Issaiah1332

Nonmedical prescription opioid abuse (NPOA) is an ongoing problem in America, with data showing an increase in this phenomenon in every state (Paulozzi & Xi, 2008). This phenomenon found its genesis and growth within the masculine context of care...

Are you asking my experiencing in working with them? I work in psychiatry, currently supervising an adult unit and geriatric unit. We do a little of everything, including a LOT of dual diagnosis. I've also done some other work in this area, as well,...

I think that's very fair and correct. Untreated pain can also easily lead to addiction issues that may have actually been prevented from properly managing it in the first place. Whether that's because they get them from the street in an effort to get...

It's not about saying: "I'm broken but you fix it." It's merely about taking an approach that isn't riddled with negatives preconceptions, working with the patient to identify a treatment plan that is tailored to them and the way to do this is therap...

Thanks for articulating the same questions I had, but I didn't want to get into another big debate.

In any case, I appreciate everyone's criticisms and will go back to the drawing board to evaluate some of these views. While I still hold these values as the most effective, with regards to empathy, communication, and openness, it seems the "feminis...

Just because I don't agree with you, doesn't mean I'm not open to your criticism. I wrote an article in which I argue that the current system is paternalistic, emphasizing things like willpower and personally responsibility in a way that may color pr...

"It is asinine to argue a given philosophical approach (feminism) is the cure by (comically) co-opting patient centered care as that philosophy applied when it may have also been the cause. " Eh, that's a strawman. First of all, just because an inter...

Hello HIS, thanks for your reply. I think you ask some fair questions and raise some good critiques, that I hope I can answer adequately for you. Well, at least I hope I can defend my position adequately. That doesn't mean I will convince you, but I ...

Once again, although the origins of the opioid epidemic may have taken place in the paternal system that I elaborate on, I do not posit that it is the causative agent BEHIND the opioid epidemic. That's simply a strawman. The entire point of the arti...

Empathy does not have an assigned sex, although many studies have concluded that women tend to experience empathy with more intensity. Of course we all have attributes regarded as feminine and masculine, but I wasn't describing people. I was describ...

Actually, as I said above, the nursing model isn't the problem. The medical problem, the domineering force in healthcare, largely is. There is a host of research into the paternal nature of the medical model. Secondly, I'm not an undergrad student. ...

I didn't claim it gave more validity. I was simply stating this fact, because people seemed to assume a female must've written this. Drug abuse has been rampant and in no way is correlated with the vague claim that male role models are less "strong"...

HAHA...No idea, they put the same one on another article I wrote. I imagine stock photos for substance abuse are lacking.

Paternalism is well-documented. As to the "fall apart" bit, there isn't likely a mountain of documentation that uses "maternalism" as its label. The lack of intervention or existence of its study is precisely what I argue for. Philosophically, there ...

"Maternal/Paternal" is likely better wording.

Fair, but just to be clear I am not advocating for any patient to be pigeonholed into a certain treatment. I am also not blaming men. I was simply arguing that the more paternal role that we see throughout the system, may be one that isn't beneficial...

Thanks! I'm a guy by the way, haha. Yeah, it was never meant to incite a war between the sexes.

Thanks for the post (one of the few) and trying to understand the more philosophic path I took. As a man (who cares), it definitely wasn't meant to be disparaging toward men and create divisiveness. It was meant to be more along the lines of comparin...

Sigh...in an effort to reply to every critique, I've found myself constantly saying to see an above reply I posted. It wasn't a boy and girl thing, it was a social perspective thing. The way in which we approach these patients is analogous to the way...

This was never meant to discuss the etiology of the epidemic, one in which we likely share a perspective on. It was to compare approaches through a different social lens.

Again, I elaborated on this in reply to another comment. This wasn't a male VS female argument, it was meant to argue the dynamics of a paternal VS. maternal approach.

You're correct. I wasn't making an argument on the cause of the epidemic, but how to treat it in a way that fosters better decision-making. I elaborated more on this in a reply to the previous poster.

Well, my hope was that my photo would tip readers off that I am a male; but I guess that wasn't the case. Anyways, I feel like this may be getting misinterpreted. My point was never to derive blame toward men (obviously, I am a male and not the self...

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