The Washington Post reported yesterday that the Virginia Tech shooter had an anxiety disorder as a child. I don’t want to say much more about that, and I don’t know enough about Seung Hui Cho to know whether this did or did not play a role in his actions in April. But such news can [...]
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Archive | August, 2007
CTL to Healthcare Professional Mindmappers: Delurk!
August 28, 2007
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Gaelen O’Connell over at Mindjet contacted me to ask if I knew of other healthcare professionals who are use or write about mindmapping. I thought it was a good question. I couldn’t think of anyone, but realized that if there were others out there, I would love to connect. So..if there are any [...]
Read moreThoughts about SAD PERSONS Screen
August 27, 2007
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I’ve gotten a few questions from colleagues and trainees lately about using the SADPERSONS screen. Most recently, a colleague pointed me to an article in Psychiatric Times titled, “APA: Simple Screen Improves Suicide Risk Assessment.” The topic seems worthy of a post to think through both the appeal and risks of the SADPERSONS scale. For [...]
Read morePossible implications of findings re: visual memory
August 27, 2007
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Readers of this blog know that I am interested in mindmapping and other visual presentation strategies as tools for training clinicians in suicide risk assessment (see related posts listed below). In a previous post marked “needs development” I noted: Really, there is a “basic science” set of questions about learning and the clinician mind that [...]
Read moreCTL censored in China
August 23, 2007
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Thanks to a post by Dr. X, I discovered that this blog is banned in China–at least according to the Great Firewall of China, a site that purports to test any URL to see if it is blocked in China. I’m interested to know how sites make the blacklist. That there must be a keyword [...]
Read moreeMJA: The effect of Web 2.0 on the future of medical practice and education: Darwikinian evolution or folksonomic revolution?
August 23, 2007
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Found this informative and resource-rich article, thanks to a post by PsychSplash about it. I was glad to read this overview, which relates to thoughts I’ve had about web 2.0 opportunities (see related posts). eMJA: The effect of Web 2.0 on the future of medical practice and education: Darwikinian evolution or folksonomic revolution? Related posts: [...]
Read moreCTL added to PsychNews
August 21, 2007
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Commitment to Living has been added as a news source to PsychNews, a site that aggregates psychology news from a range of sources. PsychNews has a nice-looking interface and plans to offer RSS syndication soon, which will be good for those who want a breadth of psych news coverage in a single feed. Related posts: [...]
Read moreOwner of Chinese Toy Factory Dies – New York Times
August 14, 2007
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Almost nothing is known about this factory owner, so we should be careful about what lessons we draw. But this news is a sad and startling reminder that job loss and financial pressure (here mixed with public humiliation) raises risk of suicide. Owner of Chinese Toy Factory Commits Suicide – New York Times.
Read moreConversation with Paul Quinnett, Founder/CEO of QPR
August 1, 2007
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I talked yesterday with Paul Quinnett, Ph.D. Founder and CEO of the QPR Institute. He has been working in the field of suicide prevention for decades and has developed an excellent set of tools for clinicians. I enjoyed the conversation because Dr. Quinnett is bright, experienced, and passionate about his work, and also because of [...]
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