Why Some Doctors Are Sick of Their Profession

8/31/14 Find a doctor gets harder to do.

http://online.wsj.com/articles/the-u-s-s-ailing-medical-system-a-doctors-perspective-1409325361

Bret Stephens: The Meltdown

8/29/14.  Much to ponder.


http://www.commentarymagazine.com/article/the-meltdown/

NYT Letters: Treating Depression to Prevent Suicide

8/26/14. Effective treatment is available.




http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/25/opinion/treating-depression-to-prevent-suicide.html?src=recg&module=Ribbon&version=origin&region=Header&action=click&contentCollection=Recommended&pgtype=article

The Relationship Between Poverty and Criminal Behavior: To Have and To Have Not

8/26/14. Character matters?




http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21613303-disturbing-study-link-between-incomes-and-criminal-behaviour-have-and

New Ways to Predict Which Marriage Will Succeed

8/23/14. Robert Sapolsky summarizes a recent study published in "Science" with some surprising results.

http://online.wsj.com/articles/new-ways-to-predict-which-marriages-will-succeed-1408636006?KEYWORDS=robert+sapolsky

Sowell food: Random Thoughts

8/19/20. Thomas Sowell thinking outside the box ---- not even close to the box.


http://spectator.org/articles/60269/random-thoughts

Kay Jamison: To Know Suicide

8/18/14. The horror of suicide.


http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/16/opinion/depression-can-be-treated-but-it-takes-competence.html?mabReward=RI%3A18&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&region=CColumn&module=Recommendation&src=rechp&WT.nav=RecEngine

About a Boy with Aspergers

8/18/14. We need to know so much more about mental illness.


http://aeon.co/magazine/being-human/my-aspergers-son-confronts-the-haters/?utm_source=Aeon+newsletter&utm_campaign=a81c8527ee-Daily_Newsletter_18_August_20148_18_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_411a82e59d-a81c8527ee-68622997

The National Institute of Mental Health and Robin Williams

8/14/14. Dr. Thomas Insel, Director of NIMH, on Robin Williams and mental illness.


http://www.nimh.nih.gov/about/director/2014/robin-williams.shtml

Manic-Depression and Robin Williams

8/13/14. Nassir Ghaemi, psychiatrist and expert on mood disorders, talks about Robin Williams and manic-depressive illness.

Of note, antidepressants often make this disorder worse.

Many people with this diagnosis are not taking gold standard medication for effective treatment:  lithium --- a medication proven to reduce suicides.


http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/mood-swings/201408/not-depression-manic-depression-and-robin-williams

Joseph Epstein: A Master Essayist Releases a New Collection

8/13/14. My favorite essay writer ---- read, enjoy, and learn.


http://www.vqronline.org/criticism/2014/08/master-essayist-releases-new-collection

Getting Men to Couples Therapy

8/13/14. Tell him we are going to the hardware store.




http://online.wsj.com/articles/counselors-say-men-are-more-willing-to-try-couples-therapy-when-it-focuses-on-results-1407795913