such as the International Classification of Diseases or the different editions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. An evolving research field, however, underscores the importance of antecedents for understanding psychopathology and pers...

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Physicians and behavioral health professionals have accepted psychological treatments since the 1970s because of inconsistent research findings related to the success of reducing chronic pain by medications alone (Puder, 1988) and research indicating the persistence of pain despite medical treatment (Wall, 1979). As early as 1982, Melzack and Wall found flaws in the medical model as applied to ...