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