Dr. Lin Fraser http://linfraser.com Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:31:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Old Age, From Youth’s Narrow Prism http://linfraser.com/2010/old-age-from-youth%e2%80%99s-narrow-prism/ http://linfraser.com/2010/old-age-from-youth%e2%80%99s-narrow-prism/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:31:32 +0000 lin http://linfraser.com/?p=665 By MARC E. AGRONIN, M.D.

Published: March 2, 2010

Often we imagine that life ends at the nursing home door, a myopic view that hurts the aging as well as ourselves.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/02/health/02case.html

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from the NYT Magazine    Published February 25, 2010

Is there an evolutionary purpose to feeling really sad?

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/28/magazine/28depression-t.html

]]> http://linfraser.com/2010/depression%e2%80%99s-upside/feed/ 0 Why Psychiatry Needs Therapy http://linfraser.com/2010/why-psychiatry-needs-therapy/ http://linfraser.com/2010/why-psychiatry-needs-therapy/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:42:29 +0000 lin http://linfraser.com/?p=661 Edward Shorter, University of Toronto History of Medicine and Psychiatry Professor, has written an article entitled, Why Psychiatry Needs Therapy: A manual’s draft reflects how diagnoses have grown foggier, drugs more ineffective, that appears in last Saturday’s Wall Street Journal.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704188104575083700227601116.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_sections_lifestyle#articleTabs%3Darticle

]]> http://linfraser.com/2010/why-psychiatry-needs-therapy/feed/ 0 Evidence That Little Touches Do Mean So Much http://linfraser.com/2010/evidence-that-little-touches-do-mean-so-much-by/ http://linfraser.com/2010/evidence-that-little-touches-do-mean-so-much-by/#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:53:02 +0000 lin http://linfraser.com/?p=658 New research analyzed physical contact to see whether a rich vocabulary of supportive touch is in fact related to performance.

Published: February 23, 2010 in the NYT  http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/23/health/23mind.html

 

]]> http://linfraser.com/2010/evidence-that-little-touches-do-mean-so-much-by/feed/ 0 Here’s the new draft of DSM-5: The Future of Psychiatric Diagnosis http://linfraser.com/2010/heres-the-new-draft-of-dsm-5-the-future-of-psychiatric-diagnosis/ http://linfraser.com/2010/heres-the-new-draft-of-dsm-5-the-future-of-psychiatric-diagnosis/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:28:47 +0000 lin http://linfraser.com/?p=651 Publication of the fifth edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) in May 2013 will mark one the most anticipated events in the mental health field. As part of the development process, the preliminary draft revisions to the current diagnostic criteria for psychiatric diagnoses are now available for public review and comment. We thank you for your interest in DSM-5 and hope that you use this opportunity not only to learn more about the proposed changes in DSM-5, but also about its history, its impact, and its developers. Please continue to check this site for updates to criteria and for more information about the development process.

http://www.dsm5.org/Pages/Default.aspx

]]> http://linfraser.com/2010/heres-the-new-draft-of-dsm-5-the-future-of-psychiatric-diagnosis/feed/ 0 Revising Book on Disorders of the Mind http://linfraser.com/2010/revising-book-on-disorders-of-the-mind/ http://linfraser.com/2010/revising-book-on-disorders-of-the-mind/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:09:56 +0000 lin http://linfraser.com/?p=649 By BENEDICT CAREY Published Feb 10, 2010 NYT

Changes to the psychiatry guidebook that largely sets society’s line for normal behavior could affect treatment.

Read full article   http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/10/health/10psych.html

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Published: January 31, 2010 in the NYT

The fashion is to bemoan happiness books and positive psychology as the work of morons.

See full article http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/31/books/review/Bloom-t.html

]]> http://linfraser.com/2010/the-rap-on-happiness/feed/ 0 The Americanization of Mental Illness http://linfraser.com/2010/the-americanization-of-mental-illness/ http://linfraser.com/2010/the-americanization-of-mental-illness/#comments Sun, 10 Jan 2010 17:10:11 +0000 lin http://linfraser.com/?p=599 from the NYT Magazine

by Ethan Watters  Published: January 10, 2010

In recent years, American ideas about psychiatric disorders have spread around the globe. Is that really good for the world’s mental health?

To read the full article, click here

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This is the big picture of mental health care in America: people with real illnesses lack access to care; face barriers like ignorance, stigma and high prices; or find care that is ineffective.

Click here to read the article

]]> http://linfraser.com/2010/the-wrong-story-about-depression/feed/ 0 Etherapy: Ethical and Clinical Considerations for Version 7 of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health’s Standards of Care http://linfraser.com/2010/etherapy-ethical-and-clinical-considerations-for-version-7-of-the-world-professional-association-for-transgender-health%e2%80%99s-standards-of-care/ http://linfraser.com/2010/etherapy-ethical-and-clinical-considerations-for-version-7-of-the-world-professional-association-for-transgender-health%e2%80%99s-standards-of-care/#comments Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:05:54 +0000 lin http://linfraser.com/?p=571 My article on etherapy with transgender clients has just been published in the International Journal of Transgenderism

Here is the abstract:

ABSTRACT. This invited article provides background and exploratory material for the potential in- clusion of etherapy in Version 7 of the Standards of Care (SOC). A brief overview of the literature, its applicability and extrapolation to transgender clients, the rationale for etherapy, and clinical and ethi- cal considerations, both general and specific to transpeople, are described. Included in the discussion is an online psychotherapy case and commentary involving a Saudi-based American male-to-female transperson and a San Francisco therapist. The article concludes with specific content for a recommen- dation for the inclusion of etherapy (but not online evaluation and referral) in the next revision of the SOC.

Click on this link to read the article

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