You know what I hate? … Right now, I mean … I hate the stupidity of so many psychiatric diagnostic labels. At this moment I’m reading through a patient’s notes, and the wonderful epithet “Adjustment Disorder” pops up. Ick. Yuk. And Bleh also. So how is Adjustment Disorder defined? The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual...
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Tags: category, diagnosis, disorder, dsm, health, illness, mental, normal, psychiatry
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I was struck just recently by this video of Nick Vujicic, a man born with no arms or legs. He could well have been bitter as hell, but in fact he is impressively positive about life. Check it out:
My team sees scores of young people harming themselves or trying to kill themselves, often over...
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Oh hai – LolShrink is not in ur drug lunchez. I haz been unhappy foar a while wiv farmashootikal companees and der pressents an noms. Dey is not even gud noms mostly. Dere is nevah cheezburger.
Moar srsly, Lolshrink do not want byarsed infurmation, and even tho I wearz impervius-to-bullshit suit, I’s not stoopid enuff...
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Tags: bias, drug companies, drug reps, influence, LOLShrink, lolspeak, medicine, pharma
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I’ve been to a meeting this morning with the newly-appointed toxicology consultant at our hospital. He’s setting up what will be only the third toxicology service in the State. Our area is a pretty good place for one, seeing as apparently we make more calls to the national poisons information centre than anywhere else...
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Tags: ed, emergency, er, medicine, mental health, overdose, psychiatry, self-harm, toxicology
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Looking for information about the Australian Vaccination Network? There’s one page you can look at for all your AVN-related needs:
Australian Vaccination Network
There’s more information around about the Australian Vaccination Network and Meryl Dorey, their loathsome leader.
Unbelievably, the Australian Vaccination Network‘s website is the first hit if you google “vaccination” on google australia. Happily, although...
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Tags: australian vaccination network, avn, dorey, google, public warning, rank hccc, search, vaccinate, vaccination, vaccine
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