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Education notebook: Mercer to develop residency program for psychiatrists Macon Telegraph (blog) Mercer University School of Medicine is partnering with Memorial University Medical Center in Savannah and the Georgia Department of Behavior Health and Developmental Disabilities to develop a residency program aimed at bringing more psychiatrists to ... and more »

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Proposed autism diagnostic criteria roils medical community DAWN.com The American Psychiatric Association recommended last month that a new category called “autism spectrum disorder” be established to incorporate several forms of autism which were previously considered separately. – Reuters Photo WASHINGTON: A proposal ... Row over proposed autism criteriaNews24 DSM-V and the changing fortunes of autism and related disordersThe Conversation all 13 news articles »

St. Peter psychiatric hospital is in turmoil Minneapolis Star Tribune Most of the experienced psychiatric staff have either quit or been fired at the security facility in St. Peter. Six psychiatrists who treat more than 375 patients at the Minnesota Security Hospital in St. Peter have resigned in recent months, ... New chief roils Minn. security hospitalCrookston Daily Times all 38 news articles »

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Blood Test May Help Diagnose Depression WebMD “Psychiatry is a field that is begging for tests because all of our diagnoses, for the most part, are based on clinical assessments, and clinical assessments are very subjective and can be biased,” says Jennifer L. Payne, MD, a psychiatrist and ... Assay analyzing multiple biomarkers could be valuable aid to diagnose major ...News-Medical.net Could a Blood Test Help Spot Depression?U.S. News & World Report A Blood Tests Could Reveal Whether One Has Depression Or Not, Says ReportTopNews United States PsychCentral.com -TopNews Arab Emirates all 37 news articles »

Borenstein Is Psychiatric News' New Editor in Chief Psychiatric News Jeffrey Borenstein, MD, chief executive officer and medical director of Holliswood Hospital in Holliswood, NY, and chair of the APA Council on Communications, has been named editor in chief of Psychiatric News. Borenstein was appointed by the APA Board ... and more »

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Bipolar disorder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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