a fine article that Georgia recommended:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/magazine/10psyche-t.html
Friday, April 30, 2010
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Saturday, April 24, 2010
CDC maps on depression & anxiety...
...plus anxiety & depression connections to Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes, Asthma, etcetera.
http://www.cdc.gov/Features/dsBRFSSDepressionAnxiety/
http://www.cdc.gov/Features/dsBRFSSDepressionAnxiety/
Thursday, April 22, 2010
books
fine fine books:
http://books.google.com/books?id=W9jiMO2uVYcC&printsec=frontcover&dq=in+the+realm+of+hungry+ghosts&source=bl&ots=ZPs96njw7i&sig=rvxoR1lKWv8HZ6NDJ26rRXX_Fv0&hl=en&ei=y3bQS4GABofasQPuu5j1Dw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CCEQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q&f=false">In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, Close Encounters with Addiction by Gabor Mate
http://books.google.com/books?id=ZmP1q4xFxYUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=anatomy+of+hope&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false">The Anatomy of Hope: How People Prevail in the Face of Illness by Jerome Groopman
Before Prozac: The Troubled History of Mood Disorders in Psychiatry
http://books.google.com/books?id=8VaYF8pIPxgC&printsec=frontcover&dq=edward+shorter+before+prozac&source=bl&ots=rzXNQFRn9k&sig=FsBIN2508y8P4YeNUJx7nfk0a6U&hl=en&ei=ZYbSS9WfOIGOtAPqxtCCCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CBUQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q&f=false
The Loss of Sadness
http://books.google.com/books?id=oWmtN3wSJmoC&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+Loss+of+Sadness:+How+Psychiatry+Transformed+Normal+Sorrow+into+Depressive+Disorder+by+Allan+V.+Horwitz&source=bl&ots=8sl_0BUYOH&sig=Yoc9sadi8FmyL3vkn_AP1sMaCFI&hl=en&ei=25HSS6yJCIHStgP_kf2EAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false
http://books.google.com/books?id=W9jiMO2uVYcC&printsec=frontcover&dq=in+the+realm+of+hungry+ghosts&source=bl&ots=ZPs96njw7i&sig=rvxoR1lKWv8HZ6NDJ26rRXX_Fv0&hl=en&ei=y3bQS4GABofasQPuu5j1Dw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CCEQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q&f=false">In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, Close Encounters with Addiction by Gabor Mate
http://books.google.com/books?id=ZmP1q4xFxYUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=anatomy+of+hope&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false">The Anatomy of Hope: How People Prevail in the Face of Illness by Jerome Groopman
Before Prozac: The Troubled History of Mood Disorders in Psychiatry
http://books.google.com/books?id=8VaYF8pIPxgC&printsec=frontcover&dq=edward+shorter+before+prozac&source=bl&ots=rzXNQFRn9k&sig=FsBIN2508y8P4YeNUJx7nfk0a6U&hl=en&ei=ZYbSS9WfOIGOtAPqxtCCCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CBUQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q&f=false
The Loss of Sadness
http://books.google.com/books?id=oWmtN3wSJmoC&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+Loss+of+Sadness:+How+Psychiatry+Transformed+Normal+Sorrow+into+Depressive+Disorder+by+Allan+V.+Horwitz&source=bl&ots=8sl_0BUYOH&sig=Yoc9sadi8FmyL3vkn_AP1sMaCFI&hl=en&ei=25HSS6yJCIHStgP_kf2EAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false
DSM
a simple semi-diagnostic self-test for major DSM categories:
http://doyouneedtherapy.com/
easy to find categories with lists and quick symptoms
http://allpsych.com/disorders/index.html
DSM full index
http://www.psychnet-uk.com/dsm_iv/dsm_iv_index.htm
the numbers of those officially diagnosed:
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/the-numbers-count-mental-disorders-in-america/index.shtml
a critique of many aspects of the DSM
http://www.zurinstitute.com/dsmcritique.html
http://doyouneedtherapy.com/
easy to find categories with lists and quick symptoms
http://allpsych.com/disorders/index.html
DSM full index
http://www.psychnet-uk.com/dsm_iv/dsm_iv_index.htm
the numbers of those officially diagnosed:
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/the-numbers-count-mental-disorders-in-america/index.shtml
a critique of many aspects of the DSM
http://www.zurinstitute.com/dsmcritique.html
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Depression - Fishbowl articles
"The Anatomy of Melancholy" by Andrew Solomon.
