Are we over-diagnosing mental illness?

by Katti Gray, Special to CNN

• Experts say normal responses to life’s challenges are too often labeled disorders.

• Diagnoses have needlessly skyrocketed, say critics of a diagnostic manual.

• The American Psychiatric Association says critics are overly alarmed.

For this enlightening and provocative article go here.

The Best Strategy for Reducing Stress – You have two choices: Either change the reality around you or change your expectations.

Monkey Knot

Peter Bregman, the author of 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done, due out in September, and Point B: A Short Guide to Leading a Big Change, has a great article on Psychology Today Online.  Herein he explains the dissonance between anticipations and expectations as the greatest source of anxiety and stress.  To read the article go here.