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From: ssrzakar@csres.cs.reading.ac.uk (M. S. Zakaria)
Newsgroups: sci.psychology
Subject: subjective evaluation
Date: 23 Dec 92 12:46:30 GMT
Organization: University of Reading


I am interested in modelling subjective evaluations - eg how does one place
a value on a work of art; why does one purchase a particular brand of
product over another brand of a similar(or same) product - Why do these values
differ between individuals ? 

Any references on this subject would be most appreciated.


m.zakaria@uk.ac.reading
Newsgroups: sci.psychology
From: petel@sequent.com (Pete Lancashire)
Subject: Re: ADD
Organization: Sequent Computer Systems, Inc.
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 92 00:47:11 GMT

schupbach@uservx.plk.af.mil writes:

>	I hope this  isn't a violation of s.p etiquette.  I don't see the types
>of questions here that I do on sci.med.  Anyway, I have been identified as
>having attention deficit disorder and some type of depression.  My psychiatrist
>has prescribed Ritalin which does seem to be some kind of a wonder drug.  I can
>concentrate better at my school work (I'm 25 and trying to get a degree in
>physics or engineering) but the depression is still there. No better or no
>worse, but still there.  Is there some type of therapy or something to try and
>solve these at the same time?  
>	My doctor's theory is that if I could relieve the stress of not
>finishing any tasks then I will be better able to cope with the depression. 
>This makes a lot of sense to me, I'm just really impatient.  
>	BTW, is there anything unusual about ritalin in an adult physiology
>that I should know about?  
>	Thanks for your time.  This is a really interesting newsgroup, If I was
>single I'd try for psychiatry instead of engineering.

>Mike.

What scares me about Ritalin is what is not known about it, take a look
at the latest PDR, and other pharm. refs, they don't have a clue how it
works. The only data I have been able to get so far is from the
manufacturer, and we can all trust that can't we, But who knows, I just
took the first step to see if I'm ADD (37 years old), ditto on the
concentration and depression. On a Q/A test I hit over 80% where with only
40% you can be considered ADD.

Almost all work with ADD and ADHD have been done on/with kids before
puberty, it is considered by many to diminish or stop at that age. But
new evidence is showing up that some kids that were ADD before puberty
are still ADD. One problem is there is still to much voo-doo involved.
And I'm one who feels most kids diagnosed as having ADD are not, and 
I thing this will spill over as ADD-RT is diag'ed.

-pete
petel@sequent.com
Pete Lancashire
From: elg@elgamy.jpunix.com (Eric Lee Green)
Date: 27 Dec 92 23:53:58 CDT
Newsgroups: sci.psychology
Subject: Re: ADD
Distribution: world
Organization: Eric's Amiga 2000 @ Home

From article <1992Dec22.091126.36664@uservx.plk.af.mil>, by schupbach@uservx.plk.af.mil:
>       I hope this  isn't a violation of s.p etiquette.  I don't see the types
> of questions here that I do on sci.med.  Anyway, I have been identified as
> having attention deficit disorder and some type of depression.  My psychiatrist
> has prescribed Ritalin which does seem to be some kind of a wonder drug.  I can
> concentrate better at my school work (I'm 25 and trying to get a degree in
> physics or engineering) but the depression is still there. No better or no
> worse, but still there.  Is there some type of therapy or something to try and
> solve these at the same time?

Note that psychiatrists, according to psychologist friends of my
aquaintance, have a reputation for "drug now, cure later" :-).

In other words, these psychologist friends of mine say that psychiatrists
are too quick with the prescription pad. But, of course, these
psychologists might just have a grudge to bear :-(.

Regarding your depression, I might point you towards this month's issue of
Consumer Reports, which briefly touches upon non-drug alternatives for
handling mild depressions (major depressions are best handled via a
combination of drug therapy and cognitive therapies).

Regarding your ADD... well, if Ritalin works for you, great! As long as the
side effects aren't too bad for you, it really IS a "wonder". The long-term
effects of Ritalin, however, do concern me. In other words, after a few
years you may wish to gradually wean yourself from Ritalin, because little
is known about (extremely) long-term consequences. If you were in my
elementary school classroom I would be applying behavioral interventions
which have proven to be fairly effective (in my classroom) for training
kids to be on-task and concentrate on their classwork despite their ADHD
(which, however, is definitely still there!) At the college level there is
no such support mechanism, so you may wish to wait until you actually have
a degree before weaning yourself :-(.

