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Posted by Abby on May 26, 2000, at 18:21:33
One is a review of a book by a woman named T.R. Luhrmann. She is an anthropologist who wrote a book about the divided culture of psychiatry. The author also appeared on Chris Lydon's program the Connection on WBUR http://www.wbur.org
The other was about the experience of an ER doc who felt over his head dealing with psychiatric patients and was critical of managed care.
I'll be interested to hear what other people think.
--Abby
Posted by Noa on May 27, 2000, at 11:32:40
In reply to Two interesting Psychiatry articles in Salon, posted by Abby on May 26, 2000, at 18:21:33
Thanks for the heads up, Abby.
I read the article about psychiatric care in emergencyrooms. I had trouble finding the articles at WBUR, so I went to salon.com.
Anyway, I thought this was a good article, and glad to see the issue being raised. This paragraph intrigued me:The National Center for Health Statistics charts health in the
United States in so many ways the mind reels. It can tell you
that the percentage of impoverished Mexican children with
untreated cavities has doubled in the past 20 years. But it can't
tell you if those with mental health disorders are receiving better
or worse care, dying more or less than 10 years ago when the
safety net became unhooked.
BTW, I know the author. Ain't that a small world.
Posted by Noa on May 27, 2000, at 11:48:06
In reply to Re: Two interesting Psychiatry articles in Salon, posted by Noa on May 27, 2000, at 11:32:40
Abby, I just read the book review of Luhrman's anthropological study of psychiatry. It sounds fascinating--I am going to ask the library to order it. The address for the review is:
http://www.salon.com/books/review/2000/05/25/luhrmann/index.html
The author of the book concludes that good care allows for both biomedical and psychotherapeutic strategies, and points the finger at managed care for favoring a unilateral approach. I like this sentence:
By treating severe mental illness as a permanent
misfortune that eclipses a person's self but isn't part of that self,
the biomedical model threatens an individual's humanity.I struggle all the time to find words to describe the experience of how my depression eclipses my self but is both a part of myself as well as not a part of my self.
As usual, I find an inclusive approach makes most sense to me.
BTW, the address for the ER doc article is:http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/05/25/psychiatry/index.html
Posted by Abby on May 27, 2000, at 14:59:52
In reply to Re: Two interesting Psychiatry articles in Salon, posted by Noa on May 27, 2000, at 11:48:06
Here's the exact link
http://www.wbur.org/connection/archive/2000/05/0522b.shtml for the interview; it's not an article but an archived broadcast of a call-in program which you need real audio to listen to.
For general interest,the Connection's web site can be found by clicking on the image on their web page or right here:
http://www.wbur.org/connection/index.shtml
Hope people find this helpful.---Abby
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