When we use the term "mental illness", not brain illness, do we put our patients in harm's way? .........Drs Mary Baker and Matthew Menken Baker and Menken challenged their colleagues in the medical profession with this question in an article titled "Time to Abandon the Term Mental Illness" - published in the British Medical Journal, … Continue reading Euthanizing the So-called Mentally Ill – Not Just a Flippant Remark by a Political Commentator about homeless people…It’s A Reality
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More on Anosognosia, The Visually Blind Patient that Believes they Can See
In yesterday's post, it was said that it can be very difficult to get the psychology out of neurology. Much of Psychology is intuitive, despite its lofty claims of being scientific, despite its venerated status with the intelligencia and the media. Meyerian and Freudian "Psychiatry", especially in its most repugnant form, that being so-called forensic … Continue reading More on Anosognosia, The Visually Blind Patient that Believes they Can See
ANOSOGNOSIA – A Catastrophic Neurological Symptom in Jacobi Fleming Nasse Syndromes (“Schizophrenia”)
Advocates often describe anosognosia as someone who is so sick, that they don't know they are sick. That's an inadequate description of the condition because it does a disservice to those who commit acts of harm toward others because of the condition. What does it mean for a person to "know they are sick" in … Continue reading ANOSOGNOSIA – A Catastrophic Neurological Symptom in Jacobi Fleming Nasse Syndromes (“Schizophrenia”)
There Should Be No Such Thing as Psychiatry as a Specialty of Medicine
When we use the term “mental illness”, not “brain illness”, do we put our patients in harm’s way? …Drs. Mary Baker & Matthew Menken 2001. As long as there is such a thing as "Psychiatry" there will need to be such a thing as "mental illness". The writer of this Washington Post article ponders if … Continue reading There Should Be No Such Thing as Psychiatry as a Specialty of Medicine
Guilty But Autistic
The title is definitely meant to be provocative. This blog post was inspired by an initiative of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and the Department of Human Services to increase awareness about the challenges of people diagnosed with autism that become justice-involved. Autism and the Courts | Learn | Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania (pacourts.us) Medical … Continue reading Guilty But Autistic
The Brain That Has a Mind of its Own.
A neuroscientist's story about her stroke, recovery, and the insight she gained. My Stroke of Insight is a book written a decade ago by brain scientist Jill Bolte Taylor. I just recently learned about the Jill Bolte Taylor story when I caught the tail end of a radio program. What piqued my attention was the … Continue reading The Brain That Has a Mind of its Own.
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