At my level I have to support weaning the kids from Ritalin because when
they hit adolescence their growth could be stunted if they stay on it.
There are numerous studies showing the ill effects of late development on
the psychological health of adolescent boys. That alone would be enough to
make me leery of this side-effect of psycho-stimulants.

--
 Eric Lee Green  elg@elgamy.jpunix.com   Dodson Elementary
 (713) 664-6446                             Houston, TX
                "Kids are kids, no matter what"
Newsgroups: sci.psychology
From: brownt@seq.uncwil.edu (brown todd francis)
Subject: Re: DREAM MACHINE
Organization: Univ. of North Carolina @ Wilmington
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 15:25:08 GMT

madavis@nmsu.edu (Mark Davis) writes:

>A week back,
>on NPR, i heard an Oregon composer who's newest piece equips all the
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Who is this Oregon composer?  I would like to hear more about
this performance.

>audience with goggles with lights inside and they get light patterns
>tuned to the flow of the music, which is basically akin to Laurie
>Anderson.  he said categorically that he had tried a wide range of
>biofeedback and stimulation devices experimentally over the years and
>that the Lucidity Institute's product was the only one he had found 
>which delivered on its promises.

>hmmmm, if only the price came down.

Actually, Mark, the price is only around $900 now...  not cheap, but
there's nothing like it.  For more info about the DreamLight, contact
LI directly:

LUCIDITY INSTITUTE
PO BOX 2364
STANFORD CA 94309 

Michael Shea (brownt@seq.uncwil.edu)
From: tepper@ACF1.NYU.EDU
Newsgroups: sci.psychology
Subject: Smoking Cessation
Date: 3 Jan 93 05:22:58 GMT
Reply-To: tepper@ACF1.NYU.EDU
Organization: New York University, NY, NY
NNTP-Posting-Host: acf1.nyu.edu

Is anyone aware of any electronic bulletins issued by the Office on Smoking and
Health of the Centers for Disease Control of the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human
Services?  Info posted here or emailed  would be appreciated.  Jesse Tepper
Tepper@acfcluster.nyu.edu
From: elg@elgamy.jpunix.com (Eric Lee Green)
Date: 1 Jan 93 02:42:43 CDT
Newsgroups: sci.psychology
Subject: Re: ADD
Distribution: world
Organization: Eric's Amiga 2000 @ Home

From article <1992Dec30.094506.659@newstand.syr.edu>, by mdkline@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Mark D. Kline):
> Citizens have every right to opinions, no matter how they are formed or
> on what they are based.  Citizens have every right to voice their
> opinions.  However, you won't catch me giving my personal layman's
> opinion as advice on educational matters on newsgroups devoted to such
> topics.

Why not?

Just curious. It never stopped *ME*.

In fact, doing all the research needed to post informed opinion is one of
the reasons I ended up in the classroom...

--
 Eric Lee Green  elg@elgamy.jpunix.com   Dodson Elementary
 (713) 664-6446                             Houston, TX
                "Kids are kids, no matter what"
From: weemba@sagi.wistar.upenn.edu (Matthew P Wiener)
Newsgroups: sci.psychology
Subject: Re: ADD
Date: 24 Dec 92 16:14:59 GMT
Reply-To: weemba@sagi.wistar.upenn.edu (Matthew P Wiener)
Organization: The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology
In-reply-to: petel@sequent.com (Pete Lancashire)

In article <1992Dec23.004711.22636@sequent.com>, petel@sequent (Pete Lancashire) writes:
>What scares me about Ritalin is what is not known about it, take a look
>at the latest PDR, and other pharm. refs, they don't have a clue how it
>works.

I don't see why this is a valid criticism.  Nobody understood aspirin for
decades, for example.  And understanding how a drug works for its intended
purpose is no protection against surprise side effects.
-- 
-Matthew P Wiener (weemba@sagi.wistar.upenn.edu)
Newsgroups: sci.psychology
From: joem@alw.nih.gov
Subject: ****** PhD for Psych Research at NIH ******
Keywords: psychology, cognitive neurosciences, pharmacology, research
Organization: National Inst. of Health, DCRT, CSL
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 21:35:44 GMT






