Diagnosis Of Symptoms in the News

Doctors differ on Butts' sanity at competency hearing
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While not a formal diagnosis, she said she believed he was “malingering,” or feigning, mental illness. While Butts speaks very rarely, Lopez said, he was able to speak when prompted and could follow basic commands. … Lopez agreed that someone with …
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Somatic Symptoms Criteria in DSM-5 Improve Diagnosis, Care
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Thus, the DSM-5 diagnosis of somatic symptom disorder (which subsumes several DSM-IV's somatoform disorders, like pain disorder and somatization disorder) removes this requirement and instead focuses on the degree to which patients' thoughts, feelings …
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Treating patients who act out their dreams
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Unfortunately, neurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson's, are also common in patients with REM sleep behavior disorder. Among those who experience both, sleep symptoms may manifest up to 10 years prior to neurologic symptom onset. A diagnosis …
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