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Curse of Tourette’s becomes a blessing in disguise

djbaxter — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 23:38:59 +0000

Horseheads, N.Y. Teen Finds New Purpose Through Illness ‘Curse’ of Tourette’s becomes a blessing in disguise August 7, 2011 HORSEHEADS, New York — Seventeen-year-old Cory Sweet wanted to die five years ago. His school report card, once full of the high 90s that made him proud, was in the tank. And his body would not [...]

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The Five Love Languages

djbaxter — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:00:49 +0000

The Five Love Languages Gary Chapman. Northfield Publishing 1995, Paperback, 204 pages, $4.44 The Five Love Languages:How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate by Gary Chapman I discovered this book quite by accident while searching for a different title in a local Chapters-Indigo store and I grabbed the last copy in stock after flipping [...]

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UK psychiatrists oppose streamlined services

djbaxter — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 19:22:40 +0000

File under “Whose Interests Are You Really Trying To Protect?” The Mental Health Bill Will Not Help Vulnerable Patients, Say Doctors, UK 25 Apr 2007 With the Mental Health Bill for England and Wales going through Committee stage in the House of Commons, the BMA is concerned that the proposed legislation will harm patients with [...]

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“Junk medicine”: UK debates cognitive behavior therapy

djbaxter — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 13:47:42 +0000

Junk medicine: Cognitive behavioral therapy November 04, 2006 by Phillip Hodson, The Times Talking cure is cheap The five main mental health charities [in the UK] have announced their support for the planned expansion of NHS psychotherapy, with a broad emphasis on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). But is CBT - a talking therapy that attempts to train [...]

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Promoting stigma: Dumb ideas from “experts”, Part Two

djbaxter — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 06:31:38 +0000

Recently, I commented on a painfully misguided and misinformed call to remove the term “schizophrenia” as a diagnosis on the grounds that it might be stigmatizing (see Even “experts” have really dumb ideas sometimes). It gets worse: Now we have another so-called “expert” suggesting that schizophrenics have a “choice” as to whether or not to be [...]

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Even “experts” have really dumb ideas sometimes

djbaxter — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 15:50:59 +0000

“Schizophrenia” should be dropped, say experts Mon Oct 9, 2006 By Patricia Reaney LONDON (Reuters) – Mental health experts called on Monday for the term schizophrenia to be dropped, saying it has no scientific validity, is imprecise and stigmatizing. “It is a harmful concept,” said Professor Marius Romme, a visiting professor of social psychiatry at [...]

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Tonsils, Sleep, and ADHD

djbaxter — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 18:14:55 +0000

Some years ago, when I was first learning about conditions such as hyperactivity and attention deficit disorder (now merged into attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or ADHD), the diagnostic instructions used to be that one should not diagnose ADHD until one had ruled out other potential causes of the behaviors and symptoms, which might include depression or [...]

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Should Psychologists Be Prescribing Drugs?

djbaxter — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 17:05:00 +0000

Louisiana Psychologists Begin Prescribing Drugs Associated Press – April 18, 2005 – BATON ROUGE, La. – The first of the so-called “medical psychologists” began signing prescription pads more than a month ago with little fanfare, among the first psychologists in the nation to prescribe drugs. Louisiana and New Mexico are the only states that allow [...]

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