                  Senior Staff Fellow Position
                Neuropharmacology/Neuropsychology

The Laboratory of Neurosciences at the National Institute on Aging,
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, seeks a qualified
neuropsychologist for a Staff Fellow/Senior Staff Fellow position
dedicated to clinical pharmacology in relation to aging and therapy
of Alzheimer's disease.  Responsibilities include writing clinical drug
protocols and applying cognitive and physiological measures and
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mechanisms and effectiveness of drug action in central nervous system.
A Ph.D. in neuropsychology or cognitive neurosciences is required, and
research experience in clinical pharmacology is desired.  The position
is located at the NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland, in the laboratory
directed by Dr. Stanley Rapoport.  Applicants should send a current
curriculum vitae and a letter discussing research interests and
experience to James V. Haxby, Ph.D., or Ulderico Freo, M.D.,
Laboratory of Neurosciences, NIA, Bldg. 10, Rm 6C414, National
Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD  20892, FAX: 301-402-0595.
Applicants wishing to send their curriculum vitae and letter via email
should send them to either haxby@alw.nih.gov or joem@alw.nih.gov.

              NIH IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER


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	-------------------------------------------------------
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	Building 10, Room 6C414		uucp: uunet!nih-csl!joem
	National Institutes of Health	Internet: joem@alw.nih.gov
	Bethesda, MD 20892
Newsgroups: sci.psychology
From: mdkline@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Mark D. Kline)
Subject: Re: ADD
Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 92 21:45:29 EST

In article <00725522038@elgamy.jpunix.com> elg@elgamy.jpunix.com (Eric Lee Green) writes:
>Note that psychiatrists, according to psychologist friends of my
>aquaintance, have a reputation for "drug now, cure later" :-).
>
>In other words, these psychologist friends of mine say that psychiatrists
>are too quick with the prescription pad. But, of course, these
>psychologists might just have a grudge to bear :-(.

Ah, so this is why psychologists are in such a hurry to get prescription
privileges, so they too can "drug now."

>Regarding your ADD... well, if Ritalin works for you, great! As long as the
>side effects aren't too bad for you, it really IS a "wonder". The long-term
>effects of Ritalin, however, do concern me. In other words, after a few
>years you may wish to gradually wean yourself from Ritalin, because little
>is known about (extremely) long-term consequences. 

Perhaps little is known because long term adverse consequences are
little.  If long term adverse consequences were common or severe, we
would probably know, given the massive exposure to Ritalin among
children thought to have ADHD.  There are many people who have been on
Ritalin for many years without apparent ill effects.

If you were in my
>elementary school classroom I would be applying behavioral interventions
>which have proven to be fairly effective (in my classroom) for training
>kids to be on-task and concentrate on their classwork despite their ADHD
>(which, however, is definitely still there!) At the college level there is
>no such support mechanism, so you may wish to wait until you actually have
>a degree before weaning yourself :-(.

I don't think its appropriate for a classroom teacher to be giving advice
on prescription medications on sci.psychology.

>At my level I have to support weaning the kids from Ritalin because when
>they hit adolescence their growth could be stunted if they stay on it.
>There are numerous studies showing the ill effects of late development on
>the psychological health of adolescent boys. That alone would be enough to
>make me leery of this side-effect of psycho-stimulants.


I don't believe Ritalin has been found to delay growth or puberty - or
to shorten adult stature - in children prescribed the drug (although
there has been some controversy about the later).   Ill effects of late
development may or may not have anything to do with Ritalin - some kids
are simply constiutionally delayed, and accompanying immaturity is
sometimes diagnosed as or associated with ADHD.

- Mark Kline, M.D.
Newsgroups: sci.psychology
From: dwdyer@eskimo.com (Wayne Dyer)
Subject: Re: ADD
Organization: -> ESKIMO NORTH (206) For-Ever <-
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 03:57:37 GMT

I too have been diagnosed with ADD - residual type.  That is, I was a
hyperactive child and have residual symptoms.  I've also undergone
treatment for depression in the past, and indeed they are two different
afflictions.  I started out with depression-symptoms, a few years ago,
and that was successfully treated with psychotherapy and imipramine.

The ADD diagnosis came later after the psychiatrists couldn't
pigeon-hole my complaints.  I've been taking Ritalin (10mg BID) for over
a year now, and I do find that my thoughts are much less flighty.  I ha
had a problem with being distracted by all sorts of things to the point
of never accomplishing what I set out to do.  Like I'd sit down at a
terminal to read the news and I'd get distracted by the TV or the radio
and time out before I'd logged off.  (Worse things happened...)

