Re:[tips] depression as "crutch"

2012-03-10 Thread Mike Wiliams
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

Re:[tips] depression as "crutch"

2012-03-10 Thread Michael Palij
p. 9-11 Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org - Re:[tips] depression as "crutch" Allen Esterson Sat, 10 Mar 2012 01:56:

Re:[tips] depression as "crutch"

2012-03-10 Thread Allen Esterson
er...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org --------- Re:[tips] depression as "crutch" Allen Esterson Sat, 10 Mar 2012 01:56:33 -0800 Ed Pollak writes: >You might check out the evolutionary/sociobiological approaches >to depression. e.

Re:[tips] depression as "crutch"

2012-03-10 Thread Allen Esterson
London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org --------- - Re:[tips] depression as "crutch" Pollak, Edward (Retired) Fri, 09 Mar 2012 06:49:53 -0800 You might check out the evolutionary/sociobiolog

Re:[tips] depression as "crutch"

2012-03-09 Thread Pollak, Edward (Retired)
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

Re: [tips] depression as "crutch"

2012-03-08 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
elly > > > From: Beth Benoit [beth.ben...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2012 6:51 AM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: Re: [tips] depression as "crutch" > > > > > > > >

RE: [tips] depression as "crutch"

2012-03-08 Thread Shearon, Tim
du -Original Message- From: Joann Jelly [mailto:jje...@barstow.edu] Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2012 8:57 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE: [tips] depression as "crutch" Beth, I am dealing with just such a person, luckily not a student. My syllabus says

RE: [tips] depression as "crutch"

2012-03-08 Thread Joann Jelly
[beth.ben...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2012 6:51 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] depression as "crutch" How timely... A student who registered for an upcoming course just emailed me to tell me he has bipolar disorder, and to

Re: [tips] depression as "crutch"

2012-03-08 Thread Beth Benoit
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

Re: [tips] depression as "crutch"

2012-03-08 Thread mjchael sylvester
is this an attack on women? sounds like something that Tom Cruise would say. michael - Original Message - From: Beth Benoit To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2012 9:32 AM Subject: Re: [tips] depression as "crutch"

Re: [tips] depression as "crutch"

2012-03-08 Thread MiguelRoig
hing in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" Cc: "Michael Palij" Sent: Thursday, March 8, 2012 9:08:29 AM Subject: re: [tips] depression as "crutch" OnThu, 08 Mar 2012 04:45:11 -0800, Steven Specht wrote: >Dear TIPSters, >I have a student interested in learning a

Re: [tips] depression as "crutch"

2012-03-08 Thread Gerald Peterson
Might the relevant issue be self-presentation and investigation of social reinforcement? G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU On Mar 8, 2012, at 9:33 AM, Beth Benoit wrote: > > > > > > > Steven, > Might your student want to add bipolar disorder to this project? I am seeing >

RE: [tips] depression as "crutch"

2012-03-08 Thread David T. Wasieleski
, but that might be a search term... factitious disorder in college students or young adults, perhaps? David Wasieleski From: Beth Benoit [mailto:beth.ben...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2012 9:32 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] depression

Re: [tips] depression as "crutch"

2012-03-08 Thread Beth Benoit
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

re: [tips] depression as "crutch"

2012-03-08 Thread Michael Palij
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

Re: [tips] depression as "crutch"

2012-03-08 Thread Michael Britt
Could the student be thinking about a kind of passive aggressiveness? Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: mbritt On Mar 8, 2012, at 7:44 AM, Steven Specht wrote: > > > > > > > Dear TIPSters, > I have a student interested in learni

[tips] depression as "crutch"

2012-03-08 Thread Steven Specht
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