MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'humanistic'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:51:12 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5169553&cid=t_323658_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fgreat-clinical-care-and-excellent-bedside-manner-are-they-mutually-exclusive%2F2011.08.26 The New York Times recently published an article titled, Finding a Quality Doctor, Dr. Danielle Ofri an internist at NYU, laments how she was unable to perform as well as expected in the areas of patient care as it related to diabetes.  From the August 2010 New England Journal of Medicine article, Dr. Ofri notes that her report card showed the following – 33% of patients with diabetes have glycated hemoglobin levels at goal, 44% have cholesterol levels at goal, and a measly 26% have blood pressure at goal.  She correctly notes that these measurements alone aren’t what makes a doctor a good quality one, but rather the areas of interpersonal skills, compassion, and empathy, which most of us would agree constitute a doctor’s bedside manner, should count as well. Her articl... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5169553 Fri, 26 Aug 2011 14:00:00 +0100 5169553 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4441989&cid=t_323658_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F02%2F06%2Fmaslow-revisited-the-hierarchy-of-chakras%2F What a man can be, he must be. This need we call self-actualization. – Abraham Maslow In psychology, physiology, and medicine, wherever a debate between the mystics and the scientifics has been once for all decided, it is the mystics who have usually proved to be right about the facts, while the scientifics had the better of it in respect to the theories. – William James In the 40 years since Abraham Maslow’s death, the impact of his thinking about human needs and potential is still resonating in business and academic circles. Maslow’s original writings first appeared in a 1943 paper, A Theory of Human Motivation, and helped frame what drives us. It was drawn from his careful review and observation of those known for their greatness, and others, students in particul... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4441989 Sun, 06 Feb 2011 13:36:18 +0100 4441989 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3980831&cid=t_323658_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fthe-humanistic-side-of-medicine%2F2010.09.17 An excellent opinion piece by Sally Satel, M.D., a psychiatrist, appeared in the Wall Street Journal this morning about white coat ceremonies as ways to reinforce the humanistic qualities of medicine. The best part, however, was this perspective: But the question of whether empathy can be taught—and, in particular, whether a white-coat ceremony is a good means for promoting that virtue—is a matter of some debate. Judah Goldberg, a young doctor at Chilton Memorial Hospital in New Jersey raises an intriguing paradox. He asks how the white coat can bring doctors closer to the subjective experience of patients when, as an icon of the profession, it is meant to isolate and distinguish them from the lay community. “To the extent that empathy can be taught through a ritual,” Dr. ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3980831 Fri, 17 Sep 2010 14:00:00 +0100 3980831 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2061167&cid=t_323658_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F12%2F23%2Fthe-giving-offering-and-forcing-of-selves%2F Not another post about nuance! Yes and it all started when I heard benevolent superstar Jon Swift is offering exposure to his blogroll writers with another year-end round up of Best Posts Chosen by the Bloggers Themselves. Last year was a great success, providing hours of enjoyable reading and oodles of new visitors to the entrants’ blogs. This is not a contest, but an invitation for writers of all kinds who want a little more attention. I’m posting about it in the enduring hope of seeing psychiatric bloggers do more crossing-over into the wider progressive blogosphere. Of course you have to be on his blogroll, but since his blogroll is famous for being open to anyone I can’t imagine why anyone wouldn’t be on it. I had little trouble choosing my own favorite post fr... Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2061167 Tue, 23 Dec 2008 09:48:28 +0100 2061167 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1596564&cid=t_323658_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F07%2F08%2Fbusy-busy-busy%2F Discussion Presenters from implementation sites (Rhode Island Department of Corrections and St. Elizabeth’s Hospital) will discuss their work in creating trauma sensitive, trauma-informed programs that are responsive to the needs of trauma survivors by addressing key factors: 1) the role of agency leadership; 2) the identification and organization of trauma champions within the agency; 3) the raising of awareness and understanding of trauma through universal screening and assessment for trauma prevalence and its effects; the development of approaches/pract- ices that minimize re-traumatization, enhance safety, and promote models for trauma-specific interventions; 4) the development of empowerment models that integrate the consumer/survivor voice in all aspects of planning and services; a... Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1596564 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:33:49 +0100 1596564 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1531451&cid=t_323658_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F06%2F18%2Fgood-news-for-the-tone-deaf%2F This is from one of my favorite online essays of all time, at the humanistic psychologist Richard Grossman’s website, Voicelessness and Emotional Survival, which is filled with tools to embiggen understanding: Many students from around the world have e-mailed me about becoming a therapist.  “What do I need to learn?” they ask. One of the most important tasks of “insight” therapists is to understand and appreciate subtext.   What is subtext?  It is between-the-lines communication that convey powerful messages indirectly.   Subtext affects all relationships, and is especially critical in child-rearing.  Do you have an aptitude for subtext?  Does the concept interest you?  Here’s a simple exercise. Consider the well-known and beloved Robert Frost p... Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1531451 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 04:06:21 +0100 1531451 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1526487&cid=t_323658_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F06%2F17%2Frussert-in-the-gray%2F I’ve been reading thoughtful blogging in the wake of Tim Russert’s death, and lean toward the ambivalent writing, as I’ve been growing more exasperated with him as the election cycle progresses, but yes I cried Friday the way you do when anyone who’s loved or not loved dies unexpectedly, and he was both. I understand the “what do we do now?” lament in losing our trusted election night guide, and have been enjoying the lead up to November, anticipating the wee hours he explains it all for me, contagious and disheveled big wonky teddy bear doing access politics at 3:00 AM, extracting clarity from chaos like no one else can. This is disorienting.  Because he was a fixture his sudden death is a breach in continuity, like waking up one day to find all the Mc... Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1526487 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:05:37 +0100 1526487 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1492218&cid=t_323658_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F06%2F04%2Fcan-i-count-on-you-if-i-fall-apart%2F I have been consumed with feline diabetes the last few days, as I should, it’s complex as it gets and the knowledge base as demanding as that of informed mental health patients. Angelbait will need me to test her glucose 4 times a day, before and after I give her the shots, that means pricking her ear and getting the reading on a monitor. She will need prescription food and I have to figure out how to do things like get the insulin from the vet to my house in 100 degree heat without a car, the insulin has to be kept refrigerated. This home-based disease management will cost about 150 a month, the only way that will work is if I quit smoking. And I have to figure out how to do all this when the legislature is in session, and bills are passed at 2 AM, when I’m at the Capitol 18 h... Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1492218 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:55:50 +0100 1492218 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1437002&cid=t_323658_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F05%2F12%2Fabout-sundays-ny-times-piece-on-mad-pride%2F Does anyone think that was a decent shot of journalism? Then damn your eyes. Oh I can imagine an earlier me who would come away from that complete piece of shit grateful for the exposure and yay for recognition! But that column pissed off a lot of people in a number of ways I [...] (Source: Writhe Safely) Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1437002 Tue, 13 May 2008 00:18:44 +0100 1437002 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1399231&cid=t_323658_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F04%2F25%2Ffaith-healers%2F Over the last 4 years I’ve heard the term Evidence-Based Medicine™ invoked 20 times a day at the Capitol and named it gobbledygook from day one. Evidence-Based Medicine™ refers to interventions based on established criteria in the medical literature, involving steaming piles of horseshit from the academic domain that just happen to call [...] (Source: Writhe Safely) Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1399231 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:43:00 +0100 1399231 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1375125&cid=t_323658_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F04%2F15%2Fbloggy-juxtapositions-that-made-my-head-explode%2F I can’t believe I got sucked into a thread with a child abuse denier but it looks like I stepped in it. Sally caught the stink of evil for what it was off the bat in Why are so many kids mentally ill? while I was doing my “multi-perspective, tease out the complexities” liberal tolerant [...] (Source: Writhe Safely) Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1375125 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:27:37 +0100 1375125 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1317846&cid=t_323658_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F03%2F21%2Fa-message-from-my-therapist%2F Look for better angels and the deepening well upon my return. Meanwhile, a bit of haldol might break your heart. (Source: Writhe Safely) Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1317846 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 06:48:17 +0100 1317846 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1223756&cid=t_323658_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F02%2F11%2Fwapo-good-huffpo-bad%2F It’s enough to make your head spin, these two posts I read one after the other with my morning swear words. Liberal bastion Thorn in my side Huffington is screaming for forced drugging and involuntary commitment (Britney, et alia) — It’s outrageous that she was released from the hospital …all the experts say she [...] (Source: Writhe Safely) Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1223756 