Posted by SLS on September 25, 2006, at 7:06:29
In reply to Re: Redirect: the other two levels » Dr. Bob, posted by SLS on September 25, 2006, at 6:44:03
Hi again.
I just realized. You transferred a huge portion of that thread over to Social. What is this all about? Was it an eyesore? It was a debate regarding the fundamental nature of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia and how it should be treated. What does that have to do with being social? It certainly has everything to do with medication, as treatment modalities were being discussed. I am almost, but not quite, stupefied.
Why did you transfer the thread if we were discussing the importance of using medication in treating bipolar disorder and schizophrenia?
- Scott
> Hi Dr. Bob.
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> How are you?
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> I'm not doing too well. But I've been worse.
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> > > Where are we supposed to discuss integrative / multi-level approaches?
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> > On social?
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> > I thought social was for... Just being social.
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> > Aren't you just promoting dualism?
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> I was a little disappointed at the redirection myself. I thought it was just a bit premature. I thought it was just about to blossom into a discussion regarding a comprehensive approach toward recovery from mental illness including the biological, psychological, and social therapeutic modalities that might be used promote mental health. Where would a discussion of such a comprehensive approach towards mental health be best located? I don't think it belongs on the social board, where mirth is the general theme. Psychology - almost, but it wouldn't support enough of the discussion regarding the standard psychiatric treatments.
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> I really think a discussion of a multimodal treatment approach towards mental illness belongs on the main board. Also, I would like to mention that I don't like to consider the main board to be limited to issues regarding medication only. I would prefer that it be geared towards mainstream biological psychiatry in general. This would allow discussions regarding ECT, VNS, and rTMs. It might also allow enough lattitude to allow discussions similar to the one that was about to occur here. I think if the thread were to drift towards issues regarding the psychological and social (as in psychosocial) aspects of mental illness and recovery, the Psychology board would have been the ideal venue to redirect it to. I would have allowed the thread to develop a bit more to see in which direction it was headed.
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> I really think you should change the Main board to "Biological Psychiatry" if not "Psychiatry".
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> - Scott
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