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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I’m of a mind to be a little controversial today. We’re all keen to stop people killing themselves – especially young people. We’re told therefore that we need to enhance mental health services for the youth, and hence the “Headspace” initiative in Australia, which gets bags of money and flash premises and great press…
And...
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This morning a friend sent me a link to a story on ABC from the 2nd of June 2010 about the EVestG, a new device developed at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, for “electrovestibulography”. This device has been developed by Brian Lithgow, an adjunct professor of Electrical & Computer Systems Engineering, and Jayashri Kulkarni,...
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This morning I read an article linked by Steve Silberman about adult ADHD. The article was about a study from Sweden of stimulant treatment of adults with diagnosed ADHD. This article said, basically, it’s a good thing to do, as it helps the patients function better, with relatively few and minor unwanted effects.
Sounds great,...
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When I was training in psychiatry (which isn’t really all that long ago) I learnt that (most) psychotherapy – certainly the (if you like) “invasive” or insight-oriented ones – were potentially harmful to people with schizophrenia, and were in fact contraindicated in psychotic disorders as a result.
Imagine my surprise then upon moving to Australia,...
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