I want to thank Gregg and everyone else who has helped keep my already overflowing inbox full. It is reassuring to know there are minds are constant work on the derivation/divination of the significance, definition, and meaning of "us". In the spirit of giving, I share this dual book review... https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.nybooks.com_articles_2021_01_14_changing-2Dpsychiatrys-2Dmind_-3Flp-5Ftxn-5Fid-3D1006010&d=DwIBaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=wnIAvPJ9yl6pJshIaBDc8hsx619jjuvaBtdExvdNKFs&s=lYD4fHe5gl37452suZxBGyCXfUvaOdwsrwn11tNj0Og&e= I'm trying to find the right way to describe the relationship it implies between modern psychology and psychiatry.... forgive but an image of a red-headed stepchild and an evil stepmother comes to mind... you can guess which area might be which.... I applaud everyone especially Gregg for ever-wanting to take psychology to the next realm, or at least our understanding of it. I'm keenly interested in immunopsychiatry - with the specific meso-reductionist tweezers of looking at the effects of cross-reactive antibodies influencing brain development and neural patterns/long-distance relationships. Probably in a multi-authored Edited book on Environmental Psychiatry and Psychology - including studies of the effects of environmental toxins on brain development and psychological disorders. There is growing Lit on this - this paper reviews some key findings. being aware of the basis of inflammation and its causes in the CNS may help explain a few things relevant to current rates and trends. https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov_28418288_&d=DwIBaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=wnIAvPJ9yl6pJshIaBDc8hsx619jjuvaBtdExvdNKFs&s=_C7UaC7hGrc_cp0_oHfLi9eCrQ0llMoHcZhU9Sp3nZk&e= Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all, James Lyons-Weiler ############################ To unsubscribe from the TOK-SOCIETY-L list: write to: mailto:[log in to unmask] or click the following link: http://listserv.jmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=TOK-SOCIETY-L&A=1