Displaying 151 To 180 Of 1,872 Comments Oh k’es. It’s horrible! The patients, as you know, don’t know better many times and let’s face it, some psychiatrists can be the most sadistic and mean bunch of folk. Put them in a position of authority and…. yikes! » Posted By Questinia On March 7, 2011 @ 7:19 pm I should read the article. I worked in a clinic setting like that once. At one point i just wanted to throw Prozac capsules out my door into the waiting room. But, I learned that people need to wait so a thorough job can be done. My patients wait. I see people often for longer than an hour because sometimes it’s necessary or just “organic”. They understand because they know they’ll receive the same amount of time in kind. The clinic made money ultimately because I had a very high rate of “shows”. They showed up and waited. Sometimes I’d pop out and sing ’em a song to entertain them 😉 I said sometimes!! » Posted By Questinia On March 7, 2011 @ 7:14 pm The worst is when patients (not only in psych) get transferred to other doctors with a diagnosis that never gets challenged. I can’t tell you how many “schizophrenics” I have seen who were mislabeled. Every person deserves a complete reconsideration and thorough evaluation. Even if they stay with you. The worst thing in the world is a rigid doctor. Make that, a rigid doctor who only writes Rx’s and has them pre-written as you enter the door. » Posted By Questinia On March 7, 2011 @ 7:06 pm Certain disorders like Generalized Anxiety Disorder have been shown to do better with talk. I see meds as re-booting and creating a platform from which to learn. I try to get people off meds, but many want to remain, as often they should. Social Workers earn 150 and more an hour in Manhattan. Ninety dollars/hour is not viable there. I’m a throwback. I can’t see anyone for less than 30 minutes and even with “just meds” people i do a lot of talk, mainly education, but I try to expedite the efficacy of the meds with talk. It’s probably cause I just LIKE TO TALK!! Seriously, I am privileged to be the witness of so many lives in the way I am. I never take that for granted. » Posted By Questinia On March 7, 2011 @ 6:59 pm I do mostly talk therapy and meds together. Ninety percent are one hour appointments. I do not take insurance. I practice in NYC. I see investment bankers, corporate lawyers, teachers, business people, moms, sports figures, actors, artists, students. I don’t advertise. The rich subsidize the not as rich. I’m up front about it. These psychiatrists are unwitting drug pushers and caught up in the insurance racket. This is incompatible with care. I know not only my patient’s names, but I know their dreams from five years ago. I also know their children, parents, siblings, spouses, in-laws. Why? because I treat them too. I’m a family psychiatrist. There is NO substitute for hands-on care. None. » Posted By Questinia On March 7, 2011 @ 6:48 pm What a great thought! I was thinking that too! No not really, but you know what I mean. » Posted By Questinia On March 8, 2011 @ 5:13 am Hello old buddy, old pal, old chum! » Posted By Questinia On March 7, 2011 @ 4:31 pm Yes Virginia, There is Class Warfare You are ringing clear as a bell Adlib. You have etched out the mandate. » Posted By Questinia On March 6, 2011 @ 5:34 pm Shaming them is one way to keep them in line. Making them feel like they aren’t good enough, so they’ll never leave while taking more and more…abuse. » Posted By Questinia On March 6, 2011 @ 5:31 pm A great cri de coeur for a cri de guerre, Adlib. It is astonishing to see how “class warfare” has been used preemptively, as you say, as a negative term; as if stating the problem is more of problem than the problem itself. » Posted By Questinia On March 6, 2011 @ 5:08 pm I really do like that one b’ito. » Posted By Questinia On March 8, 2011 @ 4:58 am How pervasive is this, wts? » Posted By Questinia On March 6, 2011 @ 8:14 am Caru, here’s a video you may be interested in. It may be hard to assess China using Western definitions: http://www.dump.com/2011/01/25/understanding-the-rise-of-china-video/ Is China too old and too highly individuated to collapse? Is China really run by a centralized bureaucracy? Is the state seen as the patriarch and steward of Chinese civilization, therefore accepted as part of the family? » Posted By Questinia On March 6, 2011 @ 8:08 am SHATNER rips it! Beam me up with irony, Scottie… » Posted By Questinia On March 5, 2011 @ 6:42 pm They Should Been (more than) Contenders! One couldn’t tell the real cops from the actors. It looked at first like a terrorist attack. » Posted By Questinia On March 2, 2011 @ 9:13 pm Today, filmed near my office…Law and Order: [img]https://planetpov.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/photo-2.jpeg[/img] » Posted By Questinia On March 2, 2011 @ 8:59 pm Humina humina! I love it! » Posted By Questinia On February 26, 2011 @ 9:54 pm Don’t take much! » Posted By Questinia On February 26, 2011 @ 9:54 pm Now we know what the metronome is for! » Posted By Questinia On February 26, 2011 @ 9:52 pm Lordy, sorry Cher. On your money thread I digressed with fruitcake lucre and now THIS! I’m shocked Adlib keeps me around. » Posted By Questinia On February 26, 2011 @ 9:49 pm Cher, how far do you live from Fredericks of Hollywood? 🙂 » Posted By Questinia On February 26, 2011 @ 9:46 pm Cher, how far do you live from Fredericks of Hollywood? This bore repeating, somehow. » Posted By Questinia On February 26, 2011 @ 9:45 pm Stretto staccato stiletto. Adds tension 😉 » Posted By Questinia On February 26, 2011 @ 9:43 pm Oh no! The Roumanian tourist look! NB. Germans got hip. Although, I have to say, white socks and sandals can be smashing if done with irony. » Posted By Questinia On February 26, 2011 @ 9:41 pm And for whom?! » Posted By Questinia On February 26, 2011 @ 9:37 pm The socks are built into the shoes, btw. C’est practique, non? » Posted By Questinia On February 26, 2011 @ 9:36 pm Ha, Khirad is here in a jiffy! She’s the violin teacher of your Goth dreams. » Posted By Questinia On February 26, 2011 @ 9:33 pm Now THOSE are socques! » Posted By Questinia On February 26, 2011 @ 9:24 pm Interesting about the army of sock puppets and persona management. With three other people and an army of socks, I helped change the political course of a small town that was going to use a very barbaric practice of killing deer. The army “conscripted” actual additional people and it turned into a movement of sorts. Now we are trying to rid the town of the mayor who is trying to selling out the town to a major oil corporation. He’s in for a doozy! » Posted By Questinia On February 26, 2011 @ 9:15 pm Cher is cherished, ma chérie. » Posted By Questinia On February 26, 2011 @ 9:03 pmComments Posted By Questinia
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