tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post4970646254785206142..comments2024-03-18T03:28:36.581-04:00Comments on Shrink Rap: What's up here and our CPN PostsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-40513963139226481142016-08-28T12:23:07.806-04:002016-08-28T12:23:07.806-04:00Just an opinion, I would think if people are noted...Just an opinion, I would think if people are noted as co-authors of a blog, they might want to show some effort at times, not just ride on laurels?<br /><br />Have a nice dinner, watch the politics?!Joel Hassman, MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18428102819014299270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-47216726751114283122016-08-28T11:10:45.345-04:002016-08-28T11:10:45.345-04:00Hi Steve, thanks for your input, I am always glad ...Hi Steve, thanks for your input, I am always glad to hear from you.<br />BecB: wishing you more interesting lectures, but thank you for visiting!<br />Joel: Having dinner with the other two Shrink Rappers tonight, we're still a team of friends, and everyone is still welcome to post, but this was always a 'fun' project, no $ involved, no obligation involved and we post as we wish. You sometimes imply that we owe something to someone to post with some frequency and after 10 years, it really just is what it is. I still like to post sometimes, and I still feel so fortunate to have decades of friendship with my two fabulous Shrink Rap friends. Dinahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227988351623862689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-19887047373641755222016-08-28T05:06:41.099-04:002016-08-28T05:06:41.099-04:00I'm in a relatively boring lecture so I'm ...I'm in a relatively boring lecture so I'm reading through your archives. <br />Glow in the dark cats? Really?<br /><br />Interesting fact for the day: world youth day = spike in STD prevalence<br />I'm not sure what that means... but it's the only interesting thing I've heard in the last 8 hours. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-29061494413681202482016-08-27T17:24:05.820-04:002016-08-27T17:24:05.820-04:00Amazing, a post, what, the third in over 2 months ...Amazing, a post, what, the third in over 2 months time?<br /><br />You know what I don't get, you have two other colleagues who are listed as co-authors, yet, they contribute what, 1 post a year?<br /><br />Again, are you seeing more people coming in who at some point admit the inappropriateness of the candidates running for President is just absurd, if not pushing the limits of accepting the sanity of society in general?<br /><br />Who in their right mind can say they understand the principles that guide this country, know their representatives and the positions such politicians take on issues, and then claim they want either Clinton or Trump to be leader of this country?<br /><br />Check out the movie "Idiocracy", I think you will not only see the parallels, but then shudder when it proposes what America will look like in 500 years. Oops, it seems to apply in 500 days...<br /><br />(Don't know why I can't access my google name of Joel Hassman, MD here.)therapyfirsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12420369535426239338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-55416683021471691082016-08-27T03:38:25.270-04:002016-08-27T03:38:25.270-04:00Only a month without posting? I'm coming up o...Only a month without posting? I'm coming up on three, my longest gap in 8 years. And I haven't ben especially busy, just uninspired. But I have one brewing...<br /><br />Your "Top 5" are well stated. However, I hesitate at the "dichotomizing" item. Mental health reimbursement is currently based on a medical model. Heart surgery is covered but healthy food (and gym memberships) to preclude that surgery are not. After all, most people who eat poorly and don't exercise still won't need heart surgery. Likewise, an expensive inpatient stay may be covered following a suicide attempt, but not lesser interventions that may prevent the attempt in the first place. After all, most sad folks don't attempt suicide. While severe behaviors such as suicide and mass murder are sometimes hard to foresee, that doesn't mean all psychiatric presentations are equal. Of course, a very different social model would <i>optimize</i> physical and mental health, e.g., assure healthy food, exercise, emotional support, etc, for all. It's hard to imagine this utopia in real life, but if we can show that preventive care is cost-effective we may realize pieces of it.<br /><br />I like your take on the Goldwater Rule. It should be noted that the great majority of psychiatrists surveyed about Barry Goldwater in 1964 didn't return the questionnaire at all, and only about half of those who did offered anything negative. <i>Fact</i> Magazine cherrypicked and edited the results for sensationalism; their "malicious intent" lost them the libel suit brought by Goldwater. Anyway, I agree with the APA's injunction against psychiatric evaluation from afar. Unfortunately, many laypeople seek such professional opinions to bolster their own. E.g., a patient of mine repeatedly claims a relative fulfills criteria for a specific DSM personality disorder, apparently to "prove" the relative is intolerable. We see the same this political season, with one candidate labeled a malignant narcissist and the other a pathological liar. These terms aren't needed to express one's displeasure, or to declare a person unfit for office. They merely make one's opinion sound weightier. Yep, I hope the next 72 days pass quickly.Steven Reidbord MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13711291910652032865noreply@blogger.com