It's a great article that got blown up into his National Book Award-winning book Noonday Demon.
"Manufacturing Depression" (from Harper's) isn't readily online, but an article that covers some of the material can be found at: by Louis Menand about Gary Greenberg and had some amazing insights both emic-ally and etic-ally.
And...
a review of Noonday Demon by Andrew Solomon.
and something by Andrew Solomon that came out about the same time as Noonday Demon.
It's a great article that got blown up into his National Book Award-winning book Noonday Demon.
"Manufacturing Depression" (from Harper's) isn't readily online, but an article that covers some of the material can be found at: by Louis Menand about Gary Greenberg and had some amazing insights both emic-ally and etic-ally.
And...
a review of Noonday Demon by Andrew Solomon.
and something by Andrew Solomon that came out about the same time as Noonday Demon.
Monday, April 12, 2010
placebo effect
placebo effect
first few minutes of this explains the placebo effect nicely:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKq2udn37j0
a slightly more sterile presentation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udJ31KKXBKk&feature=related
6 minute video about placebo knee surgeries:
http://sciencestage.com/v/11940/the-placebo-effect-knee-surgery.html
article about the increasing "effectiveness" of placebos:
http://www.wired.com/medtech/drugs/magazine/17-09/ff_placebo_effect?currentPage=all
more video (27 minutes):
http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=4115610193400691959#
and continuing (24 minutes):
http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-6942125248944933588&hl=en&emb=1#
and more...
first few minutes of this explains the placebo effect nicely:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKq2udn37j0
a slightly more sterile presentation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udJ31KKXBKk&feature=related
6 minute video about placebo knee surgeries:
http://sciencestage.com/v/11940/the-placebo-effect-knee-surgery.html
article about the increasing "effectiveness" of placebos:
http://www.wired.com/medtech/drugs/magazine/17-09/ff_placebo_effect?currentPage=all
more video (27 minutes):
http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=4115610193400691959#
and continuing (24 minutes):
http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-6942125248944933588&hl=en&emb=1#
and more...
Friday, April 9, 2010
Depression
From our discussions in class, I was reminded of this interview with the author of Healing through the Dark Emotions: The Wisdom of Grief, Fear, and Despair
http://www.thesunmagazine.org/issues/385/through_a_glass_darkly?print=all
http://www.thesunmagazine.org/issues/385/through_a_glass_darkly?print=all
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Monday, April 5, 2010
Sunday, April 4, 2010
A Beautiful Mind
Beautiful Minds Can Be Reclaimed, op-ed in the New York Times reveals how many folks afflicted with schizophrenia recover and/or function well
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/10/opinion/beautiful-minds-can-be-reclaimed.html?pagewanted=1
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/10/opinion/beautiful-minds-can-be-reclaimed.html?pagewanted=1
Schizophrenia - Elyn Saks
Apparently Elyn Saks has done some fine reporting of how schizophrenia has affected her life. Her book is called The Center Cannot Hold.
http://www.schizophrenia.com/sznews/archives/005436.html
http://www.schizophrenia.com/sznews/archives/005436.html
Friday, April 2, 2010
A Beautiful Mind
John Nash interview (he talks about A Beautiful Mind in the last ten minuted)
http://nobelprize.org/mediaplayer/index.php?id=429&player=2
Critique of A Beautiful Mind
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bruce-e-levine/irevolutionary-road-a-bea_b_178117.html
http://nobelprize.org/mediaplayer/index.php?id=429&player=2
Critique of A Beautiful Mind
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bruce-e-levine/irevolutionary-road-a-bea_b_178117.html
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