tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425732352511468694.post6138992356615880779..comments2023-08-20T04:55:39.436-07:00Comments on Ars Psychiatrica: BedlamNovalishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10501890494890617030noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425732352511468694.post-29924296088066816872008-12-18T02:22:00.000-08:002008-12-18T02:22:00.000-08:00I think this certainly does happen, although these...I think this certainly does happen, although these days what comes out of the mouths of doctors is dwarfed by direct-to-consumer advertising and other general media trends concerning illness (e.g. "cyberchondria," or self-diagnosis via Internet medical sites).Novalishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10501890494890617030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425732352511468694.post-87568097053609001382008-12-17T20:10:00.000-08:002008-12-17T20:10:00.000-08:00On hysteria:So doctors could in fact be guilty of ...On hysteria:<BR/>So doctors could in fact be guilty of exacerbating the symptoms of patients' diseases by asking leading questions? After all, the very fact that a query was posited implants the idea that there's reason for concern, and depending on the degree of suggestibility, the patient reacts consciously (by manufacturing or exaggerating evidence for the perceived problem), and unconsciously by manifesting the perceived interpretation of the doctor's questioning. This makes all illness, in part, hysterical; because if a doctor were to downplay and trivialise a patient's illness, they wouldn't have that extra input for creative morbid interpretation.<BR/><BR/>Hysteria is like the placebo effect in reverse.<BR/><BR/>Does treating a mental patient as sane ameliorate their symptoms?<BR/>You can easily make someone believe they're mad by planting enough evidence to support the diagnosis, and then have enough people to confirm the view.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com