Ellen Frank, Ph.D., a distinguished psychologist and member of the DSM 5 workgroup on bipolar disorders, recently lamented that the DSM IV criteria for bipolar disorder mixed type were too stringent.

The release of the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) this past May was met with criticism within the mental health profession. Modifications in ...

Each month, Clinical Advisor makes one new clinical feature available ahead of print. Don’t forget to take the poll. The results will be published in the next month’s issue. The fifth edition of the ...

Bipolar disorder (BP) is characterized by profound pathological mood swings from mania to depression, interspersed with periods of subsyndromal symptoms (that is, symptoms that are insufficient to ...