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This story makes me happy that we have modern medicine. But I am reminded that not too long ago we used to do lobotomies on the regular. So I still take most me

by anonu 8y ago

This story makes me happy that we have modern medicine. But I am reminded that not too long ago we used to do lobotomies on the regular. So I still take most medical advice with a grain of salt....

tw1010 8y ago
There are way worse things that you could experience which is present even today (psycological things especially). This doesn't sound too bad actually.
- selestify 8y ago
  What kind of psychological things are so bad?
  - KSteffensen 8y ago
    Schizophrenia, depression
candiodari 8y ago
"We" imprison people for decades ... because they got "diagnosed" with ADD, a psychological condition for which there is not even consensus that it exists, never mind how to correctly diagnose it. Not that the lack of diagnosis procedure really matters : the diagnosis is usually carried out by completely unqualified personnel. (specifically preschool teachers make the diagnosis, and the odds that these children ever see a real psychologist is 50% at best) It's called "child services". http://sciencenordic.com/half-all-foster-kids-norway-have-mental-disorders http://sciencenordic.com/half-all-foster-kids-norway-have-me... (I mean any cursory study of the child services system in Norway will quickly yield the insight that the real problem is racism in child services itself, and not ADD/ADHD or any other mental disorders, but we're supposed to believe that the people involved are at least acting in good faith for some reason. Even if they're raging racists having children of immigrants abducted, apparently) Mental health care ... has the same problem (whilst I'm sure the details are different in the US, please do remember: getting any kind of help at all, for any reason, from state health care, legally speaking is a totally unacceptable risk. You just cannot control what happens and you have no recourse. Stay away, and immediately respond VERY strongly on any whiff of attention to your kids). In Norway any competent lawyer should advise you that you can NEVER give your real name to any psychiatrist. It is a totally unacceptable risk. (Decades ? Yes, decades: from 2-3-4 years old up to 25 years old. Imprison ? Yep, imprison)

by anonu 8y ago

This story makes me happy that we have modern medicine. But I am reminded that not too long ago we used to do lobotomies on the regular. So I still take most medical advice with a grain of salt....

tw1010 8y ago

There are way worse things that you could experience which is present even today (psycological things especially). This doesn't sound too bad actually.

selestify 8y ago
What kind of psychological things are so bad?
- KSteffensen 8y ago
  Schizophrenia, depression

candiodari 8y ago

"We" imprison people for decades ... because they got "diagnosed" with ADD, a psychological condition for which there is not even consensus that it exists, never mind how to correctly diagnose it. Not that the lack of diagnosis procedure really matters : the diagnosis is usually carried out by completely unqualified personnel. (specifically preschool teachers make the diagnosis, and the odds that these children ever see a real psychologist is 50% at best) It's called "child services". http://sciencenordic.com/half-all-foster-kids-norway-have-mental-disorders http://sciencenordic.com/half-all-foster-kids-norway-have-me... (I mean any cursory study of the child services system in Norway will quickly yield the insight that the real problem is racism in child services itself, and not ADD/ADHD or any other mental disorders, but we're supposed to believe that the people involved are at least acting in good faith for some reason. Even if they're raging racists having children of immigrants abducted, apparently) Mental health care ... has the same problem (whilst I'm sure the details are different in the US, please do remember: getting any kind of help at all, for any reason, from state health care, legally speaking is a totally unacceptable risk. You just cannot control what happens and you have no recourse. Stay away, and immediately respond VERY strongly on any whiff of attention to your kids). In Norway any competent lawyer should advise you that you can NEVER give your real name to any psychiatrist. It is a totally unacceptable risk. (Decades ? Yes, decades: from 2-3-4 years old up to 25 years old. Imprison ? Yep, imprison)