I knew that it was time to find a new doctor after she suggested I lie to my ex-boyfriend (I didn't even want to get back together with him) and say that I was pregnant. Even in my crazy, unstable state of mind — I knew that this was not the advice that seemed helpful.

The Times Well Blog asks, "What happens if you run into your therapist in public?" Answer: say hi or don't, and the shrink should follow suit. Now: what to do when you encounter an acquaintance in the waiting room? [NYT]

Some shrinks are lobbying to get internet addiction added to the next edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Hallmarks of the malady include: "cravings (for better software, faster machines), withdrawal (logging off may cause irritability), a loss of sense of time (wee-hour fixes), and…