Posted by SLS on October 15, 2005, at 10:56:26
In reply to I'm probably not welcome here........., posted by 64bowtie on October 15, 2005, at 4:57:42
Rod,
Whatever works for you, man...
The civility and all.
> I'm probably not welcome here since I have so little to say about medication as a process that might produce wellness in clients...
What is a client?
> Medications do, however, produce inductive civility (extrinsic motivation to be civil), rendering clients controllable...
What is meant by "controllable"?
Actually, I should think that the term "inductive civility" would better describe the imitation by one individual the behavior of another through observation and repetition. That is quite a fancy phrase, but I can't find it anywhere on Google as a psychological term.
I also find that your use of another fancy phrase, "extrinsic motivation" to be in conflict with your suggestion that medications confer motivation from within rather than its accepted definition as an external reward system to motivate a particular behavior.
Control? Is that all medications do?
Is that all they do for people with depression who are of low energy, quite passive and behaviorally controllable to begin with? Why are so many of these people made well by taking medication and needing nothing more, and for whom wellness brings on assertiveness and less behavioral "controllabity"?
> Clients can also 'suit-up' and 'show-up' reliably for their responsibilities when medicated...
I certainly hope so. This is one of the goals. It is heartening to know that you believe medication can be so effective when treating illness.
> I prefer 'real' civility, but don't we all, really???What is civility?
> Not civility induced by medications;
How have medications affected your civility?
> civility that happens to match up with our obligatory thinking,
Can you give an example of what you consider to be obligatory thinking?
> or the express expectations of others...
This is a pervasive theme that is very much human and does not require medication to occur.
Speaking of themes, why did you choose medication, behavioral compliance, and civility to be yours?
- Scott
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