"Bearing such difficulties in mind, the prevalence of major depression in the general population appears to be approximately 6 per cent (Angst, 1992)."

It's the citation that gets me.

"The mentally ill person, especially in the incarnation of the violent schizophrenic, is one of the most common focuses for the general anxiety felt by most of us. If we are afraid that we might be attacked, we do not want this fear to be universal. Rather, as Gilman (1988) suggests we want to know and be able to identify who is going to attack ( Read more... )

I just started reading The Time Traveler's Wife and I never want to put it down. Why has it taken me so long to pick it up?

I would sort of like to write a big long entry but because I have so freakin' much to do these days, another part of my wants to lounge on the couch, watch some tv, and knit. (Freudian typo: snit) Another part of me wants to read. (I have two big stacks of library books in my room.) Another part of me thinks I should be firming up the ( Read more... )

"To assimilate love's poison, I have to become aware that whatever my lover arouses in me is mine - my passion, fear, passivity, protectiveness, jealousy, nurturance, fury, and frustration; my complexes and childhood deprivations - all belong to me, even though I may never see them or their effects until I meet the person who triggers them. As ( Read more... )

YA books about The Gay, to be precise. I haven't read his books; perhaps I should.

http://www.insideadog.com.au/downloads/reading_matters_-_david_levithan.html

( What have I read? )