Comments on: Difficulties Teaching Mental Health in Med School: We Need More Answers! http://brainblogger.com/2007/03/28/difficulties-teaching-mental-health-in-med-school-we-need-more-answers/ Topics from multidimensional biopsychosocial perspectives Tue, 22 May 2012 08:59:29 +0000 hourly 1 By: Rossa Forbeshttp://brainblogger.com/2007/03/28/difficulties-teaching-mental-health-in-med-school-we-need-more-answers/#comment-565841 Rossa Forbes Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:45:04 +0000 http://brainblogger.com/2007/03/28/difficulties-teaching-mental-health-in-med-school-we-need-more-answers/#comment-565841 Here's my answer. Why don't ridiculously young men and women with no experience in life beyond the classroom, consult a MOTHER or a FATHER? The "mechanisms and pathways" as you refer to it are unique to every person, family and gestational environment. Mental illness is not an academic exercise. See my blog post on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, posted Sept. 2. Here’s my answer. Why don’t ridiculously young men and women with no experience in life beyond the classroom, consult a MOTHER or a FATHER? The “mechanisms and pathways” as you refer to it are unique to every person, family and gestational environment. Mental illness is not an academic exercise. See my blog post on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, posted Sept. 2.

]]> By: therapydochttp://brainblogger.com/2007/03/28/difficulties-teaching-mental-health-in-med-school-we-need-more-answers/#comment-52277 therapydoc Tue, 01 May 2007 03:45:54 +0000 http://brainblogger.com/2007/03/28/difficulties-teaching-mental-health-in-med-school-we-need-more-answers/#comment-52277 I thought most docs just married social workers or psychologists so they could consult over dinner and figure out what the heck they were dealing with that day in the office. This would follow thinking Hmm, maybe medication isn't the ONLY solution to this problem, and a look at the brain won't help the kid's grades, stop her from cheating, etc. etc. I thought most docs just married social workers or psychologists so they could consult over dinner and figure out what the heck they were dealing with that day in the office. This would follow thinking Hmm, maybe medication isn’t the ONLY solution to this problem, and a look at the brain won’t help the kid’s grades, stop her from cheating, etc. etc.

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]]> By: Laura Collinshttp://brainblogger.com/2007/03/28/difficulties-teaching-mental-health-in-med-school-we-need-more-answers/#comment-51207 Laura Collins Sat, 31 Mar 2007 11:18:56 +0000 http://brainblogger.com/2007/03/28/difficulties-teaching-mental-health-in-med-school-we-need-more-answers/#comment-51207 Absolutely TRUE! Absolutely TRUE!

]]> By: I’m Not Just a Biochemical or Gene, I’m a Human Being - World of Psychologyhttp://brainblogger.com/2007/03/28/difficulties-teaching-mental-health-in-med-school-we-need-more-answers/#comment-51180 I’m Not Just a Biochemical or Gene, I’m a Human Being - World of Psychology Thu, 29 Mar 2007 13:57:16 +0000 http://brainblogger.com/2007/03/28/difficulties-teaching-mental-health-in-med-school-we-need-more-answers/#comment-51180 [...] Brain Blogger Shaheen’s assertion that the only way to understand mental health issues is through the medicalization and organic markers for mental disorders and tests derived from such mark.... Psychology and psychiatry have established a very deep, rich knowledgebase of mental disorders and [...] [...] Brain Blogger Shaheen’s assertion that the only way to understand mental health issues is through the medicalization and organic markers for mental disorders and tests derived from such mark…. Psychology and psychiatry have established a very deep, rich knowledgebase of mental disorders and [...]

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