The comments on the adaptive nature of depression remind me of a
character from the Dr Katz TV show. Referring to his mother, he stated:
"After Mom got depressed, she was put on so many medications that we
never knew how she felt about anything." I am paraphrasing.
I am usually happy to hear th
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Southwark College, London
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Allen Esterson
Sat, 10 Mar 2012 01:56:33 -0800
Ed Pollak writes:
>You might check out the evolutionary/sociobiological approaches
>to depression. e.
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Pollak, Edward (Retired)
Fri, 09 Mar 2012 06:49:53 -0800
You might check out the evolutionary/sociobiolog
You might check out the evolutionary/sociobiological approaches to depression.
e.g., see
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=depressions-evolutionary
and
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/26/the-evolution-of-depression/.
If your student decides it's relevant, she can dig de
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Beth, I am dealing with just such a person, luckily not a student. My syllabus
says
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How timely...
A student who registered for an upcoming course just emailed me to tell me he
has bipolar disorder, and to
How timely...
A student who registered for an upcoming course just emailed me to tell me
he has bipolar disorder, and to let me know that he "may" get behind on
assignments and coursework because of it (he says it's happened in the
past), but wants me to "work with him" should he need it.
I am al
is this an attack on women? sounds like something that Tom Cruise would say.
michael
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hing in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)"
Cc: "Michael Palij"
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OnThu, 08 Mar 2012 04:45:11 -0800, Steven Specht wrote:
>Dear TIPSters,
>I have a student interested in learning a
Might the relevant issue be self-presentation and investigation of social
reinforcement?
G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D
Psychology@SVSU
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search term... factitious disorder in college students or young adults, perhaps?
David Wasieleski
From: Beth Benoit [mailto:beth.ben...@gmail.com]
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To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
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Steven,
Might your student want to add bipolar disorder to this project? I am
seeing more cases of people talking openly about "my bipolar" and using it
publicly. I've been thinking for a while that depression is less likely to
garner sympathy than the newer, "sexier" diagnosis of bipolar disorde
OnThu, 08 Mar 2012 04:45:11 -0800, Steven Specht wrote:
>Dear TIPSters,
>I have a student interested in learning about individuals who might use
>depression as a "crutch". That is, who may or may not be depressed, but who use
>the symptomatology as a means of identity or avoidance. I don't even kno
Could the student be thinking about a kind of passive aggressiveness?
Michael A. Britt, Ph.D.
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http://www.ThePsychFiles.com
Twitter: mbritt
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Dear TIPSters,
I have a student interested in learning about individuals who might use
depression as a "crutch". That is, who may or may not be depressed, but who use
the symptomatology as a means of identity or avoidance. I don't even know if
this is making sense. She (and I) are having trouble
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