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simply being useful that you can sometimes simply stop to smell the roses and enjoy what there is to see around you whether it be made by nature or by man art can create something beautiful for everyone to enjoy without attaching a price tag to itself or trying to force itself to be functional or even practical it s something that can be enjoyed simply for what it is and can bring moments of peace in what can be an extremely hectic world a beautiful garden may not cure a disease or solve world hunger but it can bring moments of joy perhaps to people who otherwise have very few beauty is something which may be appreciated by everyone young or old rich or poor and it can bring these people together in their shared enjoyment of something which has no purpose other than to bring a smile to someone s face just from these few things we can already see that art is invaluable to humanity without it we as a people would be very much different it has shaped history culture and the minds and actions of people it is a powerful tool which should not be underestimated posted in art tagged aesthetics architecture art creativity culture expression function garden history ideology painting politics purpose sculpture therapy value the demonisation of pyschiatry march 22 2013 by rubygloommel 1 over the past couple of decades there has been monumental progress in the areas of psychology psychiatry and neuroscience however there have also been huge setbacks it is acknowledged by most medical professionals dealing with mental health issues that the majority of the disorder and illnesses they encounter require a combination of two types of treatment the pharmacological and therapy based however recently there has been a growing trend which refuses to acknowledge the benefits of the former instead insisting that drugs are simply handed out without discrimination to anyone complaining of a suspected mental health issue these same individuals stipulate that these medications are not only ineffective but also harm the person taking them here i would like to tackle many of the false assumptions these beliefs are based on and try to reverse the effects of what has become the demonisation of psychiatry firstly i would like to talk about the development and application of psychosomatic drugs depending on what is being treated there are many different drugs available to doctors to prescribe each with different benefits and different side effects each and every one of these drugs has gone through rigorous testing in the first to be sure that it is safe for human use secondly to prove that it does what it claimed i e treats the symptoms it is supposed to and thirdly that it does this more effectively and with less side effects that previous medication this process takes years and is extremely thorough it is certainly not the case that just any proposed drug is approved fda figures estimate that only 30 of proposed drugs even make it so far as phase i testing the same figures estimate a 8 approval rate for any new drug being tested even after all this testing once the drug has reached approval the measures taken to protect the patients who could potentially be administered the drug don t stop doctors and psychiatrists are well informed of the various risks associated with each drug and can choose the ideal one for any particular patient the patient is always informed of potential side effects and it is up to them to decide whether or not they are worth the risk the patients continue to be monitored for their tolerance of the drug and changes can be made either changing the dose or the drug completely or offering a new medication to off set certain side effects so that the patient receives the best possible treatment for them secondly i d like the address the mindset that psychosomatic drugs are ineffective of course you only need look at the evidence provided by the many drug trials and tests i mentioned previously to know that no drug gets onto the market without proving its worth drug trials aren t the only evidence though people who refuse to believe in the effectiveness of pharmacological treatments for mental health issues are refuting thousands of papers written over a hundred years by the most respected professionals and researchers in these fields it is often suggested that these professionals have something to gain by distorting the facts but this clearly isn t the case if a psychiatrist at the top of his field were to write a paper proclaiming the benefits of a drug that is later found to be ineffective than that psychiatrist would effectively be at the end of his career the same is suggested of the people running the drug trials it s often stipulated that they re in the pockets of the pharmaceutical companies not taking into account the massive cost of conducting expensive trials over many years with a very low success rate often these scientists find that they have spent many years working on a potential drug to no avail as for the pharmaceutical companies themselves it brings them no benefit to sell ineffective drugs they would soon find themselves losing business if the medicine they were selling wasn t bringing any health benefits to their customers one argument given is that this actually benefits them as people who don t get better have to keep taking medicine however it s unlikely that a patient would continue an ineffective treatment and in any case it can hardly be argued that there is a shortage of people who need psychosomatic drugs it is far better for the company to cure people and attract others who also want the benefits of what they re selling this in itself is just common business sense finally i d like to talk about how the drugs are prescribed it is often said that doctors simply throw drugs at a patient and send them on their way this is not the case as i ve said previously doctors have to consider the individual patient and the patient themselves has a say on the treatment they receive good doctors will make a real effort to educate the patient on the effects of a particular drug before prescribing it to them it is also rare that drugs are the only solution offered doctors are the first to suggest various types of therapy based treatments and often have a lot of information and leaflets on offer suggesting local services which the patient can take advantage of it is also the doctors job to refer you to the type of therapist suited to you for example after discussing it with you they may suggest a counsellor who works with cognitive behavioural therapy but this is after discussion with you and what you feel would benefit you most it s also rare for doctors to prescribe medications without first asking about the patient s general state of health they ll ask how often you exercise what your sleeping pattern is like if you re stressed if you re eating healthily if you smoke or drink heavily etc if the doctor is of the belief that you would benefit from some lifestyle changes these will often be suggested before any type of drug medication may also only be offered as a temporary solution to help the patient to cope until other treatments such as therapy have been attempted there are often long waiting lists for psychologists and therapists and treatment takes some time to work in the meantime drugs may take the edge of a patient s symptoms at the end of the day it is also true that some patients do require lifetime medication in the same way that a person with