Topic: Christopher Lane

Extreme picky eaters may join list of mentally ill

Victoria Times-Colonist, Canada - 21 days ago
Tweet Comment 0 . Could picky eaters actually be suffering from a mental illness?. . . . That's the prospect some are raising over a proposed ...

Non-conformity, creativity, quirkiness? There's a pill for that

Calgary Herald - 22 days ago
Since 1950, man has landed on the moon, made computers commonplace and harnessed nuclear power.. . . . We're obviously using our minds to the...

Sexual addiction among women real and growing: Psychologists

Victoria Times-Colonist, Canada - 22 days ago
Tweet Comment 0 . The women spend hours online looking at pornography or looking for sex.. . . . Some fantasize about being sexual in public ...

Traffic forecast for Sunday, May 1, 2011

NY Daily News - 291 days ago
THE WEEK AHEAD. . ALTERNATE-SIDE PARKING. . Monday: IN EFFECT. . Tuesday: IN EFFECT. . Wednesday: IN EFFECT. . Thursday: IN EFFECT. . Friday: IN...

Classifying Bitterness Embitters Psychologists

Big Think - 965 days ago
Recent coverage of a proposal to make "bitterness" an officially diagnosed disorder reads a bit like a piece from The Onion. Under the name "post-traumatic embitterment disorder," official bitterness is modeled after post-traumatic stress disorder and is classified as an overwhelming need ...

Douglas' grown son faces drug charges

AP News - 1581 days ago
Michael Douglas' Grown Son, Cameron, Appears in Santa Barbara Court on Drug ChargesMichael Douglas' grown son, Cameron, has been ordered to stand trial on cocaine possession charges.At a pretrial hearing Thursday, Superior Court Judge Joseph Lodge upheld charges of felony possession ...

New Book: How Shyness Became a Mental Illness

Environmental News Network - 1584 days ago
What's wrong with being shy, and just when and how did bashfulness and other ordinary human behaviors in children and adults become psychiatric disorders treatable with powerful, potentially dangerous drugs, asks a Northwestern University scholar in a new book that already ...

Rapturous Sociability--Armageddon Avoided--The Allure of Venus

Scientific American - 1614 days ago
Would Henry David Thoreau and Emily Dickinson be given drugs today? Christopher Lane, Miller Research Professor at Northwestern University, uses previously secret documents, many from the American Psychiatric Association archives, to support his argument that these decisions were marked by carelessness, pervasive ...