The worst part was I'd never finish anything.  I'd get things going and
in the middle start something else.  Which itself would never get
finished.  Now this can -complicate- depression.  Lack of "stickability"
anc complicate lack of motivation due to depression.  But, I've found
that they are two different things.

Even with the Ritalin, I've found that I have to accept that I see tasks
differenly from others.  That I see life as an endless stream of things
to occupy myself with that I have to choose from.  Doing so, I've been
able to reduce my need for Ritalin.  BUT -- without it, it's so easy to
get sidetracked into something "trivial" like organizing my sock drawer
while I'm waiting for a screen update online...


-- 
Wayne Dyer, aka   || "I mistrust all systematizers and I avoid them.
dwdyer@eskimo.com ||  The will to a system is a lack of integrity."  F.W.N.
From: schupbach@uservx.plk.af.mil
Newsgroups: sci.psychology
Subject: ADD
Date: 22 Dec 92 09:11:26 GMT
Organization: Phillips Laboratory - Kirtland AFB

	I hope this  isn't a violation of s.p etiquette.  I don't see the types
of questions here that I do on sci.med.  Anyway, I have been identified as
having attention deficit disorder and some type of depression.  My psychiatrist
has prescribed Ritalin which does seem to be some kind of a wonder drug.  I can
concentrate better at my school work (I'm 25 and trying to get a degree in
physics or engineering) but the depression is still there. No better or no
worse, but still there.  Is there some type of therapy or something to try and
solve these at the same time?  
	My doctor's theory is that if I could relieve the stress of not
finishing any tasks then I will be better able to cope with the depression. 
This makes a lot of sense to me, I'm just really impatient.  
	BTW, is there anything unusual about ritalin in an adult physiology
that I should know about?  
	Thanks for your time.  This is a really interesting newsgroup, If I was
single I'd try for psychiatry instead of engineering.

Mike.
From: bl275@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Dan Diaz)
Newsgroups: sci.psychology
Subject: Looking for reading material on benefits of white noise
Date: 25 Dec 1992 14:19:14 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: bl275@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Dan Diaz)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


This seemed like a good newsgroup to ask for reading material on the
potential benefits of white noise.  Any input is appreciated.
-- 
Dizzy Dan         ddiaz@cwru.bitnet      bl275@cleveland.freenet.edu
Department of Molecular Genetics - Albert Einstein College of Medicine
"My opinions are my own, and they should be yours as well"
Newsgroups: sci.psychology,sci.med
From: shl@ais.org (Stephen Landman)
Subject: Help needed selecting biofeedback equipment
Organization: UMCC
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 02:13:39 GMT


 
 
 
        

        
        I'm chief psychologist at a hospital.  We will be interviewing
        candidates for a behavioral medicine psychologist for the
        hospital's new pain clinic, and we'll need biofeeedback
        equipment.  The problem is that capital budget requests for
        new equipment are due next week, so I have to select the
        equipment, even though my knowledge of biofeedback equipment
        is pretty ancient and wasn't that thorough to begin with.
        So, I need advice on what type of equipment to get.
        
        I believe that the basic needs are for EMG and thermal, and I
        know we want computerized data collection.  I've got literature
        on a system called BioLab Computerized Physiological Monitoring
        System, which hooks to a PC, but I don't know if there are 
        newer/better systems around.  I see it electrode gels and
        pastes, and I don't know if the newer electrodes that use
        no gels are better or worse than the ones that do use gels.
        The price on the BioLab, with software and EMG and thermal
        modules is $7995.00.
        
        I've also got literature from Orion.  Also for $7995 you get a
        dedicated unit that includes eight modalities, and seems more
        up to date.  
        
        Any expert advice from biofeedbackers would be appreciated.
        Please mail me at shl@ais.org
        
        Thanks.
        
        
 
 
 

Newsgroups: sci.psychology
From: scannon@bluemoon.use.com (Sam Cannon)
Subject: Mental Health Information
Organization: Blue Moon BBS ((614) 868-998[024])
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 92 18:27:27 EST

Does anyone know where I might turn over some stones to find
mental health related topics/data on the net?  I would like 
to begin a catalog.  Thanks for any assistance.

 
scannon@bluemoon.use.com        -----------------------------------------
Sam Cannon - CMHC Systems, Inc.  The Eupsychian Network - Abraham Maslow
Dublin, OH (614) 764-0143       -----------------------------------------
                                           
                "Support mental health or I'll kill you"
From: ars@tina.inesc.pt (Antonio Rito da Silva)
Subject: Need info on (drug dependence & depression)
Organization: Inst. Eng. Sistemas e Computadores, Lisboa, Portugal.
Distribution: sci.psychology
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 12:09:55 GMT

Hello

A friend who has no access to the net need some information about
the relations between drug dependence and depression. As far as I
understand she is working in the Dynamic area...
Please e-mail me the answers.

