This month’s Psychology Thought Experiment: At this moment, two groups are at work, each developing the 5th edition of a tool that thousands—perhaps millions—of people rely upon. The thought experiment is: Compare the thought processes of the two groups. One group is creating the 5th edition of the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders). […]
Tag: psychiatry
“Weird Coincidence” and Respect for Psychiatrists
Is it only coincidence that (1) much of the public suspects that psychiatrists rely on funny-kooky-hahaha theories; and that (2) a noted psychiatric journal suggests that “weird coincidences” tend to have deep mental significance? Here are two articles from that journal: “This Issue: Coincidence Studies,” Bernard D. Beitman, MD, Psychiatric Annals, Volume 41, Number 12, DECEMBER 2011. […]
Symbol Interpretation of Crap (in C)
Scholars have not yet declared unanimously whether this study is the last word on the symbol interpretation of the word crap in coprophilia: “Note on The Symbol Interpretation of The Word Crap in Coprophilia“, Daniel M. Kelley, Psychoanalytic Review, vol. 37:1950, pp. 71-72.
What psychiatrists say your gut says
Some psychoanalysts can find meaning in the most ordinary-seeming bits of your life. Some discern it even in your intestinal rumblings. There’s a technical name for those digestive sounds: borborygmi. Several published studies tell how to interpret people’s gut feelings – how to translate those borborygmi into common everyday words. In 1984, Prof Dr med […]