Beyond DSM: Seeking a Brain-Based Classification of Mental Illness
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Science 19 March 2010:
Vol. 327. no. 5972, p. 1437
DOI: 10.1126/science.327.5972.1437 Prev | Table of Contents | Next

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Beyond DSM: Seeking a Brain-Based Classification of Mental Illness
Greg Miller

If a fright or despondency lasts for a long time, it is a melancholic affection.
—Hippocrates, Aphorisms, 400 B.C.E.

Since the time of the ancient Greeks, mental disorders have been classified according to their outward signs. But even in Hippocrates’ day, attention was paid to the underlying causes. The word “melancholy” derives from the Greek word for black bile, an excess of which was thought to cause prolonged sadness. Continue reading Beyond DSM: Seeking a Brain-Based Classification of Mental Illness

Psychoanalysts as Artists
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Psychoanalysts are known for their sensitivity to the suffering, conflicts, and inhibitions of their patients.  What is less well known is that many are also sensitive and talented artists. To provide a forum for that expression and an opportunity for sharing those visions and talents with others, there was an exhibit entitled “The artistry of Psychoanalysts” which was held at the winter meetings of the American Psychoanalytic Association in New York at the Waldorf Astoria hotel.  The show was open to Members, Affiliates, and Associates of the American and Members of the IPA and IPSO and included photographs, paintings, watercolors, and collages. I am very grateful for the opportunity to give each of the artists more exposure on the International Psychoanalysis.net.  One piece from the show will be shown each week and, as you will see, we have a lot of talent among us.  –Jon Meyer 

                                                                     

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