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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

By JONAH LEHRER

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

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

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

 

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