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Depressed? New York City Screens for People at Risk
NY Times ^
| April 13, 2005
| MARC SANTORA and BENEDICT CAREY
Posted on 04/16/2005 5:02:26 PM PDT by neverdem
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Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times
Dr. Lloyd I. Sederer, the director of mental health services in New York, hopes to set an example for the nation by screening for depression.
I wonder if, by chance, Dr. Sederer is related to Lavrenti Beria? With the way that the Communists abused psychiatry, and the way the government under either the pubbies or dems increasingly looks like big brother, this mass screening for depression is ripe for abuse. I'm sure the gun grabbers will love it.
"Depression is a leading illness in New York City, but it can be effectively treated," said Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, the city's health commissioner.
I wonder if they considered the possibility that living in this city can make people become depressed? BTW, this was a front page story on the day it went to press, IIRC. I was busy with taxes and got depressed.
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posted on
04/16/2005 5:02:27 PM PDT
by
neverdem
To: neverdem
Liberalism is a mental illness. New York City should begin screening people at risk for it.
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
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posted on
04/16/2005 5:08:41 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: neverdem
I was busy with taxes and got depressed.Exactly. Being depressed isn't like having a broken leg. It could simply be a very healthy response to an unhealthy situation. Who are these guys to say that your or my reaction to a particular situation is somehow inappropriate?
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posted on
04/16/2005 5:10:29 PM PDT
by
inquest
(FTAA delenda est)
To: goldstategop
Good point! Doctors can be the first line of defense in eradicating this debilitating (to America) illness.
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posted on
04/16/2005 5:11:47 PM PDT
by
Theresawithanh
(Fee, Fie, Foe, FReep!)
To: goldstategop
I havent been to a doc since 1975.
To: neverdem
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posted on
04/16/2005 5:12:35 PM PDT
by
CzarNicky
(The problem with bad ideas is that they seemed like good ideas at the time.)
To: glock rocks; Eaker; Squantos; Gilbo_3; Joe Brower; Lurker; Badray; from occupied ga; ...
I added this thread to the "bang list", because I can easily see the day when the statist gun grabbers will make it a felony for anyone who has been diagnosed with a mental illness (such as depression) to own a firearm.
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posted on
04/16/2005 5:13:13 PM PDT
by
Mulder
(“The spirit of resistance is so valuable, that I wish it to be always kept alive" Thomas Jefferson)
To: inquest
Exactly. Being depressed isn't like having a broken leg. It could simply be a very healthy response to an unhealthy situation. Who are these guys to say that your or my reaction to a particular situation is somehow inappropriate? but... our culture sez that there's a cure for everything!! god forbid that we actually CHANGE OUR HABITS, or LIVE BETTER LIVES..
To: inquest
Who are these guys to say that your or my reaction to a particular situation is somehow inappropriate? Look at the scoring method. Someone who has trouble sleeping and concentrating on the television is diagnosed as having "mild depression".
What a crock of BS. This means more money for doctors and the pharmacutical companies, and the politicians who funnel money their way.
Whoever dreamed this up needs to lose their medical license, and be investigated for fraud.
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posted on
04/16/2005 5:17:00 PM PDT
by
Mulder
(“The spirit of resistance is so valuable, that I wish it to be always kept alive" Thomas Jefferson)
To: neverdem
1,4, and 7 shouldn't even count; 8 and 9 should be worth 10 points each.
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posted on
04/16/2005 5:17:51 PM PDT
by
Old Professer
(As darkness is the absence of light, evil is the absence of good; innocence is blind.)
To: inquest
Who are these guys to say that your or my reaction to a particular situation is somehow inappropriate?Congress budgeted $20 million reasons for positive outcomes in the depression screening questionnaires. Follow the money.
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posted on
04/16/2005 5:31:05 PM PDT
by
NautiNurse
("I'd rather see someone go to work for a Republican campaign than sit on their butt."--Howard Dean)
To: neverdem
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NYers would be crazy not to be depressed.
To: COUNTrecount
LOL! You just made me more depressed. Putzhead was endorsed by the NY Post of all papers. IIRC, putzhead was re-elected with 70 % of the vote last November.
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posted on
04/16/2005 5:45:24 PM PDT
by
neverdem
(May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows that you're dead.)
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FReepmail me if you want on or off my health and science ping list.
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posted on
04/16/2005 6:01:27 PM PDT
by
neverdem
(May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows that you're dead.)
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FReepmail me if you want on or off my New York ping list.
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posted on
04/16/2005 6:03:10 PM PDT
by
neverdem
(May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows that you're dead.)
To: inquest
"It could simply be a very healthy response to an unhealthy situation. Who are these guys to say that your or my reaction to a particular situation is somehow inappropriate?"
Much wisdom in your statement. My guess is that the drug companies (for Prozac, etc...) are all looking forward to this new testing. The scary part about it all is I'm sure there will be some doctors who will have patients take this test and then prescribe them anti-depressants - without proper counseling - and in some cases for reasons that shouldn't require long-term medication....
To: neverdem
Good thing you didn't post this yesterday!!!Ping thanks.
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posted on
04/16/2005 6:04:30 PM PDT
by
BIGLOOK
(I once opposed keelhauling but recently have come to my senses.)
To: neverdem
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posted on
04/16/2005 6:06:16 PM PDT
by
bitt
("There are troubling signs Bush doesn't care about winning a third term." (JH2))
To: LibertyRocks
The scary part about it all is I'm sure there will be some doctors who will have patients take this test and then prescribe them anti-depressants - without proper counseling - and in some cases for reasons that shouldn't require long-term medication....I agree. Schools are already doing it to kids.
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posted on
04/16/2005 6:11:53 PM PDT
by
inquest
(FTAA delenda est)
To: neverdem
Thanks for the questionnaire!
I slept too much recently.
I often sleep too little.
I've often over eaten.
I don't enjoy mowing the lawn.
Sometimes I speak slowly. And sometimes, rapidly.
Oh my God, I'm a sick freak!!!!!!! Please, pump me full of mind altering drugs!
If only they'd given me Ritalin when I was a kid, maybe I'd be a better person today ...
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