Scientists have a tendency to believe in absolutes, in studies and the repeating of them. Psychoanalysis is firmly based in subjective accounts. We need both. Siri Hustvedt absoluteaccountbase Change image and share on social
Perception plays a vital role in the diagnosis of bipolar illness. Symptoms are perceived through the categories of psychiatric medicine at a given moment in history, categories which are continually shifting and being named or renamed. Siri Hustvedt bipolarcategorycontinually share on social
I watched 'Holiday' in college, and that was when I had my first fantasy of being Katharine Hepburn, standing at the top of the staircase in a huge Hollywood mansion. Siri Hustvedt collegefantasyhepburn Change image and share on social
Sigmund Freud makes people irritable. Whenever someone mentions Freud, say, at a dinner party, I see eyes roll and listen to the nasty remarks that follow. Siri Hustvedt dinnereyefollow Change image and share on social
I am not a physician, but I am deeply interested in diagnostic categories and have read extensively in the history of the subject. Siri Hustvedt categorydeeplydiagnostic Change image and share on social
If something's not working, it's wonderful to have a reader you can trust to say, 'Actually, you've gone off the deep end here'. Siri Hustvedt deependhave Change image and share on social
Children are not in a position to assess risk and safety; it must be done for them, and it must be done carefully. Siri Hustvedt assescarefullychild Change image and share on social
I have found that all of my memories seem to need a place and that a good part of what we think of as explicit memory has to do with location. Siri Hustvedt explicitfindgood Change image and share on social
The third-person or 'objective,' static, reductive models used in most science are important and yield significant results, but they have their limitations. Siri Hustvedt importantlimitationmodel Change image and share on social
The relationship between the imagined and the real is more complicated than people imagine. Siri Hustvedt complicateimaginepeople Change image and share on social
