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Joel Paris, MD

Joel Paris, MD

Professor emeritus at McGill University, and senior psychiatrist and research associate at Sir Mortimer B. Davis-Jewish General Hospital. Dr. Paris is the former editor of the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry and the author of 25 books including Overdiagnosis in Psychiatry, 2nd ed. (Oxford University Press; 2020).
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Overdiagnosis in Psychiatry

September 10, 2021
Joel Paris, MD
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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Joel Paris, MDJoel Paris, MD

Professor emeritus at McGill University, and senior psychiatrist and research associate at Sir Mortimer B. Davis-Jewish General Hospital. Dr. Paris is the former editor of the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry and the author of 25 books including Overdiagnosis in Psychiatry, 2nd ed. (Oxford University Press; 2020). Dr. Paris has disclosed no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

Joel Paris explains why adult ADHD, depression, bipolar II, PTSD, and borderline personality are overdiagnosed in psychiatry at the expense of schizophrenia.
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Diagnosing and Treating Borderline Personality Disorder

June 1, 2017
Joel Paris, MD and Daniel Carlat, MD
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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Joel Paris, MD Professor, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University Dr. Paris has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity. Daniel Carlat, MD Editor-in-chief, The Carlat Psychiatry Report Dr. Carlat has disclosed that they have no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
By and large, psychiatrists aren’t terribly comfortable when it comes to diagnosing and treating borderline personality disorder (BPD). Fortunately, diagnosing BPD is relatively easy and can often be done in 20–30 minutes. The key is to have a systematic approach, to ask high-yield questions, and to know how to efficiently follow up on responses.
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