This e-list is a hub for a variety of topics regarding Litigation Stress. We welcome all Litigants, Parties, Judges, Attorneys, Paralegals, Court and legal personnel, Health Professionals (Doctors, Nurse-Practioners, Nurse-Attorneys, Nurses, Alternate Care Providers) and others to whom this discussion has interest.
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A *Starter-Set* of candidate topics, including but not limited to discussion of this topics:

- Litigants' views of help needed in reducing the effects of stress arising from litigation contexts.

- Termninology Points, e.g. understanding the "v" in lawsuits and appeals, as in Brown v. Grey: Who is Plaintiff, who is Defendant, who is Appellant, who is Respondent.

- Definition of the Condition and Problem; Criteria for Diagnosis and Report.

- Diagnostic Criteria and Tools online and otherwise.

- Query whether this condition might be an ICD / DSM category?

- Theory and Application of Diagnoses and Misdiagnoses.

- Understanding the role of Court Officers (Judges, Attorneys, Paralegals, Court Reporters, Adminstrators, Security, Police, Prosecutors), and other Persons in the Judicial context.

- Understanding the general legal or court or other judicial context in which Litigation Stress arises.

- Aspects of Expert Witnessing, Evidence, and Presentation.

- Specific Conditions such as Post-Traumatic Stress Diagnoses, Systemic, Behavioral and Personality considerations, particular inducement and reactive elements, and other sources of negative impact on the quality of life.

- Posited solutions and therapies; comparative treatments.

- References and Materials online (Internet and other Computers), and off (print and other sources).

- Recovery or Management of Core States and Symptoms: How Can One Help?

- Query whether, in time, we should establish specific focus e-groups.

-And of course, your topics as litigation stress impacts health - mental, physical, or undiffentiated.