tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423483613129126051.post1034293834523562175..comments2023-10-19T09:57:32.592-07:00Comments on Sing your own lullaby: Psychiatry todayMariana Sofferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13351209522681966230noreply@blogger.comBlogger108125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423483613129126051.post-61070165912507632482012-01-20T11:30:08.563-08:002012-01-20T11:30:08.563-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423483613129126051.post-504019687888338332010-03-05T14:25:49.679-08:002010-03-05T14:25:49.679-08:00jinsky: Welcome to my blog, thank you very much fo...jinsky: Welcome to my blog, thank you very much for your precise appreciation of the post. I think that what you say applies for practically all the areas, not just what I talk about here. It is a wise way of dealing with everything.<br /><br />Yeah perception, but maybe putting things in practice is fundamental also.<br />I saw you have a very interesting blog, an interesting profile indeed, I will check it out with more detail soon, anyway thanks indeed.Mariana Sofferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13351209522681966230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423483613129126051.post-45747848712165420172010-03-05T14:19:10.734-08:002010-03-05T14:19:10.734-08:00cerdotopia:
Muchisimas gracias por tu larga reflex...cerdotopia:<br />Muchisimas gracias por tu larga reflexion, tratare de contestar pero disculpa si no estoy muy lucida acabo de programar 8 hs seguidas.<br />a)Bueno creo que algo analogo sucede con la medicina en muchos casos.<br />b)Interesante lo que decis sobre TEC, yo no recuerdo bien como funciona este metodo, pero es cierto que lo importante siempre es que el beneficio que trae el procedimiento sea mayor que los problemas que produce el mismo. Igual no estoy segura de que los antidepresivos per-se mantenga la plasticidad, quizas eso sea efecto secundario de salir del estado depresivo. Los antidepresivos no creo generen dendritas, por lo menos no promueven eso especialmente, si liberan quimicos en el cerebro que permiten "aceitar" la communicacion entre las neuronas.<br />c) Totalmente de acuerdo que es util, el tema es como y cuando se aplica.<br />d)Por cierto se dice que las companias farmacologicas ponen dinero para que se agreguen o saquen patologias del dsm.<br />e)Me imagino de que se trata la hipotesis aunque no estoy segura, creo que debe estar relacionada con la idea de que con tan solo cumplir las condiciones higienicas (ej: promover el deporte y la socializacion)basicas de la poblacion seria mucho mas effectivo para mejorar el promedio de la salud mental, que invertir ese dinero en el uso del remedio (en este caso las tecnicas psiquiatricas).<br />Muchas gracias y porfa dime si no te queda algo claro o hay alguna explicacion que te interesaria entender mejor, ya que cuando tenga mas tiempo lo miro bien y te lo explico.<br />MMariana Sofferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13351209522681966230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423483613129126051.post-81597002877646848742010-03-05T06:19:00.157-08:002010-03-05T06:19:00.157-08:00provide better solutions for issues and problems b...provide better solutions for issues and problems by starting from a less rigid frame from where to observe things<br /><br />This struck me as the most salient point amongst all the verbiage...<br />Perception is the key.Jinksyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01686101468214361004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423483613129126051.post-75940021282744949402010-03-04T07:05:08.289-08:002010-03-04T07:05:08.289-08:00topicos:
a). los tratamientos otorgados por la psi...topicos:<br />a). los tratamientos otorgados por la psiquiatria fueron desproporcionados en sus comienzos, lo cual es comprensible. incluso hoy, fuera de los criterios diagnosticos, no es posible determinar bien qué neurotransmisor es el "deficiente" en cada patologia, aunque si se conoce, existen variaciones. en la depresion, por ejemplo, sube o baja la recaptacion de serotonina, dopamina. cual tratar, potenciar?, es complejo determinar, y que no existe un examen que indique con exactitud el mecanismo, por lo que la farmacologia se convierte en un arte o en una suerte de azar.<br /><br />debemos considerar que -ademas- no todos los organismos responden de la misma forma a los farmacos. Y cuando lo hacen, presentan efectos secundarios: no se ha encontrado el farmaco que actue sobre los receptores especificos. es decir, inhibe los que corresponde y otros que no, de ahi los efectos secundarios.<br /><br />b). respecto al TEC terapia electro convulsiva, ha sido criticada desde sus origenes, pero se utiliza en casos especiales. Aplicada de forma correcta, no produce una considerable perdida de memoria; su funcion es alcanzar el umbral de disparo que tienen las neuronas para generar las sinapsis y de esa forma re-establecer. es una forma de resetear el cerebro. ahora bien, lo que se consigue -al igual que con los antidepresivos- es lograr mantener la plasticidad neuronal, al generar dendritas (no tengo la fuente clara).