type i diabetes will require insulin for the rest of their life mental health issues often have a chemical basis and although it is not completely understood at this point that does not mean that it should be disregarded some patients may find that their symptoms all but disappear on medication and as usual it is they who have the final say in whether or not they continue to take it therapy based and lifestyle based treatments do not work for everyone just as pharmacological treatments do not work for everyone i hope by talking about these issues i have cleared a few things up on the topic of pharmacological treatment of mental health issues in the end it is usually a combination of drugs and therapy that will cure a patient and disregarding either one is harmful to them as it will hinder their recovery it is time that people returned their trust to their doctors whose very job it is to help them posted in health tagged doctors drug trials drugs health lifestyle medication mental illness psychiatry psychology testing therapy treatment a few things about memory march 17 2013 by rubygloommel 0 there has been an endless amount of research in the past years in the fields of neuroscience and psychology regarding the subject of memory particular fields of interest have been how the relationship between sleep and memory how we can improve memory or weaken a traumatic memory and just how well we actually remember things here i ll take a short look at a few of these topics sleeping and learning several studies have indicated that sleeping directly after learning something such as the steps to a new dance can help you to remember it much better it is thought that it is the rem stage of sleep which is the most effective in helping to consolidate memories so in order to achieve the full benefits of this approach you must sleep at least one and a half hours in order to experience the full cycle of rem nrem sleep however there is a downside to this it has also been discovered that sleeping directly after a traumatic event such as a car crash can help preserve that event in your mind this is associated with a higher possibility of developing ptsd like behaviours it is recommended that after a traumatic event the person staves off sleep for a while which also has the benefit of reducing the impact of traumatic brain injury in cases where that has developed the reliability of memories there has been a lot of research in the past 40 or more years that has shown that our memories are not nearly as reliable as we think they are in fact the memories which we think we remember the best the more emotionally driven ones tend to be the least reliable of them all one particular study used language to affect eyewitnesses memories of a car crash they had seen half of the witnesses were told that the cars had smashed whilst the other half were told they had hit each other the first group reported remembering broken glass at the scene whilst the second half did not there was no broken glass at the scene this has huge implications for the reliability of eye witness testimonies in court especially if a witness points out the wrong person as having done a crime in a 2001 study using simultaneous line ups of suspects where all the suspects line up together in a row it was found that witnesses chose the wrong person about a quarter of the time it was found however that by introducing suspects one by one and so reducing any comparisons made between them and removing any pressure to select one of the suspects present the witness would not know how many suspects would be introduced these mistakes were greatly reduced even more worryingly than these issues data from an association called the innocence project has identified that in 27 percent of cases where a suspect was initially found guilty but had later been proved innocent the suspect had actually falsely admitted to the crime this has been blamed by many researchers on implementation of the reid technique a widely used form of interrogation which involves denying any protests of innocence from the suspect implying that they are guilty by careful wording of questions and trying to appear as though the interrogators are trying to help the suspect by minimising the seriousness of the crime and downplaying the extent of the punishment the suspect may receive if they confess a 2005 study carried out by melissa russano of rogers williams university found that this method doubled the chances of a genuine confession by two but increased the chances of a false confession by more than seven fold this an obvious issue where many judges and jurors automatically accept a confession as definitive proof of a suspect s guilt eye movements and traumatic memories in january 2011 a study was conducted where patients with ptsd were separated into two groups one was treated with a therapy called eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing or emdr and the other half carried out an identical session but kept their eyes closed for the duration during emdr patients are encouraged to move their eyes from side to side while they recall a traumatic memory the theory is that by splitting the patient s focus while they recall the memory helps them to strip it of its vividness and emotional intensity those patients who performed the eye movements reported a much more significant reduction in distress than those who did not their levels of physiological arousal were also lower than that of those in the control group an additional study carried out in the netherlands in 2012 found that the group using the eye movements were unable to recall picture fragments of a memorised image as well as those who did not they also reported that the vividness of the recalled pictures had decreased hopefully these findings can be used to effectively treat people suffering from ptsd as part of their therapy plan these are a just a few of the recent findings in the field of memory however there is so much research going on in this field right now that i couldn t possibly cover it all hopefully i ve piqued your interest in the subject if you want to find out more there are many magazines websites and journals where you can find more information as well as textbooks although these tend to be less up to date a few good starting places would be scientific american mind a magazine sciencedaily com mind and brain section and neurosciencenews com more suitable to those with a bit of background in chemistry neuroscience posted in health tagged health law memory mental illness neuroscience psychology ptsd research science studies therapy child cured of hiv march 4 2013 by rubygloommel 0 well there s been some ridiculously exciting news today it has been reported that a child has been cured of hiv after one year since taking the cure and stopping medication even the most sensitive hiv tests are coming back negative although the doctors involve admit that it s quite likely that a small amount of the virus is still present somewhere within the two year old s body although this won t be of any immediate use to those already suffering with hiv it is hoped that the same treatment can be used to cure other newborns born with the disease usually mothers who are hiv positive are administered drugs during pregnancy and childbirth which prevent the passing on the virus in up to 98 of cases but this new cure can be used for the unlucky 2 or those who haven t had the treatment not had it in 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