tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post8094426206163272428..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: The Real ProgrammingAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-74812613843591568252010-10-11T19:06:30.289-04:002010-10-11T19:06:30.289-04:00Dysthymia, if there were more supporting data. De...Dysthymia, if there were more supporting data. Depressive episode if there weren't. Alcohol would certainly figure prominently in my diagnosis. It does seem to be a hasty tag to put on him.<br /><br />Of course, the diagnosis may be inflated for insurance reasons.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-60970232060046747992010-10-10T23:57:08.269-04:002010-10-10T23:57:08.269-04:00I didn't want to get into over there but I was...I didn't want to get into over there but I was in a seeing <i>non sequitur</i> mood after reading about the case. To briefly recap, a guy is left baby siting, gets drunk, passes out, his wife comes home and upbraids him and he goes and grabs a gun to be able to 'be listened to.' He is taken in and diagnosed as Major Depressive Disorder? Is there a single given fact there that makes MDD your primary diagnosis. I would think maybe Alcohol Dependence/ abuse, bipolar maybe (not to hang on to it too tightly with just those facts), etc. but MDD?a psychiatrist who learned from veteranshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00347313804041291393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-26974301720866377692010-10-10T08:56:29.249-04:002010-10-10T08:56:29.249-04:00No germaine to your MAIN point, but to your illust...No germaine to your MAIN point, but to your illustration...<br /><br />Another way of looking at the media business model is that what is being sold is not the product being advertised. The broadcast station is selling YOU, the listener. The print media is selling YOU, the reader to the advertiser. The content is the lure to bring you in so they can sell your eyes and ears to the advertiser. <br /><br />Not sure how you would apply this to your point. "Who is selling whom?" is not the same question as "who is selling to whom?"Dubbahdeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00075702513873912334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-60889190545931393622010-10-09T16:53:46.684-04:002010-10-09T16:53:46.684-04:00Ouch. Garrett was an earlier commenter on that th...Ouch. Garrett was an earlier commenter on that thread. Should have mentioned that first.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-7073529598728605672010-10-09T16:52:55.410-04:002010-10-09T16:52:55.410-04:00(The commenter refers to a post over At Volokh. ht...(The commenter refers to a post over At Volokh. http://volokh.com/2010/10/08/what-burden-of-proof-is-constitutionally-required-for-denying-gun-rights-to-the-allegedly-mentally-infirm/ )<br /><br />Garrett thought that someone who had done what Jason had should be held for a much longer period of evaluation. Six months, even five years. Maybe so. But with an average stay of 2-11 days at acute hospitals, keeping people that long would require 5-10 times as many hospital beds.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-16178950588546264452010-10-09T14:45:09.139-04:002010-10-09T14:45:09.139-04:00Your Volokh comment:
"Garrett thought 6 mont...Your Volokh comment:<br /><br />"Garrett thought 6 months, maybe even five years would be right. Congratulations. Your state’s mental health budget just quintupled, and these people just lost their jobs, houses, and families."<br /><br />is <i>sequitur</i> to and makes sense how, nothing personal just wanted to know?a psychiatrist who learned from veteranshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00347313804041291393noreply@blogger.com