<br /><br />se cuida si que la convulsion sea proporcional a lo que se necesita. estos tratamientos son suspendidos en caso de que la convulsion en el paciente es superior a la esperada.<br /><br />c). respecto a big pharma, existe un articulo en el newsweek respecto a la discusion de la efectividad de los antidepresivos frente al placebo. si bien el estudio parece consistente, lo que no se ha analizado con cuidado es el diagnostico de los grupos a comparar. de ahi que se sospecha de muchos intereses de las farmaceuticas.<br /><br />en mi opinion, el antidepresivo es util. lo que no se realiza bien es el diagnostico.<br /><br />d). y la psiquiatria esta en caos con la publicacion del dsm-V: con el hecho de aumentar criterios, disminuir patologias, aumentar patologias. quizas, es lo que esgrimen los propios psiquiatras, una necesidad de pepetuar la venta de farmacos a patologias que no lo son.<br /><br />e). y una teoria que enfrenta a la psiquiatria respecto a la etiologia de las enfermedades mentales en the hygiene hypothesis. interesante, pero no tengo todos los datos.<br /><br />saludosAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423483613129126051.post-210912709963302672010-03-03T15:33:58.247-08:002010-03-03T15:33:58.247-08:00Thanks for sharing what you think of this, it is v...Thanks for sharing what you think of this, it is very interesting what you say to me cause I follow what you write in your blog and feel pretty connected to it, I also admire you as an artist. I suffered for severe depression myself I am kind of recovered dough nowadays. Therefore when you say who you talk to in your work might partly explain why I feel connected to it and think I understand it beyond the explicit mining of the words.Mariana Sofferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13351209522681966230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423483613129126051.post-49875529735954125412010-03-02T21:52:00.984-08:002010-03-02T21:52:00.984-08:00I have a pretty dim view of psychiatry (and medici...I have a pretty dim view of psychiatry (and medicine) these days, especially with regard to the influence of the 'Big Pharma' companies.<br /><br />A more holistic approach is the way to go, I agree. It can be tough, though, when people have major physical as well as psychological issues.<br /><br />For example, some people cannot exercise due to injury or illness, or may find it very difficult. Some people are very restricted in the kind of diet they can have. A lot of people find meditation very difficult, or decide that it's "not for them". <br /><br />In my work I mainly talk to people who suffer from depression, and I'm used to hearing about these sorts of situations. I think in some cases medication may be the best option available. Ideally it should be combined with therapy/counselling, but that doesn't work for everyone either - some people simply aren't able and/or prepared to talk about their problems.Stuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17856424693319815534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423483613129126051.post-23663724712081727352010-03-01T13:32:01.400-08:002010-03-01T13:32:01.400-08:00Hmm, I'm looking at Franco Moretti on the web ...Hmm, I'm looking at Franco Moretti on the web and although there are pieces by and about him there are no examples of graphs and charts that I can find. I think he will have to wait. Reading his articles he seem to be mapping literature against geography, saying it is a new way to analyse the vast body of world literature. I don't really know if he is saying anything new but I haven't seen much of his work.Jnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423483613129126051.post-50528680906846586852010-03-01T11:50:03.791-08:002010-03-01T11:50:03.791-08:00J:
Sorry I spiked your last comment, did not notic...J:<br />Sorry I spiked your last comment, did not noticed, Actually I did but some time ago, so I do not have it fresh in mind mind, but I remember that I found it pretty cool.<br />By the way another person I might suggest for visualizations, specially in computational linguistics: Franco moretti.<br />Enjoy!Mariana Sofferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13351209522681966230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423483613129126051.post-60457205004295269382010-02-28T02:09:19.692-08:002010-02-28T02:09:19.692-08:00Excue me, I had not notice your following comment ...Excue me, I had not notice your following comment was created while I reply last to you. It is great that you already read what I recomended and liked it a lot, but for example I would not advice you to read Immortality, it was quite boring for me, but maybe I did not get it. You never know.Mariana Sofferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13351209522681966230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423483613129126051.post-67634270737313577902010-02-28T02:06:43.073-08:002010-02-28T02:06:43.073-08:00theperceptionpoint:
