An Emerging Natural History in the Development, Mechanisms and Worldwide Prevalence of Major Mental Disorders

  Nicholas Pediaditakis* Department of Psychiatric Medicine, ECU Brody School of Medicine,Greenville, NC, USA The Open Neurology Journal Received: May 02, 2016 Revised: November 17, 2016 Accepted: November 30, 2016 Abstract: Conciliating recent findings from molecular genetics, evolutionary biology, and clinical observations together point to newunderstandings regarding the mechanism, development and the persistent worldwide prevalence…

Revisiting the Major Mental Disorders and Updating the Nosological Schema: A Synthesis

  Nicholas Pediaditakis Deptartment of Psychiatric Medicine, ECU Brody School of Medicine, Greenville, NC, USA Received 23 December 2015; accepted 18 February 2016; published 24 February 2016 Copyright © 2016 by author and Scientific Research Publishing Inc.  This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Abstract Recently, conciliating findings…

Revisiting The Major Mental Disorders

                                          An updating  synthesis Objective:  Incorporating recent findings in the current concepts of  Major Mental Disorders (MMDs) . Namely; bipolar disorder  schizophrenia, OCD, the anxieties, and ADHD. Method: Enumerate and  consider the  collective significance of…

The Association Between Major Mental Disorders and Geniuses

There are many [awe-inspiring] wonders, none greater than a human being. —Sophocles, Chorus in Antigone   There exists an association between creativity and major mental disorders known since antiquity. The ancient Greeks considered both as “having been touched by the gods.” Aristoteles, in his perspicacity, stated, “There is no genius without having a touch of…

Borderline Phenomena Revisited: A Synthesis

The controversially named borderline syndrome is a chronic, recurrent and mercurial mental disorder (Paris, 1994; Sandell, 1989).  Diagnosed predominantly among females (about 75%) (Widiger and Weissman, 1991), borderline personality disorder (BPD) occurs among 2% of the general population, 10% of outpatient psychiatric patients and 20% of inpatient psychiatric patients (American Psychiatric Association, 2000).  The current…

Origins And Mechanisms in the Development of Major Mental Disorders (A Novel Approach)

Empirical evidence and previous research demonstrate shared characteristics which together play a crucial role in the development of the MMDs.  These characteristics readily apparent clinically, are overlooked in their collective significance for the development of the MMDs. The characteristics and their significance are: 1. The significance of inborn propensities. (Temperament) The underlying temperamental variances in all MMDs…