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Reducing the Brain, Ignoring the Soul Grace E. Jackson, MD December 5, 2002 There are at least five problems with the chemical imbalance model of mental disease: 1) the model ignores the reality that there has never been a consistently reproducib...

hello--i am a 23 year old nursing student interested primarily in psych nursing. i have been reading these boards for some time now, and it is apparent that you are all a well-informed group of nurses! that said, i am hoping that someone is able t...

how is different? how should one best prepare themself?

well, i kina like 'em! but then, i believe true professionalism is rooted in the ability of the nurse to practice with compassion and respect for the uniqueness of every individual. besides, "taste" is a hard thing to regulate.

A lot of hospitals in iowa are unionized. I dunno much more since I'm not working yet!!

sheesh! you just may have opened a can of worms. firstly, you are in the company of hard working, capable men and women who were called into this profession for a variety of reasons. not everyone is "here" to fulfill a life long dream; some are h...

nurse ratched, you are one smart cookie! i like that adage a lot...

so would you say that a med-surg background is especially important here?

Thanks...I wasn't aware that worked for mania, too!

I have heard there are a lot of state based tuition repayment programs. For example, if I agree to work in the state of Iowa after graduation, they will pay back my loans. I bet your financial aide office would be able to help you with this.

I am a student nurse (22) but recently one of my clients asked me how old I was. When I told him, he said, "Oh, I thought you were a kid. I thought I got a mini-nurse!!" LOL. :rotfl:

According to the Narcanon website on methamphetamine (couldn't find on cocaine, although I would guess the effect would be fairly similar): "...Users tend to become increasingly dellusional. These effects have been reported to last for months, and i...

So sad. How does this happen?

my experience in this department stems from my father's abuse of methamphetamine. he was diagnosed with schizophrenia at the age 39 after having very similar delusions. nearly three years later, he is still taking veritable cocktail of medications-...

from reading other posts, it doesn't sound imperitive, but helpful. med-surg is recommended for valuable medical assessment skills, but depending on your facility guidelines, may not be necessary. have i got it about right, guys/gals?

yes, to some patients, chemical intervention is crucial. for others, it is ineffective, fruitless, and yes, even dangerous. it is the responsibility of a competent psychiatrist to determine the appropriate therapeutic intervention...be it chemical ...

how very exciting! i am keeping my fingers crossed for you! you are right--the people drawn to psyche probably have had at least some experience with mental illness. can you blame us? very few people decide to be horse trainers without ever ridin...

i am soo green! why would even extreme mania elicit use for est?

by the way, zoloft!?!

gynocemastia is typically permanent, even after drug therapy is discontinued-unless the adolescent opts for surgery. i can't comment on whether or not medicare would foot the bill. i found a list of drugs of which gynocemastia is a common side effe...

Cheers! Happy for both of you!

"Hardly a very helpfull response to a lady whom is obviously in distress. As a UK-based mental health professional with extensive experience of both acute and psychiatric rehabilitation clients, within both in-patient and community-based settings, I...

thanks, laughing fairy! i was being slightly sardonic when i called them "happy" pills. i too, have reaped the benefits of antidepressants. to you and i, who truly need them, they are functional pills--to pharmaceutical companies and silly pdocs ...

i tend to agree with you. i think where science made its gravest errors in letting pharmaceutical companies coin the term "chemical imbalance" to sell a few billion dollars worth of "happy" pills. true--we may only have an imprecise understanding o...

Probably psych. Or maybe Public Health.