DSM-5 Attenuated Psychosis Syndrome in Adolescents Hospitalized With Non-psychotic Psychiatric Disorders

Prior validation approaches for psychiatric disorders, as used in DSM-IV and DSM-5, have been synchronic—snapshots of results typically taken out of temporal context. This chapter explores the advantages of a diachronic approach to validation. The discovery of juvenile-onset and adult-onset diabetes is explored as an example of a successful division of a broad biomedical syndrome into subtypes. This division has yielded fruitful insights into etiology and treatment. A psychiatric example, reviewed in detail, is the division of anxiety neurosis into panic disorder and generalized anxiety disorder. A range of etiologic and treatment studies have supported the distinction between these two forms of anxiety. These findings are interpreted in the context of Lakatos’s conceptual framework of a progressive versus degenerative scientific paradigm. The conclusion is that considering a diachronic or historical view of validity of psychiatric disorders adds a valuable perspective to the discipline and its nosology.

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A historical account of schizophrenia proneness categories from DSM-I to DSM-5 (1952-2013)

Revista Latinoamericana de Psicopatologia Fundamental ◽

10.1590/1415-4714.2018v21n4p798.7 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 21 (4) ◽

pp. 798-828 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Arthur Maciel Nunes Gonçalves ◽

Clarissa de Rosalmeida Dantas ◽

Claudio E. M. Banzato ◽

Ana Maria Galdini Raimundo Oda

Keyword(s):

Social Contexts ◽

Unintended Consequences ◽

Primary Sources ◽

Historical Account ◽

Diagnostic Categories ◽

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History Of ◽

Professional Field ◽

Attenuated Psychosis Syndrome ◽

Conditions Of Possibility

The history of diagnostic classifications in psychiatry has been recognized as a privileged means of access to the vicissitudes inherent to the configuration of a scientific and professional field, also bringing significant contributions to conceptual history. We have taken as primary sources the five editions of the DSM (1952-2013) to examine the construction of diagnostic categories related to schizophrenia proneness, indicating the scientific and social contexts related to the development of DSM and psychiatry itself. Along this process we highlight the conditions of possibility for the emergence of the Attenuated Psychosis Syndrome, a highly controversial diagnostic proposal, in the elaboration of DSM-5. This proposal ended up being rejected not only on scientific grounds, but also because of feared unintended consequences.

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The attenuated psychosis syndrome in DSM-5

Schizophrenia Research ◽

10.1016/j.schres.2013.09.019 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 151 (1-3) ◽

pp. 295 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Andor E. Simon ◽

Anita Riecher-Rössler ◽

Undine E. Lang ◽

Stefan Borgwardt

Keyword(s):

Dsm 5 ◽

Attenuated Psychosis Syndrome

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Treatment of Alcohol Dependence in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic

10.47363/jdat/2021(2)107 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 1-4

Author(s):

Nadir A Aliyev ◽

Keyword(s):

Alcohol Dependence ◽

Psychiatric Disorders ◽

Alcohol Misuse ◽

Drug Action ◽

Double Blind Trial ◽

High Efficacy ◽

Short Term ◽

Double Blind ◽

Blind Trial ◽

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Objective: The literature on psychiatric disorders associated with the coronavirus pandemic is scarce. In publications, indicate increased alcohol misuse. However, there is not treatment of alcohol dependence in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic Materials and Methods: This was a double-blind trial for patients diagnosed with DSM-5 for of alcohol dependence. Eligible 100 participants all men to meeting the DSM-5 criteria alcohol dependence. Results: As shown by catamiasis (12 months), among the patients treated with IF, (50 people), 5 had short-term breakdowns associated with exposure to microsocial causes. Among the patients who received disulfiram (50 people), all had cases of relapse. Conclusion: The clinical, neuroendocrine and immune data demonstrate the high efficacy of the use of interferon in alcoholics. The mechanisms of the drug action are under discussion

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