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:43:04 +0100 1223756 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1198052&cid=t_323658_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F02%2F03%2Frise-up-little-blogger%2F I remember last year, when the A-listers de-linked all the smaller blogs from their rolls, in what double-talking Atrios christened Blogroll Amnesty Day. The small blogs responded in true opposition by filling their own blogrolls with the links of those who had been kicked off the big blogs, in a classy demonstration of support [...] (Source: Writhe Safely) Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1198052 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 19:20:18 +0100 1198052 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1162868&cid=t_323658_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F01%2F19%2Fhousing-first%2F Apologies to regular readers about the light posting, I spent the week running down opportunities for real life volunteer work and I have to learn about homelessness, so am back to the Internet for the goal-direction and learning tools. I remember when getting off the streets meant you can walk into a 24 hour drop in [...] (Source: Writhe Safely) Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1162868 Sat, 19 Jan 2008 23:22:04 +0100 1162868 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1148219&cid=t_323658_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F01%2F13%2Fhelp-make-austin-a-safe-zone-for-artists%2F An action alert from Dr. John Breeding about the fifth annual Roky Erickson Psychedelic Ice Cream Social Celebrating Electroshock Survivors. As someone who has been out of the closet in love with Robyn Hitchcock for half my life, it blew my mind to see his stand-up appearance midway through the video; [...] (Source: Writhe Safely) Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1148219 Sun, 13 Jan 2008 23:25:20 +0100 1148219 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1146555&cid=t_323658_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F01%2F12%2Fintersections-what-intersections%2F At Psych Central Dr. Grohol makes a much needed point about the very fucking idea of relationship. He begins with the recent Lancet Journal study that shows the use of anti-psychotics as a useless option for subduing aggressive behaviors: Medicating People Because It’s Easier Than Talking To Them. Of course, this works too: Officer Claudia [...] (Source: Writhe Safely) Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1146555 Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:00:15 +0100 1146555 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1001070&cid=t_323658_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F11%2F02%2Fspieling-n-dealing%2F Hello and much love to every ounce of your entire being, percolating here, Ama got me thinking about doing a post on identity politics, and getting that whole canna worms out of the way, but seems to me fighting for social justice means doing identity politics, you can’t get it [...] (Source: Writhe Safely) Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1001070 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 18:07:21 +0100 1001070 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=983965&cid=t_323658_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F10%2F27%2Fobstructing-praxis-by-tampering-with-the-dsm%2F I spent the night editing this pdf document by the almost overwhelmingly ambitious Bonnie Burstow, a name we may recognize from the threads on Simone D. Link: Toward a Radical Understanding of Trauma and Trauma Work. I deleted 2,000 words, mainly references and shit I violently disagree with (identity politics), but since no one [...] (Source: Writhe Safely) Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=983965 Sat, 27 Oct 2007 17:09:25 +0100 983965 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=965274&cid=t_323658_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F10%2F20%2Fsofter-times-will-be-had-by-all%2F I went to 2 policy meetings today, which usually leads to the cussing, not-safe-for-work diatribe you’ve come to expect following these forays into the lions den. But institutional mental health is being re-organized in Texas, on the local, state and federal levels, and some demonstrable, incremental changes have happened since just last [...] (Source: Writhe Safely) Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=965274 Sat, 20 Oct 2007 11:33:21 +0100 965274 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=959831&cid=t_323658_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F10%2F18%2Fhow-to-kill-empathy%2F This was especially useful tonight, but his speeches are often a thing of beauty, both intellectually and emotionally, and there are a ton of them at youtube. I’ll save my own impressions for later so as not to mar the experience of the viewer, but just offer thanks for Dr. John Breeding, who has taken [...] (Source: Writhe Safely) Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=959831 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 05:56:38 +0100 959831 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=957347&cid=t_323658_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F10%2F17%2Fbecause-enduring-ennobles-we-wont-be-discussing-that%2F I’m still having a hard time recovering from mental illness awareness week, migraines, can’t sleep and nightmares when I can, plus waking up crying. I woke up and hollered “Molly!” a few hours ago, and I’ve been drinking a bit to take the edge off, which is nothing to me but a clue. Molly Ivins [...] (Source: Writhe Safely) Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=957347 Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:59:50 +0100 957347 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=939859&cid=t_323658_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F10%2F09%2Fgood-boy-maybe-next-year-youll-get-tie-shoes%2F Awww, isn’t it cute? Psychiatrists have found a new word, and are all abuzz with the possibilities. What’s all this about mutuality? Let’s have a look: Collaborating with patients, John R. Elpers, MD, professor emeritus of clinical psychiatry and behavioral sciences at UCLA, and Gary Sachs, MD, director of the Bipolar Clinic and Research [...] (Source: Writhe Safely) Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=939859 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 04:26:23 +0100 939859 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=934080&cid=t_323658_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F10%2F08%2Fa-need-for-attention-is-something%2F This is a first for me, responding to a search that led a stranger to the blog with this question just about ten minutes ago: How do I heal my desperate need for attention? If you’re reading this my advice is to get some attention. Know that the desire for attention is a normal human need, which [...] (Source: Writhe Safely) Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=934080 Mon, 08 Oct 2007 05:31:54 +0100 934080 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=883801&cid=t_323658_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F09%2F19%2Fhow-to-pick-up-chicks%2F Radical Honesty promises a better life for everybody by learning to tell the bald faced truth. To everyone, no exceptions. It’s an impossible ideal and a movement I hold dear, and is highly touted by psych survivors, artists, seekers and bohemians, human potential mental health types and countercultural old farts. It is however [...] (Source: Writhe Safely) Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=883801 Wed, 19 Sep 2007 08:47:59 +0100 883801 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=838928&cid=t_323658_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F09%2F03%2Fthe-key-to-your-heart%2F I wonder if any other negative creeps were outraged to see columnist Marc Fisher calling for our heads on a platter today. Read the WaPo column here. To recap, Cho’s high school got his parents involved which led to therapy and accommodations that appear to have helped him out. Under law those records are kept sealed, so his college administrators had no data about his previous psychiatric treatment. Evidently Fisher wants you to believe that had his records been available the massacre wouldn’t have happened. Because reading psych records is known to melt the hearts of authorities who then reward eccentric characters with the warm therapeutic attention we just don’t realize we crave. And if I kill you or whatnot, your hands are clean, because you were only acting on the s... Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=838928 Tue, 04 Sep 2007 04:13:42 +0100 838928 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=817678&cid=t_323658_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F08%2F23%2Fa-good-psychiatrist%2F I could imagine him falling asleep in front of a schizophrenic patient and I realized that he was probably the only psychiatrist in the world who would actually do such a thing. He would not be afraid of psychotics because their experience is not foreign to him. He has been to the farther reaches of the mind himself, has experienced their ecstasies as well as their terrors, and would be able to give an authentic response, based on his own experience, to virtually anything a patient could show him.* Ronald Laing died 18 years ago today. He was a hero and a fuckup and many speak his name with reverence because not only did he get it, he insisted that getting it is no big deal, that all you have to do is try. At face value Laing was a scholar educating other scholars about the experience of m... Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=817678 Thu, 23 Aug 2007 12:41:41 +0100 817678 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=781452&cid=t_323658_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F08%2F05%2Fdesperate-times%2F I just read this paper by Shery Mead, describing what’s become of alternative support systems in the age of accreditation. It resonates totally with my own experience, for which I’m grateful, as I’m still trying to get my bearings in understanding how mental health took such a bad turn, and why the old models, which do exist and to put it mildly, have not been officially discredited, are, nevertheless ignored in making policy. In the past 25 years I’ve been a client, paraprofessional, support group member, paid direct care staffer and worked in all types of mental health agencies and settings. The difference in how things were 20 years ago compared to today are stupifying, more so because the blatant devolution is touted as progress. The origins of peer support is ... Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=781452 Mon, 06 Aug 2007 00:32:48 +0100 781452 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=744892&cid=t_323658_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F07%2F19%2Fwho-will-try-my-mad-skilz%2F If providers are sincere about recovery of severe and persistent MI they can stop doing what aint working, and start facing the hurt they put on us, recognize system scars and take up the burden to resolve them. No justice, no recovery, period. I’m so bottled up with frustration right now I don’t know where to start. I’ll try to find the jokes but man screw the hope, that’s my un-doing and it needs to go. Hope creates expectations that the system can’t meet, leading me to despair and inertia. And giving false hope is how the overlords keep me in line, just shut up and go with the flow, we’re getting there slow but sure, see the difference between five point and four-point restraints? Progress, not perfection. I’ve spent the last 3 days researching... Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=744892 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:01:02 +0100 744892 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=710352&cid=t_323658_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F07%2F02%2Fcbt-i-am-not-afraid-of-you-and-i-will-beat-your-ass%2F Are you listening, psychotherapists? It’s a movement now, a consumer revolt of nitpick pioneers numbering in the dozens, who, like William James (remember him? You should!) reject your “unspeakably blind and shallow religion of healthy-mindedness.” We’re looking through you, no more bullshit, no more manuals, time to do the right thing, stand up for what [...] (Source: Writhe Safely) Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=710352 Mon, 02 Jul 2007 21:05:45 +0100 710352 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=676770&cid=t_323658_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F06%2F13%2Fstart%2F This is a cut and paste of the usual fare here. I collect these pieces, in anticipation of the disappearing. I have to say reading it scared me, not because of what it says, but that it needs to be said at all. These are new times. Mind over medicine Guardian UK Mental health professionals should look beyond [...] (Source: Writhe Safely) Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=676770 Thu, 14 Jun 2007 03:02:13 +0100 676770 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=655580&cid=t_323658_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F06%2F04%2Frape-victim-blames-herself%2F and I get triggered by the blogosphere, spent Saturday writing this post, where I accused bigtime liberal bloggers of doing cognitive butchery, then all day yesterday scarfing Tylenol, trying to get my head back on. I can recognize PTSD shit, but I have the schizophrenia too, and one feature of that is thought disorder, has nothing to do with anything but schizophrenia, so how do you do, pleased to meet me. Delusions and conspiracies and bizarre intellectual theories that make a kind of crazy sense, like reverse racism or psychoanalysis, I convinced myself that today’s liberal is basically a cognitive therapist, but I didn’t publish the post so a part of me knew I was off the deep end, so it wasn’t psychosis per se, which means a complete break with reality, but close eno... Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=655580 Mon, 04 Jun 2007 12:46:59 +0100 655580 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=623913&cid=t_323658_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F05%2F19%2Fthe-war-on-sentience%2F This calm, sensible post from Salon, Getting blown up, again and again, doesn’t mention the word “biopsychiatry”, so let me be the first to say it. At face value it’s a *good story* of an innovative approach to what is correctly identified as trauma induced mental illness. Give it a closer reading to see how trauma models have been all but crushed under the boot heel of biological psychiatry. I’ve highlighted some words in red to contrast and highlight the inhumanity of biopsychiatry, the words in red being the particular aspects of humanity this model serves to erase. Note its worthless twin devils CBT and psychopharm as the initial psychological interventions offered a combat veteran, for fucks sake. Few people living with trauma-induced mental illness hav... Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=623913 Sun, 20 May 2007 15:35:32 +0100 623913 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=574553&cid=t_323658_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F04%2F27%2Four-impossible-burden%2F A reader, “unbalanced but trying” writes to advice-giver Cary Tennis at Salon. He’s living with schizoaffective disorder, is under treatment, and has a troubling past. From college onward, I have, on and off, behaved badly and hurt some people. So I feel some sort of empathy with the shooter. Like Cho Seung-Hui, I’ve written some disturbing things, spent time in a mental institution, and been accused of stalking women. (Although looking back, it could be one of my delusions, since everyone involved has denied any accusations.) But then again, I am quite different from Seung-Hui. I’m not hostile to most people, I don’t like guns, and the most violent I ever got was putting someone in a headlock. I’ve apologized to those whom I’ve hurt and f... Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=574553 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 23:56:10 +0100 574553 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=552217&cid=t_323658_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F03%2F17%2Fin-the-name-of-what-now%2F I love the interblog fights. Last one I was in on took off from the Feministe slapdown of the Sadly, No! ruffians over their free use of the word cunt as an epithet. Which goes to show the liberal dude is not your ally but a wolf in sheeps clothing, steeped in privilege, typified by his refusal to knuckle under the feminist re-education campaign which went on for a week and led to thousands of posts on millions of blogs. I’m about to share my take on it by starting with the insightful and pro-social Pinko Punko, who checked in with an indication of how bad things got on day three or so, when the frayed and sleepless were trolling each others blogs, performing our umbrage and rolling fat heads on the killing floor: Everybody just take their asshole reduction pill. Nobody is arguing f... Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=552217 Sat, 17 Mar 2007 22:41:47 +0100 552217