He is a ver good writter who h...theperceptionpoint:<br />He is a ver good writter who has marvelous books but also some that I consider so so, I recomend you to choose carefully before pipcking one, the most famous one might be a good start it is called "The Unbearable Lightness of Being".Mariana Sofferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13351209522681966230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423483613129126051.post-2289008562828651942010-02-28T01:54:31.963-08:002010-02-28T01:54:31.963-08:00Heyy Mariana
7 days ago, I gulped down the prescr...Heyy Mariana<br /><br />7 days ago, I gulped down the prescription for the viral fever I thought I was suffering from.<br /><br />The entire following night, I was on sort of a psychedelic trip. Images of light knitting patterns on my white wall, my bed creeping, slanting, almost floating in air were felt throughout.<br /><br />A friend who did the same, felt the same.<br /><br />Yesterday I found out it had been typhoid all the time ..<br /><br />Thought, you might be interested :)adityahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16078144194220301083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423483613129126051.post-29710294044078910392010-02-28T01:28:33.854-08:002010-02-28T01:28:33.854-08:00Hello again, sorry I have read him- Unbearable Lig...Hello again, sorry I have read him- Unbearable Lightness of Being- the only book I've read by him, its fantastic (I thought the name was familiar but did not recognize it at first).<br /><br />cheersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423483613129126051.post-41848971106257721832010-02-28T01:25:05.134-08:002010-02-28T01:25:05.134-08:00You know, I have never read Kundera, but I will no...You know, I have never read Kundera, but I will now. Thank you for the beautiful quote.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423483613129126051.post-72780100997612092872010-02-27T03:50:36.695-08:002010-02-27T03:50:36.695-08:00J:
I did that too, I think it opens an interesting...J:<br />I did that too, I think it opens an interesting new dimension to things.<br /><br />I did check the dance is great, I checked all that I sent you so far, I am really entusiatic about visualizations.<br />And of course I am really glad you liked it.Mariana Sofferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13351209522681966230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423483613129126051.post-2160374364559138432010-02-26T13:36:27.556-08:002010-02-26T13:36:27.556-08:00I dig the artinfo, and note the difference on the ...I dig the artinfo, and note the difference on the fleshlight maps- touch/touched/male/female.<br /><br />Did you check out the protein synthesis dance?Jnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423483613129126051.post-71739230247178701422010-02-26T11:26:11.730-08:002010-02-26T11:26:11.730-08:00Shadow:
Me too I think we have much more options n...Shadow:<br />Me too I think we have much more options nowadays than we did before, we are able to chose at least, it depends more on our own approach.<br />Thanks for being here dear poet!Mariana Sofferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13351209522681966230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423483613129126051.post-66864976850057434472010-02-26T11:23:24.754-08:002010-02-26T11:23:24.754-08:00Uncle Tree:
It is true, what a coincidence that yo...Uncle Tree:<br />It is true, what a coincidence that your amazing poem is related to kundera saying. Particularly when you say : "Gazing upon the looking glass", which causes me the same sensation the saying does.<br /><br />What you say about emptying the mind I find to be pretty much related to Buddhist meditation techniques. I think also that turning off the higher layer of the brain, the cognitive part, might help us to be more connected with our lower and more fundamental ones. Besides like you say we let our bodies run on their own, because the ANS (autonomous nervous system) takes care of it (breath, heartbeat, ..)<br /><br />I love you very much my uncle<br />Which you the best.Mariana Sofferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13351209522681966230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423483613129126051.post-2965153988924111662010-02-26T11:09:31.218-08:002010-02-26T11:09:31.218-08:00J:
here are some of them, hope you like this:
