by michaelhalassa | Dec 23, 2024 | Psychiatry
Psychiatric diagnosis is often an artful combination of science and intuition. As a psychiatric resident, I had only seen a handful of patients with a schizophrenia diagnosis, and therefore my intuition for what ‘negative symptoms’ are, was largely bookish—meaning, I...
by michaelhalassa | Sep 12, 2024 | Healthcare, Michael Halassa, Psychiatry
Mental health care has long been dominated by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), a classification system that guides clinicians in diagnosing and treating psychiatric illnesses. While the DSM has provided a standardized approach to...
