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Editor's Note: This paper was presented by one of America's foremost existential psychologists, Ernest Keen, at the 2000 APA Convention in Washington DC. It was presented in a two-man symposium (chaired by Louise Sundararajan) that also featured the late Theodore Sarbin, one of the great narrative psychologists of our time. The simplicity with which Keen reframes both depression and anxiety, utilizing a Heideggerian (and Husserlian) appreciation of temporality within which to situate experiences of sadness and fear, is truly illuminating. We are presenting here for the first time the full and unedited transcript of the reading draft of Ernie's final paper presentation at APA. He would make one more appearance at APA, a year later in San Francisco, to accept the Rollo May Award 'given to an individual for independent and outstanding pursuit of new frontiers in humanistic psychology.' Those of us who knew Ernie can almost hear him speaking to us in the simple rhetoric of his address in this symposium. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Information about several papers discussed at a seminar of the Society of Practising Veterinary Surgeons (SPVS). The theme of the seminar was happiness. Speakers pointed out the anxiety and depression seemed to have reached epidemic proportions over the past few decades. The seminar featured several veterinarians including Nuala McKeever, Desmond Rice, and Joe Griffin.

The article presents information related to the International Congress on Stress, Anxiety and Emotional Disorders, which will be held on July 1991, in Braga, Portugal. The Congress is organized by the Stress and Anxiety Research Group of the University of Minho, Braga, Portugal. Proposals for symposia, papers, and poster sessions are now being accepted. The program of the congress will be interdisciplinary and will include presentations on psychological, social, biological, and medical approaches to the study and analysis of stress, anxiety and related emotional disorders.