On Mon, 31 Mar 2014, Erik Mitchell wrote: > I have a B.A. in Psychology from the U of M, and I've been living with a > diagnosis for 7 years. I think I know enough. I at least know enough to > not speculate on others' health matters in public forum. Well, you are a morally superior person. I do have a Ph.D. in psychology from U Wisconsin where I studied mostly schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. I also have three Master's degrees and a B.S. Here's some info about my published papers: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=EV_phq4AAAAJ > Also, "manic depression" is a term which was retired from use in 1980 Here's another area where you could stand to do more reading. A lot of people don't really like the term "bipolar disorder." This is the classic text in the field: from 1990 (2nd ed. 2007): Manic-Depressive Illness: Bipolar Disorders and Recurrent Depression, 2nd Edition [Hardcover] by Frederick K. Goodwin & Kay Redfield Jamison http://www.amazon.com/Manic-Depressive-Illness-Disorders-Recurrent-Depression/dp/0195135792 Here's a good one "for Patients, Families, and Providers": from 2005: Surviving Manic Depression: A Manual on Bipolar Disorder for Patients, Families, and Providers by by E. Fuller Torrey M.D. & Michael B. Knable D.O. http://www.amazon.com/Surviving-Manic-Depression-Disorder-Providers/dp/0465086640 Note that they use both terms, which is what I did. Regarding "paul g" -- he has a fairly long history of intermittently sending strange messages to the list, sometimes making vague accusations. This time he was offering jobs to people. I had suggested once before that he might have mental health problems. This time I made a more specific suggestion of what sort of problem that might be. I was hoping that might help people to be more sympathetic and less angry about his messages. Mike