Comments on: Such Mixed Feelings About Crazymeds

By: Loki

Loki — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 11:33:34 +0000

I love crazymeds. And yeah – it couldn’t be what it is, and make people like me feel so very understood in the throes of crazy and dealing with the goddamn system, while being the sort of thing a psychiatrist could recommend. In fact, given the way it is a wonderful haven from their carefully-hedged wordings and lack of time and inclination to get frank with you, it almost wouldn’t work if it was recommended by a shrink.

edit: is there not a potential workaround wherein a mental health self-advocacy group could recommend the website and leave pamphlets in your offices for patients?

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By: potatoe

potatoe — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 06:21:55 +0000

HIPAA requires that you keep patient information confidential. This includes keeping it from other patients at the same office. Thus, the doctor’s office plays elevator music so that Catholic Patient A doesn’t hear that Catholic Patient B has an IUD and potentially run off to gossip to all their friends about what a terrible sinner B is. Or so that my coworker who hates soldiers doesn’t hear that I have PTSD from Iraq. The theoretical (I’m pretty sure this was a joke) music is to prevent people from overhearing things they oughtn’t.

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By: Loki

Loki — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 03:20:05 +0000

Yes. I don’t have links to the actual studies but I know they were referenced in Ben Goldacre’s Bad Science. They found that people reported better results from a placebo in flashy brand-name packaging than one in plain packaging, and better results from the actual drug in brand-name packaging versus the same actual drug in generic packaging.

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By: youzicha

youzicha — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 23:12:20 +0000

> music required by HIPAA

What does this mean?

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By: Mai La Dreapta

Mai La Dreapta — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 15:16:06 +0000

TIL that I knew almost nothing about breasts and bra sizing.

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By: Luke Somers

Luke Somers — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 14:56:44 +0000

In some good news, I was recently allowed by a certifying body to take some warnings off of a product since the actual hazard wasn’t severe enough to warrant a warning.

Baby steps…

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By: Reminder: “Psychiatric Medications: Promise or Peril?” Fall 2014 Felician Symposium | Policy of Truth

Sun, 30 Nov 2014 21:40:13 +0000

[…] Postscript 2, November 30, 2014: Some excellent posts on psychiatric medications, care of Scott Alexander at Slate Star Codex: SSRI’s, More Than You Ever Wanted to Know, and Such Crazy Feelings About Crazymeds. […]

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By: AJD

AJD — Sun, 30 Nov 2014 21:12:36 +0000

What, dare I ask, is the Internet doing with Serbia?

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By: vV_Vv

vV_Vv — Sun, 30 Nov 2014 20:34:32 +0000

You can think of your immune system as a “drug”

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By: Anon Coward

Anon Coward — Sun, 30 Nov 2014 18:53:51 +0000

Apropos of high yield, online, casual language, psychiatric resources, you may find this interesting, Scott.

http://www.wardipedia.org/about-us/
http://www.wardipedia.org/evidence/
Discussed in a Guardian article here:
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/nov/28/-sp-buddy-mental-health-treatment-marion-janner-star-wards-dog

The short (excerpted from the above article) version is this:

“”Star Wards – one of this year’s nine Guardian/Observer Christmas appeal charities – was set up eight years ago, after Janner was sectioned with borderline personality disorder. “Being sectioned was soul-destroying – soul-annihilating, actually,” she says. Part of Janner’s frustration stemmed from her issues with the hospital staff, who – despite their good intentions – appeared underused and crippled by overzealous governance. This observation compelled her to write a list of all the little things that could have been improved in her ward. Nothing huge – making sure that all the board games had the correct pieces, encouraging patients to support each other – but enough to run to 65 points.”

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