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...continuum model like the one Hyman proposes could help solve this problem by recognizing that people aren't always one thing or another. They're sometimes just a little depressed or a little anxious. To avoid medicalizing normal stress, the DSM-V would set a cutoff point within the spectrum. Of course, determining the right cutoff point for the DSM's 350 illnesses would take an enormous research effort, one that has begun for some disorders like depression but probably hasn't even been thought about for rare problems like sexual sadism...
Other attendees at the APPA conference indicated that the new DSM will almost certainly adopt a continuum model for mental illnesses. But don't be surprised if the book doesn't come out as scheduled in 2012. If the three-day conference came to any solid conclusion, it was that toting up all the ways our minds can fail is a lot harder than, say, explaining why your appendix might burst...
...says. “Can you learn? Eventually you can. But I think that you’re at a significant disadvantage to these other students from these others schools who have these backgrounds because they understand finance, they understand how to develop a financial model for their organizations, they understand the different between a balance sheet and a cash-flow statement, which is really quite advantageous for someone starting...
...succeeding me as Dean.”Venky, who stepped down as dean last year after spearheading an effort to transform SEAS from a division to a school, said in an interview last year that the next phase of SEAS—turning it into a “model engineering school aimed at the broadly educated”—would be a “ten year job.”Venky and several SEAS faculty members said that Murray was a “fantastic” choice to take the reins for this transition because...
...profile strategic role for Ankara, Obama can help ensure that Turkey gets back on track on issues that matter: E.U. membership, fully addressing the grievances of the country's large Kurdish minority and better democracy. And a more stable Turkey can only strengthen its position as a moderate role model for the countries to its east...