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It's natural to wonder what role psychiatric medications should have in the treatment of mental disorders. I have, of course, thought about this for years and have come to the conclusion that our medications don't treat diagnoses nearly as much as they do dimensions of functioning. What I mean by this is that for any given diagnosis there are a cluster of symptoms associated with that diagnosis. Depression for example is characterized by sleep problems, low mood, often an

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Jul 3, 20213 min read


Diagnosis and The Nth Dimension
Let's take an excursion and relate an aspect of a television screen to some deep issues in psychology and mental health. A TV screen...
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Jun 27, 20214 min read


Future Discounting or What if I Can't Smell the Steak
Future discounting, also often referred to as temporal discounting, is a curious behavior in which all of us to a degree value a thing in...

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Jun 19, 20212 min read


So, Why This Image
We will be posting quirky or surprising images once monthly on our home page that nevertheless point in a serious way to important themes...
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May 25, 20213 min read
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