I do not read this group, so I do not know if I am posting to the
right group.

Thanks in advance.

Antonio Rito
e-mail - ars@inesc.pt
Newsgroups: sci.psychology,talk.politics.drugs,talk.politics.guns
From: mdeering@agsm.ucla.edu (Michael Deering)
Subject: Re: The basic problem with anti-gun nuts.
Organization: UCLA, Anderson Graduate School Of Management
Date: 22 Dec 92 13:23:37 PST

In article <1h50plINN8mu@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> bz269@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (James D. Del Vecchio) writes:
>
>In a previous article, smpod@ariel.lerc.nasa.gov (Stefan) says:
>
>>Newfoundland has one of the highest umemployment rates in Canada and the US.
>>I think it's greater than 20%.  It probably also has a low crime rate which
>>is another rebuttal that crime is caused by poverty.

>
>   What studies have been done on the correlation between racial/ethnic 
>integration and crime?   It might seem that people would be more willing
>to perpetrate crimes on "outsiders" to their ethnic group than on people
>they identify with more.   Given this, a region or area with more of a mix
>might have more crime than otherwise.
>
>   Any ideas?
>
>Jim Del Vecchio

My question is has anyone done any studies, international or accross
time of violence versus time served for conviction of a crime?

Mick

Xref: sparky sci.psychology:4863 sci.med:23052
From: rbatt@adam.adelaide.edu.au (Richard Batt)
Newsgroups: sci.psychology,sci.med
Subject: Eating Disorders groups or lists?
Date: 18 Dec 1992 00:06:11 GMT
Organization: University of Adelaide, South Australia
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: adam.adelaide.edu.au
Originator: rbatt@adam.adelaide.edu.au


Does anyone have any information about Usenet newsgroups or Bitnet mailing
lists related to the topic of Eating Disorders?

Thanks for any help.

cheers, Richard
rbatt@adam.adelaide.edu.au
University of Adelaide
Newsgroups: sci.engr
From: ecaxron@venus.lerc.nasa.gov (Ron Graham)
Subject: Question about CPU internal clock
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: NASA Lewis Research Center
Date: 31 Dec 1992 12:26 EDT  

Since this is a computer-related question, I can understand if this
question would be better asked elsewhere, so pointers to where it belongs
are welcomed.

We have an application where we are trying to estimate the order of
a certain algorithm (whether O(N), O(N^2), etc.) by running it a certain
number of times for various values of N.  We measure the CPU time used
by the algorithm using the FORTRAN "SECNDS" command, executing it just 
before and just after the algorithm runs through its paces.

What we are finding is that the CPU measure we get back varies wildly,
even for large values of N (~250) and for large numbers of runs (~30).
The questions are as follows:

(1) Are there aspects of the SECNDS command we don't know about, such as

	o  sensitivity to system functions (user load, time of day, etc.)
	o  inherent uncertainty

(2) Is there a more reliable way to estimate the order of the algorithm?

As you have guessed, we're running in FORTRAN, we're on a shared system,
and we're not taking advantage of parallel processing or any other advanced
programming tool.

Conscientious replies welcomed, will summarize if there is interest.

RG

Who became an engineer thinking "free-body diagrams" might be interesting.
Newsgroups: sci.engr,sci.engr.mech
From: cadcoles@atlas.cs.upei.ca (Doug Coles)
Subject: Re: Need info on household radiators ...
Organization: University of Prince Edward Island
Distribution: sci
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 12:47:24 GMT

With reference to your radiation problem; as I understnand it your radiation
system doesn't work and I have presumed that you have determined that it is
due to air build up in the radiators. Your statement that you have bleed one
radiator with lots of air ecsaping would indicate that air build-up may in
fact be the problem.

You will probably have to bleed the entire system (all radiators and
piping). Start at the unit with the lowest elevation and work your way
higher. Also, bleed each unit unit all the air has escaped and water
is ejected. (Please ensure that your furnace is off while you are doing
this).

Hope this helps.

D.A.C.