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Am I Going Through a Nervous Breakdown?

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The term is no longer used because it has not been recognized as a mental health disorder by the American Psychiatry Association in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM–5). Intrusive thoughts or flashbacks of a traumatic event are similar to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

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Addressing Racism and Racial Trauma in Behavioral Healthcare: A Review With the Experts

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Question: When it comes to diagnosing, we see that Black/African Americans have higher rates of being diagnosed with schizophrenia, where instead the diagnoses should be PTSD or MDD. He is the founder and CEO of Genesis Psychiatric Solutions, a mental health outpatient clinic with offices in Virginia and Washington D.C.