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Amy Jones 4/9/13 Amy Jones 4/9/13

an exploration of genetic support for the argument that psychiatric diagnoses are socially constructed in the guardian
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Amy Jones 9/10/12 Amy Jones 9/10/12

obsessive passion vs. harmonious passion in the atlantic
“Those with harmonious passion really love something, but ultimately can leave it, since it’s a "significant but not overwhelming part of their identity.” Harmonious pas…
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Amy Jones 8/17/12 Amy Jones 8/17/12

psychosis, insight, self-image and reality in the new yorker
“In 1886, the hospital’s superintendent described psychosis as "a waking dream, which, if not broken in upon, works mischief to the brain,” and wrote that the goal of trea…
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Amy Jones 6/11/12 Amy Jones 6/11/12

using veterinary science to understand mental illness in the nyt

“This is a critical nuance for understanding addiction. With access to external drugs, the animal isn’t required to “work” first — to forage, flee, socialize or protect. Instead…
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Amy Jones 10/23/11 Amy Jones 10/23/11

disclosure, stigma and bonding: mental illness in high-status professional settings in the memoir “the center cannot hold : my journey through madness” by law professor elyn r. saks (nyt)
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Amy Jones 9/2/11 Amy Jones 9/2/11

the dangers of bitterness and how to avoid them in The Atlantic
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Amy Jones 8/22/11 Amy Jones 8/22/11

“Basically, poets who eventually commit suicide use I-words more than non-suicidal poets.”

our ability to shift perspective reflected in our use of pronouns is correlated with our mental health in Scientific American
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Amy Jones 8/2/11 Amy Jones 8/2/11

an essay on the unpredictability of drug addiction in the nyt
juergen teller (photo)
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Amy Jones 7/2/11 Amy Jones 7/2/11

David Eagleman on questioning free will: crime, neurobiology, and “custom sentencing” in The Atlantic
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Amy Jones 6/25/11 Amy Jones 6/25/11

a psychological autopsy of Ernest Hemingway in the The Independent
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Amy Jones 6/25/11 Amy Jones 6/25/11

are the big drug companies now defining mental illness?: a vigilant exploration by former New England Journal of Medicine editor Marcia Angell in The New York Review of Books
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Amy Jones 6/5/11 Amy Jones 6/5/11

cobbling together the DSM-V: the debate and discarding of  Parental Alienation Syndrome in Slate
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Amy Jones 5/1/11 Amy Jones 5/1/11

the memory palace: a daughter’s memoir of schizophrenia reviewed in the NYT
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Amy Jones 4/10/11 Amy Jones 4/10/11

Gary Greenberg explores the difficulty with diagnosing mental illness in Wired
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