[tips] Interview with student who Has OCD

2010-02-23 Thread Britt, Michael
I recently interviewed a college student who has OCD and I think the interview would be of interest to students taking a class in psychology since she is at (or about) their age. She talks about her symptoms, the reaction she gets from other students and about the treatment process she

[tips] Ecclesiastical-political OCD?

2010-02-23 Thread michael sylvester
A Canadian friend of mine who currently resides in Doha,Qatar informs me of a friend whose Lenten resolution is to write President Obama a letter each day of Lent.Could this be construed as a higher order OCD under the upgraded DSM? Michael omnicentric Sylvester.PhD Daytona Beach,Florida ---

Re: [tips] Developmental Psychology

2010-02-23 Thread Michael Smith
Thank you all for your replies. I'm hoping to change our offering to a lifespan course (for resource reasons and better suited to non-majors (I think)) but for now I am stuck with adolescent since child and adolescent were the 'defaults'. Thank you all again. --Mike On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at

[tips] The rise and decline of

2010-02-23 Thread michael sylvester
Office hours and students' visits.It appears that students are not visiting profs in their offices as they did three or four decades ago. Except for appointments,registration and advising,students do not appear to be dropping in to talk or chat.As a matter of fact a prof may as well hang up a

[tips] Great Question about REM

2010-02-23 Thread James K. Denson
While discussing the effects of REM sleep today in class, I focused on the fact that the body's muscles are generally paralyzed. A student then asked that if that were true how do the eyes move? Any response out there for me? James Kevin Denson Kempsville High School Social Studies

RE: [tips] Great Question about REM

2010-02-23 Thread DeVolder Carol L
Motor signals for eye movements are carried via the 3rd, 4th, and 6th cranial nerves and don't pass through the reticular formation. At least I assume that's it. I know I'll be corrected if I'm wrong. Carol Carol DeVolder, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Psychology

Re: [tips] Great Question about REM

2010-02-23 Thread roig-reardon
Yes, doesn't sleep-talking occur during REM as well as NonREM sleep? Miguel The paralysis starts at about the neck.  The face, eyes, mouth can all move during REM. m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor and Chair Department of Psychology College of Arts Sciences Baker

Re: [tips] Great Question about REM

2010-02-23 Thread Michael Smith
I think REM-on cells in the pons and medulla cooperate to produce the rapid eye movement and the loss of skeletal muscle tone respectively (mediated through spinal motor neurons) --Mike On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 11:52 AM, roig-rear...@comcast.net wrote: Yes, doesn't sleep-talking occur during

[tips] Is psychiatry a science?

2010-02-23 Thread sblack
Not to set Allen Esterson off again, but for those tiring of a steady diet of Olympics, there's a long interesting essay, in historical context, on the dilemma of treating depression. It's on-line at the _New Yorker_ at http://tinyurl.com/ykqfon8 The author, Louis Menard, runs through much

Re: [tips] Is psychiatry a science?

2010-02-23 Thread Paul Brandon
Of course, those who took medication and did NOT benefit would not be in condition to write much ;-) On Feb 23, 2010, at 3:55 PM, sbl...@ubishops.ca sbl...@ubishops.ca wrote: Not to set Allen Esterson off again, but for those tiring of a steady diet of Olympics, there's a long interesting

Re: [tips] Great Question about REM

2010-02-23 Thread Serafin, John
Good set of responses to the original question about REM motor inhibition eye movements. Just want to correct one response. Eye movements are not controlled by autonomic systems. The poster may have been thinking about functions like pupil dilation/contraction, which are, in fact, controlled

RE: [tips] Great Question about REM

2010-02-23 Thread DeVolder Carol L
It's my understanding that species that sleep standing up are able to lock their knees so they remain standing up. I used to have a great picture of a cat sleeping in non-REM sleep with its head upright, and then stretched out totally limp during REM sleep. I also don't believe in cow tipping

Re:[tips] Is psychiatry a science?

2010-02-23 Thread Allen Esterson
?On 23 February 2010 Stephen Black wrote: Not to set Allen Esterson off again, but for those tiring of a steady diet of Olympics, there's a long interesting essay, in historical context, on the dilemma of treating depression. It's on-line at the _New Yorker_ at http://tinyurl.com/ykqfon8

Re: [tips] Is psychiatry a science?

2010-02-23 Thread sblack
On 24 Feb 2010 at 1:01, Allen Esterson wrote: I'm up to my neck in preparing an article, so can't rise to Stephen's bait I'm wounded by this. I had intended not a bait but a de-bate. :-) Allen then said, I'll respond to one remark of Louis Menand's: For some disorders, such as depression,

Re: [tips] Great Question about REM

2010-02-23 Thread sblack
Carol DeVolder said, in response to the query concerning why eye movements aren't paralyzed during REM sleep: Motor signals for eye movements are carried via the 3rd, 4th, and 6th cranial nerves and don't pass through the reticular formation. The question reminded me of the historically