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1. it's all in your brain 2. anhedonia www.peoplewho.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2018 09:28:44 -0700 From: Sylvia Caras <[email protected]> Subject: it's all in your brain The false distinction between physical and mental illness is fueling the crisis, costing lives and money. https://qz.com/1423416/a-neuroscientist-who-lost-her-mind-explains-the-brain/ "We are the brain. There's nothing besides it. If something is wrong, it's physical." (I usually argue health is seamless from the cultural environmental trauma perspective. She argues from the brain perspective. Both paths lead to the same conclusion: health is seamless). Sylvia Powered by LSoft's LISTSERV(R) list management software ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2018 10:24:11 -0700 From: Sylvia Caras <[email protected]> Subject: anhedonia Anhedonia, or diminished pleasure, in schizophrenia is most apparent when it comes to anticipating future events. People with schizophrenia report expecting less pleasure from enjoyable activities, and experience less pleasure when anticipating future events, than people without schizophrenia. However, when actually doing these pleasant activities, people with and without schizophrenia report experiencing the same amount of pleasure. The example of anhedonia in schizophrenia illustrates that pleasure is not a single process. Instead, pleasure emerges from a host of interacting cognitive, affective and motivational systems, dysfunction in any one of which can lead to problems with pleasure. https://aeon.co/ideas/wait-for-it-how-schizophrenia-illuminates-the-nature-of-pleasure?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=654d894072-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_10_17_01_07&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_411a82e59d-654d894072-70344581 Powered by LSoft's LISTSERV(R) list management software ------------------------------ End of IRIS Digest - 11 Oct 2018 to 20 Oct 2018 (#2018-62) **********************************************************
