To clarify the potential side effects of THC exposure in older adults, investigators conducted a systematic review of RCTs reporting the safety and efficacy of various cannabinoid-based medicines in adults older than 50 years.
Determining the frequency of maladaptive daydreaming in a sample of psychiatric inpatients with high levels of dissociation.
Dissociative seizures are paroxysmal episodes distinctive from epileptic seizures or syncope, and patients with dissociative seizures often have comorbid psychiatric difficulties.
Higher integration scores correlated with lower depression severity, PTSD symptom severity, and autobiographical memory disturbances in patients with dissociative identity disorder.
Depersonalization can be described as feeling disconnected from one’s body, whereas derealization is characterized by feeling disconnected from the world, with environments, objects, and people seeming unreal or unfamiliar.
Rates of access to and engagement with internet-based communication and/or social media were high, with most participants (96%) indicating access to a cell phone and social media sites, and most participants engaging in at least 1 social media activity per day.
Largely understudied until recently, Functional Neurological Disorder presents a critical challenge to practitioners in neurology and psychiatry.
The estimated prevalence of dissociative disorders in inpatient and outpatient psychiatric settings seems to be approximately 10%, with roughly half of these patients diagnosed with DID.
Paroxetine and naloxone displayed modest efficacy in controlling comorbid depersonalization and dissociative symptoms associated with posttraumatic stress disorder and borderline personality disorder.
The new DSM-5 chapter on obsessive-compulsive and related disorders contains some of the most substantial changes in the manual, including two new disorders: hoarding disorder and excoriation.
