Comments on: When Did the Brain Become Disconnected From the Body? http://brainblogger.com/2007/03/23/when-did-the-brain-become-disconnected-from-the-body/ Topics from multidimensional biopsychosocial perspectives Tue, 22 May 2012 08:59:29 +0000 hourly 1 By: Elisahttp://brainblogger.com/2007/03/23/when-did-the-brain-become-disconnected-from-the-body/#comment-601864 Elisa Sun, 14 Nov 2010 12:48:27 +0000 http://brainblogger.com/2007/03/23/when-did-the-brain-become-disconnected-from-the-body/#comment-601864 The last paragraph was brilliant. The last paragraph was brilliant.

]]> By: jon.workhttp://brainblogger.com/2007/03/23/when-did-the-brain-become-disconnected-from-the-body/#comment-60280 jon.work Wed, 25 Jul 2007 16:57:57 +0000 http://brainblogger.com/2007/03/23/when-did-the-brain-become-disconnected-from-the-body/#comment-60280 This is way too much, 20, 30 visit. The patients do not come so often, although they should come more often than that. Both doctors and pharmacists say that a healthy body and mind will be achieved if people come to consult at least 30 times a year and if they are in pain or have different illnesses they should come as often as the doctor tells them. This is way too much, 20, 30 visit. The patients do not come so often, although they should come more often than that. Both doctors and pharmacists say that a healthy body and mind will be achieved if people come to consult at least 30 times a year and if they are in pain or have different illnesses they should come as often as the doctor tells them.

]]> By: Difficulties Teaching Mental Health in Med School: We Need More Answers! | GNIF Brain Bloggerhttp://brainblogger.com/2007/03/23/when-did-the-brain-become-disconnected-from-the-body/#comment-51133 Difficulties Teaching Mental Health in Med School: We Need More Answers! | GNIF Brain Blogger Wed, 28 Mar 2007 18:58:28 +0000 http://brainblogger.com/2007/03/23/when-did-the-brain-become-disconnected-from-the-body/#comment-51133 [...] our previous discussion, Scott (a commentator) proposed a very interesting basis for the disparity of mental health [...] [...] our previous discussion, Scott (a commentator) proposed a very interesting basis for the disparity of mental health [...]

]]> By: Laura Collinshttp://brainblogger.com/2007/03/23/when-did-the-brain-become-disconnected-from-the-body/#comment-51115 Laura Collins Mon, 26 Mar 2007 18:22:17 +0000 http://brainblogger.com/2007/03/23/when-did-the-brain-become-disconnected-from-the-body/#comment-51115 You are SO right! It is like they think the brain is not located in the same ROOM. And it matters - for family support, for insurance, for <a href="http://www.laurassoapbox.net/2007/02/insurance-parity-on-mental-illness.html" rel="nofollow">law enforcement</a>, for public knowledge. You are SO right! It is like they think the brain is not located in the same ROOM. And it matters – for family support, for insurance, for law enforcement, for public knowledge.

]]> By: Scotthttp://brainblogger.com/2007/03/23/when-did-the-brain-become-disconnected-from-the-body/#comment-51054 Scott Fri, 23 Mar 2007 16:03:13 +0000 http://brainblogger.com/2007/03/23/when-did-the-brain-become-disconnected-from-the-body/#comment-51054 I heard from a friend (who is in the mental health industry) that medical schools spend little to no time teaching mental health issues in family medicine. I think one of the main reasons why there is such a stigma against mental illness is because doctors are just as naive and uneducated about mental illnesses as the general public.Now that it has become somewhat "acceptable" to have some mental illnesses, mainly depression, I think that has become glaringly obvious how badly the medical community is lagging behind their patients's needs. Rather than working with their patients to diagnose their mental illnesses and work on treatment plans, most doctors just whip out the prescription pad and prescribe the latest trendy antidepressant.It should be no wonder why insurance companies are reluctant to insure for mental illnesses. They probably don't know anything about them. I wonder if their clients, i.e., the corporations who pay the premiums on insurance plans, were aware of the true costs of mental illness (and the impact on the bottom line from absenteeism and performance issues), and how far behind the medical community has fallen in treating MI, they would not put more pressure on insurance companies to provide proper funding for treatment of mental illness. There are some companies in Canada that seem to be leaning in this direction, but there needs to be a major change in how we measure and understand the impact on mental illness on society.However, the problem really comes back to the doctors. Until medical schools start to take mental illness seriously, it will never be given the same credibility as heart diseases or cancer. I heard from a friend (who is in the mental health industry) that medical schools spend little to no time teaching mental health issues in family medicine. I think one of the main reasons why there is such a stigma against mental illness is because doctors are just as naive and uneducated about mental illnesses as the general public.

Now that it has become somewhat “acceptable” to have some mental illnesses, mainly depression, I think that has become glaringly obvious how badly the medical community is lagging behind their patients’s needs. Rather than working with their patients to diagnose their mental illnesses and work on treatment plans, most doctors just whip out the prescription pad and prescribe the latest trendy antidepressant.

It should be no wonder why insurance companies are reluctant to insure for mental illnesses. They probably don’t know anything about them. I wonder if their clients, i.e., the corporations who pay the premiums on insurance plans, were aware of the true costs of mental illness (and the impact on the bottom line from absenteeism and performance issues), and how far behind the medical community has fallen in treating MI, they would not put more pressure on insurance companies to provide proper funding for treatment of mental illness. There are some companies in Canada that seem to be leaning in this direction, but there needs to be a major change in how we measure and understand the impact on mental illness on society.

However, the problem really comes back to the doctors. Until medical schools start to take mental illness seriously, it will never be given the same credibility as heart diseases or cancer.

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