[CBT, Metacognition, mindfulness, and Haruki Murakami][Hip Journal Article]

This article does not mention Haruki Murakami (maybe he should...not only just because I like the author but Murakami writes about the rhythm of his daily life); yet this article shakes my Harukian part of brain...
re: GAD, Metacognition, and Mindfulness: An Information Processing Analysis by Adrian Wells, U of Manchester. In Clinical Psychology 9: 95-100, 2002.

[Assessment][DSM-V development]

A Research Agenda for DSM-V
http://www.appi.org/Cat2k/2292.html
Free to download a thick book from American Psychiatric Association. I am curious how APA handle validity and reliability of new DSM…

[molecular psychiatry]
[Steven E. Hyman, M.D]
Research Summary
Does this mean that dopamine agonists might change gene expression of neurons, which create dorpamine? Wow. Non-science major like me don’t have enough training to understand this...

[PB researcher][Psychiatric Genetics][John Rice Kelsoe, Jr., M.D]

[John Rice Kelsoe, Jr., M.D]
Bio/Publications

About.com Picked this Blog

About.com Mental Health picked this Mental Health Therapist's Daily Memos recently. I don't know exactly when, but I bumped into a link, just now.
http://mentalhealth.about.com/cs/weblogsblogs/

A Beautiful Mind- Manic Depression and Kay Jamison

Read An Unquiet Mind by Kay Jamison- The author is a professor in Psychiatry in John's Hopkins and a prominent author. Her story of academic inquires on and personal battles with manic depression (bipolar disorder) is simply exquisite and intriguing.

What behavior is pathological and what is not?

If a behavior significantly undermines your daily functions, it is pathological; if not, it is normal.

This statement is a rough sketch. But as far as I know,
this is a foundation of psychopathology. The rest of arguments are matters of
different values, subjective opinions, and politics.

I have no intention to make another diagnosis cookie-cutter ...just a thought.