What is Lin's Bits

This is a new page and will include articles, ideas, news and updates of activities that might be of interest to readers of this site.


WPATH Presentation at 6to Congreso Havana Cuba 1/23/12

February 4th, 2012 by drlinsf in WPATH Private ShareThis

This is a movie slideshow of the invited WPATH Symposium in Cuba featuring Drs. Lin Fraser, Walter Bockting (presented by Lin Fraser), Gail Knudson, Dan Karasic and Jamison Green.  Each slide lasts 4 seconds and the Dr. Bockting audio begins at 1:55. You can move around or pause as you wish. We were invited to present [...]

Not Diseases, but Categories of Suffering

January 30th, 2012 by drlinsf in Lins Bits ShareThis

By GARY GREENBERG NYT Published: January 29, 2012 The debate over the new manual of mental disorders misses one thing: the diagnoses are only convenient categories. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/30/opinion/the-dsms-troubled-revision.html

Motherlode: Parental Quandary Considered: Grandma Gives Frilly Gifts to a Tomboy

January 14th, 2012 by drlinsf in Lins Bits ShareThis

By By KJ DELL’ANTONIA   NYT Published: January 12, 2012 When Grandma sends a determined tomboy frilly clothes, some readers suspect an agenda. http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/12/parental-quandary-considered-grandma-gives-frilly-gifts-to-a-tomboy/

WPATH Day-to-Day | PAHO | Washington DC | December 2011

December 31st, 2011 by drlinsf in Presentations ShareThis

Click here to download a copy of PAHO presentation.

Tom hams it up with Donna Sachet at Night Ministry

December 17th, 2011 by drlinsf in Uncategorized ShareThis

Sorry, Strivers: Talent Matters

November 20th, 2011 by drlinsf in Uncategorized ShareThis

By DAVID Z. HAMBRICK and ELIZABETH J. MEINZ Published: November 19, 2011   NYT Popular research says 10,000 hours of practice is the key to success. Not so fast. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/20/opinion/sunday/sorry-strivers-talent-matters.html

Doing the Ethical Thing May Be Right, but It Isn’t Automatic

November 19th, 2011 by drlinsf in Uncategorized ShareThis

By ALINA TUGEND   NYT Published: November 18, 2011 Research shows that, in spite of what they would like to think about themselves, most people do not act ethically when put on the spot. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/19/your-money/why-doing-the-ethical-thing-isnt-automatic.html

Bystander Psychology: Why Some Witnesses to Crime Do Nothing

November 13th, 2011 by drlinsf in Uncategorized ShareThis

Time Healthline By MAIA SZALAVITZ   Friday, November 11, 2011 Read more: http://healthland.time.com/2011/11/11/bystander-psychology-why-some-witnesses-to-crime-do-nothing/#ixzz1dbPAaXwd

How Psychotherapy Changes the Brain

October 28th, 2011 by drlinsf in Lins Bits ShareThis

Psychiatric Times. Vol. 28 No. 8 Understanding the Mechanisms  By Hasse Karlsson, MA, MD, PhD | August 11, 2011  Although still preliminary, the studies using neuroimaging for measuring change caused by psychotherapy will in the long run lead to a more refined understanding of how different psychotherapies work http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/display/article/10168/1926705

A Girl Not Named Sybil

October 16th, 2011 by drlinsf in Lins Bits ShareThis

By DEBBIE NATHAN NYT Magazine Published: October 14, 2011 Was the person synonymous with multiple-personality disorder nothing more than an invention?

© 2010 Dr Lin Fraser | Site Admin