I really hate being this person, but .. can we get back on topic? If you don't like what someone says, click delete. If we discuss the psychological/behavioral difference of geeks, the internet doesn't have enough bandwidth :) linda weird and proud... On 3/31/14, 9:30 AM, Mike Miller wrote: > On Mon, 31 Mar 2014, Erik Mitchell wrote: > >> I have a B.A. in Psychology from the U of M, and I've been living >> with a diagnosis for 7 years. I think I know enough. I at least know >> enough to not speculate on others' health matters in public forum. > > Well, you are a morally superior person. I do have a Ph.D. in > psychology from U Wisconsin where I studied mostly schizophrenia and > bipolar disorder. I also have three Master's degrees and a B.S. > Here's some info about my published papers: > > http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=EV_phq4AAAAJ > > >> Also, "manic depression" is a term which was retired from use in 1980 > > Here's another area where you could stand to do more reading. A lot > of people don't really like the term "bipolar disorder." This is the > classic text in the field: > > from 1990 (2nd ed. 2007): > Manic-Depressive Illness: Bipolar Disorders and Recurrent Depression, > 2nd Edition [Hardcover] > by Frederick K. Goodwin & Kay Redfield Jamison > http://www.amazon.com/Manic-Depressive-Illness-Disorders-Recurrent-Depression/dp/0195135792 > > > Here's a good one "for Patients, Families, and Providers": > > from 2005: > Surviving Manic Depression: A Manual on Bipolar Disorder for Patients, > Families, and Providers > by by E. Fuller Torrey M.D. & Michael B. Knable D.O. > http://www.amazon.com/Surviving-Manic-Depression-Disorder-Providers/dp/0465086640 > > > > Note that they use both terms, which is what I did. > > > Regarding "paul g" -- he has a fairly long history of intermittently > sending strange messages to the list, sometimes making vague > accusations. This time he was offering jobs to people. I had > suggested once before that he might have mental health problems. This > time I made a more specific suggestion of what sort of problem that > might be. I was hoping that might help people to be more sympathetic > and less angry about his messages. > > Mike > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list