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- Parkinson's -- due to too much (ahem) 'alone time', an accompanying perversion and lack of self-control implied
2015??! WTF?
J
- Parkinson's -- due to too much (ahem) 'alone time', an accompanying perversion and lack of self-control implied
It is probable that Parkinson’s has been misunderstood as psychosomatic by some at some point, but the link provided is not saying this.
Didja see the date on the AIDS one?
I don't know enough of medicine's history to say for sure whether we are seeing a resurgence/renaissance of psychosomatic attributions, but it may be the case.
the evolution of the CFS brand is becoming less and less about marginalising ME (they seem to have succeeded at that decades ago) and more and more about encapturing as many illnesses under CFS type banners as possible, whether it be for the duration of that patients life or to minimize or stall insurance or disability payments.
She then sat at home for the last few months of her life paying out of pocket for help alongside help from the family, barely able to draw a breath and in constant pain.
Pardon late response, been down for a couple of days.That's an interesting statement. How so?Sean said: ↑
It is not just the ME/CFS world they are savaging, we are being used a Trojan horse to impose this crap upon the whole of society.
J
As a result, medicine is hurtling towards Big Data -- and by that I mean, your toilet will soon be analyzing your pee metabolites, a drop of your blood will soon be on a chip ready for analysis, and a machine will spit out what's wrong, or at least make some predictions for humans to interpret. Then we may actually get very good medical care, but we are here in the middle: the vast wasteland between honest, empathetic human care and total automation.
Big data in the near term is going to lead to even more sloppy decision making, with a lot of associations with poor specificity being made out to be a big deal by people who don't know any better (usually anyone who isn't a statistician).
But the big thing won't be the big data but better and cheaper sensors.
Do s one know if there are recent examples of psychiatrists attacking a whole population of patients like this?
I can't imagine someone saying publicly such things about patients suffering from depression or anxiety.
Try googling borderline personality disorder to read the delights psychiatrists have written about them. If you ever get a chance to speak with someone with this diagnosis, ask them how they are treated by ANY medical staff or someone who has been to the emergency room for treatment for self harm.
I know i am a bit late responding to this but just had to point out there are other victims of this kind of attitude.