htt...J:<br />here are some of them, hope you like this:<br />http://vis.cs.ucdavis.edu/~ogawa/codeswarm/<br />http://www.fleshmap.com/index.html<br />http://textarc.org/Alice.html<br />http://infosthetics.com/<br />http://page.mi.fu-berlin.de/polthier/Events/vismath02/vgp/nick/Noid/NoidApplet.html<br />Some more which are animated but not specially for visualizing particular things:<br />http://www.stashmedia.tv/<br />http://www.thescienceofcreativity.com/<br />http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2008/elasticmind/ <br />and<br />number27.org, from here check the projects like phytolaxis, we feel fine, the wale hunt and universe<br /><br />Enjoy and please let me know what you think!Mariana Sofferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13351209522681966230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423483613129126051.post-27348801298220662592010-02-26T10:59:25.619-08:002010-02-26T10:59:25.619-08:00Yeah send those links.Yeah send those links.Jnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423483613129126051.post-81547419714735187322010-02-26T05:15:00.530-08:002010-02-26T05:15:00.530-08:00i'm mighty glad psychiatry has changed over th...i'm mighty glad psychiatry has changed over the years...Shadowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05999801833389058410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423483613129126051.post-79385548428007870022010-02-26T03:17:30.132-08:002010-02-26T03:17:30.132-08:00I love what Kundera said about purposeless meander...I love what Kundera said about purposeless meandering. This so fits in with "A Leprechaun's Gaze", which I have posted once again. <br /><br />We tend to label everything, and mindless wanderer's are sometimes seen as lazy. Someone else might say that what Rainbow Eyes does is good for everyone, and there are excellent reasons for him to do so. Emptying the mind is a therapeutic response to too much information. He is doing nothing, but then again, his body runs on it's own.<br /><br />Love ya, sweet niece!<br />Take care, UTUncle Treehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08469693535302107288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423483613129126051.post-50783763383261188462010-02-24T14:44:16.102-08:002010-02-24T14:44:16.102-08:00theperceptionpoint:
It is true that you are the be...theperceptionpoint:<br />It is true that you are the best doctor for your own self. If you learn to listen carefully and pay attention, even dough with medical assistance things work much better, I think also that learning from our feelings and intuitions is fundamental for our own wellbeing. Here is something Kundera wrote regarding your beautifull last sentence: -Why has the pleasure of slowness disappeared? Ah, where have they gone, the amblers of yesteryear? Where have they gone, those loafing heroes of folk song, those vagabonds who roam from one mill to another and bed down under the stars? Have they vanished along with footpaths, with grasslands and clearings, with nature? There is a Czech proverb that describes their easy indolence by a metaphor: 'they are gazing at God's windows.' A person gazing at God's windows is not bored; he is happy. In our world, indolence has turned into having nothing to do, which is a completely different thing: a person with nothing to do is frustrated, bored, is constantly searching for an activity he lacks.Mariana Sofferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13351209522681966230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423483613129126051.post-8904137296859959772010-02-24T14:38:37.177-08:002010-02-24T14:38:37.177-08:00Poetgrin: I think the same, medicine is just one t...Poetgrin: I think the same, medicine is just one tool we have to solve things, but if should not be taken as the only one, cause in that way we leave out a large range of great tools that might work even better in many cases than it.<br />Thanks for sharingMariana Sofferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13351209522681966230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423483613129126051.post-17574650522974823252010-02-24T14:36:27.553-08:002010-02-24T14:36:27.553-08:00J:
I find your comments very interesting, sorry fo...J:<br />I find your comments very interesting, sorry for the late reply. But as you where talking about in the last one about the cyberlife it got too intense at a point for me cause I got involved in many social networks, blogs, collaborations, etc, so I guess I reached my limit, and I need to slow down or I will be living in the clouds endlessly. Regarding your comment about placebos and Hipnosis, I am not sure they are similar, I think they act in very different ways, even dough the last one can act as a placebo as well. And regarding informationisbeautifull, I must tell you that I am a fan of it, I love visualization and indeed my work involves creating some new things, they are amazing, I have a bunch of links I think you might find interesting, which I can send them to you one of these days.<br />As always thanks very much for commenting.Mariana Sofferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13351209522681966230noreply@blogger.com