Comments on: New test for depression may be a giant step in the fight against stigma http://saynotostigma.com/2011/06/new-test-for-depression-may-be-a-giant-step-in-the-fight-against-stigma/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-test-for-depression-may-be-a-giant-step-in-the-fight-against-stigma a blog of The Menninger Clinic Sun, 19 May 2013 21:30:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: MummyDLIA http://saynotostigma.com/2011/06/new-test-for-depression-may-be-a-giant-step-in-the-fight-against-stigma/comment-page-1/#comment-693 MummyDLIA Fri, 10 Jun 2011 00:03:03 +0000 http://saynotostigma.com/?p=1267#comment-693 An interesting musing. My mind goes a step ahead and wonders what it would be like if this test was administered to those claiming to be suffering. And what if their test were to come out negative? How would treaters react? Would they say, "No your suffering is not real"? As someone who believes that mental illness is, at its root, a disruption of relationship with self and others, I step gingerly around this idea. Humans suffer... not sure if there needs to be a test for that. Thanks for bringing this up -- made me think. An interesting musing. My mind goes a step ahead and wonders what it would be like if this test was administered to those claiming to be suffering. And what if their test were to come out negative? How would treaters react? Would they say, “No your suffering is not real”? As someone who believes that mental illness is, at its root, a disruption of relationship with self and others, I step gingerly around this idea. Humans suffer… not sure if there needs to be a test for that.

Thanks for bringing this up — made me think.

]]> By: Dr. B-W http://saynotostigma.com/2011/06/new-test-for-depression-may-be-a-giant-step-in-the-fight-against-stigma/comment-page-1/#comment-692 Dr. B-W Thu, 09 Jun 2011 17:59:27 +0000 http://saynotostigma.com/?p=1267#comment-692 Advancing the results of one clinical trial with a total depressed sample of 31 is mind-bogglingly inappropriate. This study represents an initial finding that requires replication, let alone critical analysis of the initial study itself, before any responsible health care provider considers it anything more than a fluke. Advancing the results of one clinical trial with a total depressed sample of 31 is mind-bogglingly inappropriate. This study represents an initial finding that requires replication, let alone critical analysis of the initial study itself, before any responsible health care provider considers it anything more than a fluke.

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