Winter 2007 Happiness: The Means or the End? David F. Lloyd Happiness is a fairly new area of research. What can we learn about this elusive quality and how to attain it? Are there keys to happiness?
Disenfranchised Grief Some bereaved are more likely than others to be overlooked. Such people often do not receive the comfort they need in order to grieve properly.
Fall 2006 A Modern Menace: Emerging Infectious Diseases Rebecca Sweat By the 1970s, the medical community believed they had all but won the war against communicable diseases. What happened?
The Zoonotic Connection Roughly 75 percent of the pathogens linked with emerging infections, are zoonoses—diseases that are transmitted between vertebrate animals and people.
Summer 2006 The Birds Is Coming! John Meakin Vision explores the potential of a flu pandemic through two authors who address different aspects of the issue.
Spring 2006 The Sickness Business Brian Orchard Many disorders that were previously regarded as derived from moral or social problems are now viewed as medically treatable.
Winter 2006 Preparing for the Next Pandemic Rebecca Sweat Experts predict that the avian flu virus will likely mutate and cause a human pandemic. How might that happen, and what can we do?
Clinical Narcissism: Narcissistic Personality Disorder Although we all exhibit some narcissistic behaviors at times, a specific set of personality traits is required for clinical diagnosis.
Winter 2004 The Pain of Letting Go Jerry de Gier How can we cope (or help someone else cope) with the death of a loved one?
