Eddy's key psychological and social statistics: Part III

Eddy Elmer

Please note: This information is just for study purposes. The data and figures in here are not meant to be quoted. This is a continual work in progress, so many sections are only partially complete.

more likely to die if you become successful when you're younger or older? younger (not because of all the stress of the work itself, but because of the longing to be successful so young; it's the drive for success itself, not so much the work itself, which decreases longevity)

main language in China: Mandarin; main language in Hong Kong: Cantonese

are kids more anxious about really big things like 9/11, or by everyday things? everyday things (and parents aren't even awre of these everyday concerns)

% Canadians with no religion: 15%

% psychopaths in prison: ___?

% highest corporate positions held by women: ~5%

people most likely to try to reduce cognitive dissonance when: their self image is threatened; when the attitude-inconsistent behaviour reflects poorly on the self (cf. Claude M. Steele)

is a D.O. (Doctor of Osteopathy) as qualified as an M.D. to treat you? yes; s/he has all the basic medical training as an M.D., plus s/he knows osteopathy

percentage drugs used off-label: 75%

Good books and technical articles to have

Clinical Challenges in Psychiatry, edited by William H. Sledge and Allan Tasman. Includes the following excellent articles:

Assessment and Management of the Suicidal Patient, by Howard C. Blue, Claudia Bemis, and William H. Sledge (American Psychiatric Press)

Psychotherapy with the Self-Destructive Borderline Patient, by Eric M. Plakun

Psychotherapeutic Approaches to Masochism, by Arnold M. Cooper
[Excellent overview of theories of masochism]

Management Approaches for the Repetitively Aggressive Patient, by Gary J. Maier

Some Characteristic Initial Resistances in Psychotherapy, by Victor A. Altshul
[Fabulous article covering the kinds of resistances that patients exhibit in the beginning of therapy, including: ethical resistance, erotic resistance, cognitive resistance, and aesthetic resistance]

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Marital and Family Therapy, Third Edition, edited by Ira D. Glick, John F. Clarkin, and David R. Kessler (Grune & Stratton). Includes the following excellent articles:

The Field of Marital and Family Therapy: Development and Definition
[Great overview of the field]

The Major Schools of Family Therapy (Sections include Insight-Awareness Model, The Systems-Structural Model, The Behavioral Model, and the Experiential-Existential Model)
[Another great overview]

Family Treatment: Resistance to Change

Family Treatment: General Consideration (sections include Setting; Time, Scheduling, and Fees; Family Therapy in Combination with Other Psychosocial Therapies)

Gay Couples (sections include Relationship Patterns, Myths About Gay Couples, Issues in Therapy of Gay Couples, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)

Indications and the Family Therapy Decision Tree
[Good guidelines on when to use family vs individual therapy and vice versa]

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Is Diagnosis a Disaster? A Constructionist Trialogue, by Kenneth J. Gergen, Lynn Hoffman, and Harlene Anderson; in Relational Diagnosis, edited by F. Kaslow (Wiley, 1996).

See Eddy's Key Psychological and Social Statistics: Part I, Part II