[tips] Why blacks don't get depression?

2010-02-08 Thread michael sylvester
The noted evidence that blacks do not suffer from depression would seem to point out that there are racially specific syndromes as well as racially specific medications.Depression is really a white folks phenomena possibly due to to excessive left brain activity of the cerebralized cultural mili

[tips] My take on Sharon

2010-02-08 Thread michael sylvester
I have come to one conclusion about that depression thang and that it is very critical that we take "interaction" when considering data.The key element was that some things work for short term and others work long term.I do think,as the cross-cultural dude on Tips,that in the U,S people have a t

Re: [tips] Toyota and Human Factors

2010-02-08 Thread michael sylvester
Re: [tips] Toyota and Human Factors Michael I'll offer you the same 5 points I offer to any student who asks a good question AND then researches the question and answers it in a 500-750 summary paper (please include citations). Looking forward to the answer. I've always heard that industrial a

Re: [tips] Stress and colds

2010-02-08 Thread michael sylvester
Is there a medical marijuana clinic in your area? Michael "puff the magic dragon" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=4

Re: [tips] Stress and colds

2010-02-08 Thread Britt, Michael
Got it. Looks like I've got that reading I needed. As an aside, I like the way he pats himself on the back in the first line of the abstract, "In an extremely well-controlled study, Cohen et al. (1998).." Thanks Scott Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com Twitter: m

re: [tips] Stress and colds

2010-02-08 Thread Mike Palij
On Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:43:57 -0800, Michael Britt wrote: >Ok, I've got a cold, which I think was brought on by the stress >I' ve been under lately. Anyone know of any published articles >which relate stress to colds? Sheldon Cohen of Carnegie-Mellon U has done a fair amount of research in this

RE: [tips] Stress and colds

2010-02-08 Thread Lilienfeld, Scott O
Hi Michael - See Sheldon Cohen's now classic work on this issue, e.g., Cohen et. al. (1998). Type of stressors that increase susceptibility to the common cold in healthy adults. Health Psychology, 17, 214-233. Cohen, S. et. al. (1997). Social ties and susceptibility to the common cold. Journal o

RE: [tips] Stress and colds

2010-02-08 Thread Shearon, Tim
Nawww! I recommend the Marx Brothers!! Hope you feel better. Tim Shearon -Original Message- From: Britt, Michael [mailto:michael.br...@thepsychfiles.com] Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 3:44 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Stress and colds Ok, I've g

[tips] Stress and colds

2010-02-08 Thread Britt, Michael
Ok, I've got a cold, which I think was brought on by the stress I' ve been under lately. Anyone know of any published articles which relate stress to colds? Not that it'll help me get over the cold any faster, but at least it'll give me something to read... Michael Britt mich...@thepsyc

[tips] Oh,when the Saints...

2010-02-08 Thread michael sylvester
Never underestimate the power of Haitian and Louisiana voodoo. I'll put a spell on you." CCR Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester.PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa3

[tips] Gender Issues in Science/Math Education (was Girls and Boys math scores)

2010-02-08 Thread Richard Hake
Some psychology educators might be interested in the post "Gender Issues in Science/Math Education (was Girls and Boys math scores)" [Hake (2010b)]. The abstract reads: *** ABSTRACT: In a previous post "Re: "Girls and Boys math scores" [Hake (2010a

Re: [tips] Toyota and Human Factors

2010-02-08 Thread Peterson, Douglas (USD)
Michael I'll offer you the same 5 points I offer to any student who asks a good question AND then researches the question and answers it in a 500-750 summary paper (please include citations). Looking forward to the answer. I've always heard that industrial accidents are more common on Mondays

[tips] Toyota and Human Factors

2010-02-08 Thread michael sylvester
As the only one on Tips who demonstrate the ability for creative,elaborative,deep,and creative cognitive processing(everyone else is commenting on Newsweek,NY Times and the "me too ism" of the Eurocentric consensus),this is a long shot but I will try. With a large recall of Toyota,I am wandering i

Re: [tips] Newsweek's Begley bashes antidepressants

2010-02-08 Thread Mike Palij
I just want to make a few points about issues regarding the use of antidepressants and Begley's presentation: (1) Although some may take issue with Begley's style or choice of words, if one gave the article to a group of students and asked them to locate research on the key points of her argument

[tips] Request for information on peer advising.

2010-02-08 Thread Randall Gordon
Dear Tipsters, A colleague of mine (Carol Kivi) will be co-chairing a round table discussion on student advisement this April at the Midwestern Psychological Association Convention in Chicago. We thought TIPS might be a good resource to collect some initial information on the nature and scop

RE: [tips] Newsweek's Begley bashes antidepressants

2010-02-08 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
The one line I extracted below tells me volumes about all this work. Besides cherry-picking that was discussed, we also have the issue of some of the articles used as source material were not peer reviewed. An article built on citation of non-peer reviewed literature, or in this worse case, me

[tips] Will winning a Nobel impress your Mom?

2010-02-08 Thread sblack
Sometimes not. Check out the interview with Steven Chu, USA Secretary of Energy and eminent physicist on "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me", the National Public Radio (USA) comedy and news quiz radio programme (Oprah, eat your heart out). He called his mother up and said, "Guess, what, I just won the

Re: [tips] Newsweek's Begley bashes antidepressants

2010-02-08 Thread Deborah S Briihl
Why are they prescribed so much? Because very little history is taken. If you look at who are one of the top providers of psychotropic drugs for women, that would explain why - OB/GYN. Most of my female students get their meds from them. My sister actually when to a GP and was prescribed antide

Re: [tips] Newsweek's Begley bashes antidepressants

2010-02-08 Thread drnanjo
Then I guess the question that follows is: why do so many providers confuse normal sadness and grieving with clinical depression? Is it a belief that happy is the default state for humans (see Ehrenreich's recent book) or a fear of being sued should a sad patient go home and commit acts of sel

Re: [tips] Newsweek's Begley bashes antidepressants

2010-02-08 Thread Allen Esterson
?Nancy Melucci wrote on why she prefers not to take anti-depressants: >I have preserved my emotional integrity and physical health >by turning down psychopharmacogical therapies >that were offered to me during difficult times in my life >My emotions - pleasant or not, are some of the few things >th

[tips] CEUs at EPA

2010-02-08 Thread DIANE FINLEY
Please see the attached for information on CEUs available at EPA. Diane Diane L. Finley, Ph.D. Professor , Department of Psychology Membership Chair, D47 - APA (Exercise and Sport Psychology) Prince George's Community College 301 Largo Road Largo MD 20774 (301) 322-0869 dfin...@pgcc.edu http://

Re: [tips] definition for abbreviation "iap"

2010-02-08 Thread Britt, Michael
Turns out that the winner of the abbreviation "IAP" is: "inapplicable". I contacted the folks at the General Social Survey and they said that this abbreviation is used when a question isn't answered because it doesn't apply to a particular respondent (so what happened to "N/A"? Although I