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RE: The Midget Chronicle (may be long and boring)

To: "Wm. Severin Thompson" <wsthompson@thicko.com>
Subject: RE: The Midget Chronicle (may be long and boring)
From: Larry Macy <macy@bbl.med.upenn.edu>
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 12:23:57 -0400 (EDT)
Actually we do. See schizophrenics have a hard time with ffacial
expression recognityion and that includes humor.

And apparently you missed the point about me being the only normal one in
the office ;-)

Larry


> Apparently not researching humor...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry B. Macy, Ph.D. [mailto:macy@bbl.med.upenn.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 10:14 AM
> To: Wm. Severin Thompson
> Cc: Jim Johnson; Spridgets
> Subject: Re: The Midget Chronicle (may be long and boring)
>
> No, that is the research the Brain Behavior Laboratory at the
> University of Pennsylvania does.
>
> And I am the only normal person working here.
>
> Larry
>
> On Apr 11, 2006, at 10:40 AM, Wm. Severin Thompson wrote:
>
>> "Because our research and treatment is all related to schizophrenia."
>>
>> So, when you say "our", is that all the voices in your head talkin'?
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Larry B. Macy, Ph.D. [mailto:macy@bbl.med.upenn.edu]
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 9:25 AM
>> To: Jim Johnson
>> Cc: Frank Clarici; Robert E. Shlafer; Spridgets
>> Subject: Re: The Midget Chronicle (may be long and boring)
>>
>> Ummm, Excuse me.
>>
>> Schizophrenia and multiple personality disorder are NOT the same
>> disease. Schizophrenics do not exhibit symptoms of multiple
>> personalities. Schizophrenia is symptomatic of visual hallucinations
>> and hearing voices (audible hallucinations).
>>
>> You use of the term is a common, albeit incorrect, use of the word.
>> Please try to refrain from that use.
>>
>> See "A Beautiful Mind" with Russell Crowe for an accurate portrayal
>> of schizophrenia. Nowhere in that movie does John Nash exhibit
>> multiple personality disorder.
>>
>> Why do I care?? Because our research and treatment is all related to
>> schizophrenia.
>>
>> Larry
>>
>> On Apr 11, 2006, at 09:41 AM, Jim Johnson wrote:
>>
>>
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