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Jun 30, '08 5:48 AM
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Because I got bored today, I decided to head on to wikipedia (which is the most reliable source evarrr, yeah right) and read up on Psych disorders again just for kicks. I browsed through the different clusters and reacquainted myself with the well-known mood and anxiety disorders, and remembered the somewhat obscure ones (frotteurism, anyone?).

Towards the end of the wikipedia page I was browsing, I saw a link that begged me to click it -- relational disorders. The description of this new cluster really got my attention:

According to Michael First M.D. of the DSM-V working committee the locus of a relational disorder, in contrast to other DSM-IV disorders, "is on the relationship rather than on any one individual in the relationship." Relational disorders involve 2 or more individuals and a disordered "juncture," whereas typical Axis I psychopathology describes a disorder at the individual level. An additional criterion for a relational disorder is that the disorder cannot be due solely to a problem in one member of the relationship, but requires pathological interaction from each of the individuals involved in the relationship.

So there. Relationships can be disordered, and the upcoming new edition of the DSM might have this already. There are two types -- Marital Relational Disorder and Parent-Child Abuse Disorder. I wonder if there are any disorders other than these two that involve formal junctures?

Geekness at its finest. If ever, this new cluster would explain a lot of broken families, and hopefully uncover their etiologies and thus more effective therapy.

On other geek news, Jake lent me Friedrich Nietzsche's Twilight of the Idols and The Anti-Christ and Camera Lucida by Roland Barthes. I've always wanted to read Nietzsche's works (Thus Spake Zarathustra is a very attractive title and had wanted to read that first, hahaha) so I'm pretty excited. It's been a year since I last read anything Philo. The Roland Barthes book is supposedly a photographer's bible; it's a collection of reflections on photography.

I just might be a hermit in the next few days. Sometimes I feel my brain is decaying so I'm putting in extra effort to reclaim my zapped brain cells, but then neurons can't regenerate so I'll just have to try and make more connections. *____*

Oh and I want to shoot this week. Will be brainstorming on that too!

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audreytong wrote on Jun 30

rainsong said

I'm putting in extra effort to reclaim my zapped brain cells, but then neurons can't regenerate so I'll just have to try and make more connections. *____*

oh but you know, brains still do grow and get better as we get older.:D i remember my dad reading something to me that it's not really just brain cell disintegration and strengthened neuron connections. may pagkaliteral ata.
i read that if you practice a skill so thoroughly and meticulously, you brain really grows. There is a study that proved this by measuring the brain (or a part of it) of those who become cab drivers of britain. because they have to come up with ways and shortcuts (and in a snap! to avoid traffic), they did end up with bigger part of the brain that involves spatial aspects. they really had to develop the skill because there are qualifications, much like a try-outs or auditions.

psychojb wrote on Jun 30

this is one nerdy post. :) but i liked it.

peterbelmi wrote on Jun 30

that is so weird. i wonder how they are going to establish validity for this disorder

nikkiduddles wrote on Jun 30

goodness lahat na hinahanapan ng disorders! nagulat din ako, DSM-V na? hanggang ilan kaya yan? haha! i can hear melgar in my head all of a sudden...

pagtitimpi wrote on Jun 30

frotteurism = my favorite disorder. kasi it's vaguely french-like, and pwede mong ibanat sa mga tao unexpectedly and they won't know what hit them!

person1:maygad, ano yang suot mo? you are SUCH a frotteur!

person2: um, yeah.. thanks?

*pero feeling ko may frotteur organization sa pilipinas. nagkikita sila sa cubao-mrt station during rush hour. haha.

rainsong wrote on Jul 1

okaaaaaaay audreytong. haha. my point was just i felt i was becoming mapurol na. haha. kamusta naman ang research? ahaha

rainsong wrote on Jul 1

because you're a NERD. mabuhay ang mga nerd!

rainsong wrote on Jul 1

i know right? napaka-abstract ng relationship, i mean, how will you measre it, much less establish validity diba. napaka-thick pa naman ng cultural factors na pwede maka-affect extraneously o__o

tapos napakalaki ng scope ng kailanan nila iobserve kasi kailangan the disorder only occurs when the two people are together, meaning kapag kasama nila ang ibang tao they're fine.

kadire, pero naeexcite ako. hahaha.

rainsong wrote on Jul 1

omgod truly! haha! feeling ko naman matagal pa ang pagdating ng DSM-V. hahaha. although may committee na yata for it? haha!

rainsong wrote on Jul 1

haha i know! it almost sounds nice. hahaha. pwedeng pwedeng pang-insulto ng lesser informed. hahah!

audreytong wrote on Jul 1

rainsong said

okaaaaaaay audreytong. haha. my point was just i felt i was becoming mapurol na. haha. kamusta naman ang research? ahaha

hahaha. sorry na.. sayang naman pinabasa sakin ng dad ko from wallstreet kung di ko apply. hahaha. i'm just amazed at how psychology works, is applied, and the stuff people already discovered, and will still discover. ang quirky ng iba. cog psy for more.

audreytong wrote on Jul 1

pagtitimpi said

*pero feeling ko may frotteur organization sa pilipinas. nagkikita sila sa cubao-mrt station during rush hour. haha.

hahahahah!!! correct ka dyan!

pero lam mo ba, sabi ng friend kong dumadaan ng q ave station, dun daw, ground floor palang nagsisimula na ang gathering of the frotteurs all the way til inside the train. gulp!

uberish wrote on Jul 1

i actually read about relational disorders in one article I found in the net. :) No matter how geeky I may sound now, I actually found it interesting.

I mean, understanding individuals is already curiosity passed its limits for me, what more a pair; two people who may have a totally different upbringing. hahaha!

it's really good to reflect sometimes. you stumble upon out-of-this-world thoughts. :p

*sigh* PSYCH. It's always a wonder for me of how I would be if I were in Psych now and not in Bio. :)

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