Summaries of Midlife Crisis
- Midlife Crisis Test
- Components of Midlife Crisis
- Parker-Pope, Tara. “The Midlife Crisis Goes Global.”
- Summary of Conway’s Stages of Midlife Crisis
- Stumpf, K-R. “Stages of Midlife Crisis.”
Testimonials from MLCers and their spouses
- MLC Script: The reasons spouses give for leaving
- Forum posts from the spouses of MLCers
- Responses to Huffington Post article on midlife crisis
- Forum posts on how MLCers use Facebook
- A female MLCer’s story
- A male MLCer’s story
- Another male MLCer’s story
- Return stories and length of time to reconnection
The Biochemistry of Midlife Crisis
- “Holy Hormones Honey!”: the relationship between anger and dropping testosterone
- selection from Carver, Joseph, PhD. “The Chemical Imbalance in Mental Health Problems”
- Gardner, Amanda. “Depression in Middle Age Linked to Dementia.”
- Coles, Jeremy. “Great Apes May Have ‘Mid-Life Crisis,’ A Study Suggests,” on the biological basis of midlife crisis
- “Genes ‘Play Key Happiness Role,’” on the genetic predisposition toward happiness or unhappiness
- Nauert, Rick. “Immune Disorders Tied to Mental Illness?”
The Psychology of Midlife Crisis
- Engs, R. C. “What Are Addictive Behaviors?”
- Pittman, Frank. “Beyond Betrayal: Life After Infidelity,” on the link between depression and infidelity
- Folk-Williams, John. “Why Depressed Men Leave.”
- Carver, Joseph, PhD. “Depression: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment.”
- “Bipolar Disorder”
Typical MLC: What You Might See and Hear
- Signs of Depression in MLC