By: AnitaCollins363

AnitaCollins363 — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 17:09:20 +0000

ADHD is a common psychiatric disorder among children and adolescents characterized by impulsivity, and deﬁcit in attention and cognition…

By: mrs6202

mrs6202 — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 16:23:48 +0000

This man is insane – look at the people that he has speaking for him.

By: jo11111

jo11111 — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 12:44:09 +0000

No one that actually has ADD or ADHD could possibly make it through this horrible video.

By: ScienceDaily: Psychology News

ScienceDaily: Psychology News — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 08:22:04 +0000

Postural control problems may be an important feature of bipolar disorder. This feature can provide insight into regions of the brain affected by the disorder and may pave for potential targets for treatment, suggests study by motor control and psychology researchers at Indiana University. Bipolar disorder is a severe psychiatric disorder characterized by extreme, debilitating mood swings and unusual shifts in a person’s energy and ability to function. "For …

By: Forum Discussions - ThisIs50.com

Forum Discussions - ThisIs50.com — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:45:53 +0000

{hilarious and pure joy to read, ROTFL} psychbytes: Guess That … –

By: imani

imani — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 06:45:55 +0000

This entire story is ridiculous from beginning to end. First of all Friends hospital is not a medical surgical unit, so it is not equipped to have performed any of the procedures that he claimed were done. Secondly it was Frankford hospital that performed all the procedures that were documented in the medical chart. When he arrived at Frankford hospital from Friends hospital obviously the medical staff were given a report on the patients condition. In addition the EMT’s also provided a medical report to the treatment team at Frankford hospital. The insertion of a tube ( mouth or nose ), the urinary catheter, & the decision to induce vomiting as a prophylactic measure in case of an over dose pending the lab results; were all decisions made by the medical staff at Frankford hospital. I believe they did a complete neurological assessment and determined that he needed these procedures done. If he was feigning unconsciousness as he says this could have easily been determined by the medical team and the EMT’s. So, why does he have a beef with a psychiatric facility who makes sure a patient is medically cleared before accepting them on any unit? It is protocol if a patient appears medically unstable to be transferred to the nearest hospital via ambulance for immediate evaluation. What medical procedures that hospital chooses to use, is no reflection of the psychiatric facility referring the patient for evaluation. In my opinion he has not given any examples of abuse, and emotional trauma is hard to measure in a patient presenting with a psychiatric disorder. It begs the age old question; what came first the chicken or the egg? Is it him or Friends? The fact that he put so much energy into this situation makes me question his mental stability. I feel from his rantings and demonstrative behavior outside of a treatment facility, that he violated the rights of other patients seeking treatment. He used scare tactics to prevent other people from seeking psychiatric treatment at Friends because of what he perceived as his own maltreatment, and that is wrong. In my opinion he would have had the same experience at another psychiatric hospital if he presented with those same behaviors such as: feigning unconsciousness and refusing help. How many people would allow their private medical information to become public? This is why HIPPA laws are in place. He has given the public complete access to documents in his medical chart, and that is a sign of mental illness. He doesn’t seem to know boundaries. Nothing in his medical chart was necessary for review by the public in presenting his case. A synopsis by him would have sufficed. His chart is full of medical jargon, lab values and tests results for the interpretation and viewing by the medical staff. No one else cares. All that the documents in his chart served to do was to confuse the lay person. I have been on both sides of the fence. I have worked as a health-care practitioner at Friends hospital and i am a mental health consumer. Before i became stable on my medications i had numerous in patient psychiatric hospitalizations and i have also been under a 302 court commit for suicidal- ideation. In addition i have been in psychotherapy for over 17 years with the same therapist, and as an adjunct i was also in partial hospitalization group therapy programs. I have two college degrees & one is in nursing. At one time i was an inpatient at Friends hospital myself. I am quite familiar with the crisis response centers in the city because at one time i was a ‘frequent flyer’ in the mental health system. I have bright young adults who also have a mental health diagnosis and one of them has been at Friends hospital twice. Two of my sons attended Central high school. One completed 10 years at Masterman before transferring to Central. The other went to a Creative and Performing Arts school in town and majored in creative writing. Once they were stabilized on their medications, they were able to be completely functional. Two of them are now attending college and doing quite well. Medication and therapy are the key components to success. Most importantly is accepting your mental illness, and stop blaming others such as: parents & hospitals or culture & ethnicity. My mental illness was as a consequence of a sexually sadistic father and a masochistic indifferent mother. I never really knew my biological mother, but both my parents are foreigners. I must say though that their is a genetic component, because my children were not traumatized in the vicious way i was, although they had a dysfunctional family. I feel he needs to pick and choose his battles, and standing outside a mental institution, ‘protesting’, displaying his confidential medical records, and writing numerous letters do nothing. Hopefully he has since moved on, gotten stable on his medications, and learned to accept and live with his mental illness. Life is to short to waste.

By: WhiteSnow

WhiteSnow — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 02:17:21 +0000

I have to enjoy the headline on your article. Good job.

Our corrupt politicians & the corporate govt. have now been released to do as they please knowing they are not mentally ill (Narcissism no longer a psychiatric disorder).

Had enough? Where's the outrage any more. Just read a new book that's a thriller & so real cause it's about Amerians finally taking a stand against these corrupt politicians. About us & it's so real. It's a great read.

http://www.bookbyoliver.com

OK, it's a 'deeper' psychological problem, but still, the arrogance is just too much from our politicians. Great article!! Liked it.

By: ViveinIibertate

ViveinIibertate — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 19:58:59 +0000

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