Personality Disorders
Video
‘Acting out’ or pathological?
Jon E. Grant, JD, MD, MPH, talks about how to distinguish “acting out” from an impulse-control disorder.
Evidence-Based Reviews
Choosing a treatment for disruptive, impulse-control, and conduct disorders
Limited evidence, no approved drugs to guide treatment
Commentary
BPD and the broader landscape of neuropsychiatric illness
Cases That Test Your Skills
Deaf and self-signing
Deaf since birth, Mrs. H, age 47, is withdrawn and says she is 18 months pregnant. She signs to herself; an interpreter says she uses...
Savvy Psychopharmacology
Should you use an anticonvulsant to treat impulsivity and aggression?
From the Editor
Borderline personality disorder is a heritable brain disease
Cases That Test Your Skills
Bipolar disorder or something else?
Ms. S, age 31, is found intoxicated with empty pill bottles in her purse. She was diagnosed with bipolar disorder at age 12, but has no history of...
Podcasts
Working with other disciplines
Hamid R. Tavakoli, MD, talks about how to clarify discussions of altered mental status with clinicians from other disciplines.
Cases That Test Your Skills
Stalked by a ‘patient’
For 20 months, Ms. I has been calling and sending threatening letters to a psychiatric resident whom she falsely believes is her physician. How...
Med/Psych Update
Psychotropic-induced dry mouth: Don’t overlook this potentially serious side effect
Routine screening, education can help patients avoid substantial sequelae
Podcasts
How proposed changes to personality disorders in DSM-5 will affect researchers
Mark Zimmerman, MD; and Donald W. Black, MD