Community Health...who has taken or wil be taking?

I find it interesting that the two mental health videos we are required to watch for week 4 feature Dr. John Breeding. I googled him and he is thought to be a Scientologist who advocate anti-psychiatry and anti-psych medication. It certainly is a compelling veiwpoint...I am just wondering who at OU decided to have students view this particular psychologist. I am curious if they know he is viewed in a controversial manner.

Certainly, being a nurse who works in psychiatry I have found to be quite interesting...because we certainly do medicate people, more than enough. My youngest patient was 4 years old, which I found to be ridiculous. There was nothing wrong with this child. But, I don't think we can say that schizophrenia or bi-polar disorder does not exist at all and no one should be medicated ever. I find that fairly controversial and interesting to say the least.

This makes sense when you look at it through an evolutionary perspective: If it interferes with reproduction and it's common, it's unlikely to be hereditary. Take if something like schizophrenia. It is well-known that schizophrenics reproduce at significantly lower rates than non-schizophrenics. If the cause of the disease were genetic, those reduced rates would mean that after a number of generations, the level of schizophrenia in the population would be roughly the same as that for other mutations, such as achondroplasia (a type of dwarfism). But rates for schizophrenia are much higher than for anchondroplasia - and have been much higher for literally thousands of years. So something other than genetics must be responsible for schizophrenia - and perhaps lots of other diseases. For those who haven't already tuned me out, here's link to great series of lay articles about evolutionary biology: A New Germ Theory - 99.02. So perhaps one day soon, we'll be treating schizophrenia with an anti-infective rather than an anti-psychotic.

We now return you to the incredibly tiresome subject of community nursing . . .

Well...that is certainly an interesting theory Chuckster. Sounds like you have though about this before.

On another subject. I am only sharing this so people can realize that LESS can be MORE. I received 100% on week three assignment. It was only 4 pages long including references. So, it is not necessary to create page after page in hopes of making the grade. I have found this to be true for all my classes at OU. I think if you address the salient points and get the references right it works just as well and is probably more to the liking of the person GRADING the assignments. I am just saying. I have found that most professors will emphatically state they do not enjoy grading homework assignments. So if you can be succinct and to the point it is more to their liking. I'm just saying.

Mine was 9 pages just because Maine has a truly fragmented, messed up, stupid system to deal with community health issues. Just because you were able to fit everything into four pages - congratulations! That will not work for everyone. I AM succinct and to the point but we are all from different parts of the country. Not everything is the same everywhere. This state farms out services to various providers and I included that. I covered the rubric thoroughly. Oh - I also got a 100%.

Just stopped by to check in...nuthin' testy as far as I can tell. Just support and opinions. Rural areas are especially difficult to address and I do spend HOURS on these assignments. Some people are just better writers, faster researchers, etc. I for one plod my way through each assignment. Lucky you that less is more!

LOL - rural he** is more like it some days! Now trying to write a DB on homelessness in rural Maine and what type of services are offered. twomoreweeks, twomoreweeks .....

I ended up with 5 pages and still spent hours:/ I spend too much time thinking about what I want to say instead of just typing it out and being done!!! I also ended up with a grade that was higher than expected:)) But I still spend a lot of time on these assignments!!

It took me 10 minutes just to write those 3 sentences=)

LOL - rural he** is more like it some days! Now trying to write a DB on homelessness in rural Maine and what type of services are offered. twomoreweeks, twomoreweeks .....

Our TA said homelessness is just an example that we can focus on other vulnerable populations in our posts. Is there another population you can pick?

Yeah - but even less services offered. There are actually quite a few resources for the homeless or the near homeless around here. It has been an interesting search if nothing else. Not sure if I need to include food banks or just the one soup kitchen that I found? 3 shelters - and a co-op for the poor, homeless, etc. to help them make money, establish a business, etc. As I said, interesting. I already knew about the free medical clinic as I have refered quite a few patients there for follow up care.

Just stopped by to check in...nuthin' testy as far as I can tell. Just support and opinions. Rural areas are especially difficult to address and I do spend HOURS on these assignments. Some people are just better writers, faster researchers, etc. I for one plod my way through each assignment. Lucky you that less is more!

Same here, sista....same here. Plus, Philadelphia has A LOT to offer.... so much to cover!

All of these 100%s....all of the time.....how awesome for each of you. Hats off to ya..........