Monday, October 5, 2009

Understanding the Anxious Mind

The cover story of this week's New York Times Magazine is relevant to our discussions: it's on anxiety:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/04/magazine/04anxiety-t.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=anxiety&st=cse

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Exercise & Depression

Emma sent me this link to a fascinating account of the emotionally healing powers of exercise that appeared in The Washington Post.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/14/AR2009091402163.html?hpid=artslot

Monday, September 14, 2009

Emotions & Health: Psoriasis

This story has some important observations about the relationship between emotions and skin diseases. I was particularly moved by one patient's description of the display of emotions on the skin - you have to listen to the story to hear them, the transcript is a shortened version.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112757743

Representative Joe Wilson's Emotions 'get the better of him'

This news story struck me as an interesting example of the use of everyday language about emotions as something other than the self:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2009/09/should_rep_joe_wilson_be_punsh.html