When Does Competition Become Conflict? Technology, Geography, and the Offense–Defense Balance

When does conscientiousness become perfectionism ?

Gordon L. Flett, PhD Canada Research Chair in Personality and Health York University Toronto Mr. C is a 50-year-old professional writer who recently made a serious suicide attempt. At his initial session, Mr. C was hesitant to discuss his situation and reason for attending. He did, however, bring a copy of his résumé so the therapist could “get to know him quickly.” He said he had been depresse...

When Does Influence Become Undue?

When does acute pain become chronic?

The transition from acute to chronic pain appears to occur in discrete pathophysiological and histopathological steps. Stimuli initiating a nociceptive response vary, but receptors and endogenous defence mechanisms in the periphery interact in a similar manner regardless of the insult. Chemical, mechanical, and thermal receptors, along with leucocytes and macrophages, determine the intensity, l...

When does depression become a mental disorder?

How can we differentiate a depressive disorder from 'normal' sadness? This editorial summarises three approaches: the first emphasises the context in which depressive symptoms occur; the second postulates a qualitative difference between the two conditions; and the third argues that the distinction should be based on pragmatic grounds.

Gamete donation: when does consent become irrevocable?

question, when, if at all, is it morally wrong to withdraw The case of a sperm donor objecting to the transfer of embryos consent? Arguably, moral questions are always open to interformed from his donation can be likened to disputes over pretation, however, until recently in Victoria, Australia, so too frozen embryos, where the sperm provider and the egg provider was the legal question. This ar...