Hi On Wed, 16 Jan 2002, James Guinee wrote: > Dreams May Provide Glimpse Into Subconscious of Divorced Depressed > Patients > > Research being conducted at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical > Center in Chicago has provided doctors here with a glimpse into how > the dreams of those who are depressed from a recent divorce may > contribute to overcoming depression. This research may provide clues > as to why some people seem to recover from depression while others > languish without showing any improvement. ... > "We find that when feelings in the dreams that are reported just > before the morning wake up time are negative, such as fear, anger, > anxiety or disgust, the person is likely to have a continuing > depressive mood. Therapists can make use of home dream reports to > help depressed patients who are not recovering on their own to > develop more positive dream scenarios," Cartwright said.
Was there some part of the study that permitted anything like conclusions about a causal relationship between dreaming and mental state? If so, I missed it. Does anyone else have the impression that news reports about psychological and related research seem increasingly extravagant? Not just the claims about benefits that go far beyond the data, but also claims for novelty that seem to ignore what might be extensive literatures. Best wishes Jim ============================================================================ James M. Clark (204) 786-9757 Department of Psychology (204) 774-4134 Fax University of Winnipeg 4L05D Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2E9 [EMAIL PROTECTED] CANADA http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark ============================================================================ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
