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...indeed be difficult to pin a precise psychiatric diagnosis on involuntarily committed mental patient Rodney Yoder [TIME IN DEPTH, July 15], but do we need to? The law is clear that if a patient represents a danger to others, we are required to commit that patient, period. We psychiatrists are always going to be criticized when a person who ends up being a threat to others appears at first evaluation to have a treatable, nonthreatening condition. If you're wondering why there may be many patients locked up who shouldn't be, blame it on those...
...neither the long-term housing nor the counseling that the former residents of the homeless camps so desperately need. There is no denying the camps were unpleasant, but removing them without making plans to address the larger problem of persistent homelessness is as archaic a remedy as bleeding a patient to combat an infection...
...just as effective. They can also help you apply to the assistance programs many drug companies have created for folks who have no insurance or meet certain income guidelines. You can learn more by downloading information from www medicare.gov or you can order a $5 brochure from the Patient Assistance Network...
...campers was sleepwalking at 3 a.m. and locked himself out of his room. His roommate turned out to be the heaviest sleeping kid—ever. It took 20 minutes of pounding on the door before he woke up. I never knew I could be so patient...
...tinge to the skin," that occurs in people who eat a lot of vegetables rich in beta carotene in combination with a low-calorie diet. "I think it's very unattractive." She also is troubled by the reasons some young vegetarians give for their choice of diet. One female patient, Warren says, wouldn't eat meat because she was told it was the reason her father had a heart attack...