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Actually most people in prison are there for drug crimes.

      I was under the understanding that most people in prison were completely innocent.

      You can look up the statistics for yourself, yes? That's the joy of the internet era and things like google. 70 to 80 percent of prison populations have anti social personality disorder. That's an established fact. Now you can argue all you want, but it won't change the facts, yes?

Apply to which ever side you're on.
Voyeurism

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyeurism

Antisocial Personality Disorder
Conduct Disorder

http://www.psychnet-uk.com/clinical_psychology/cri teria_personality_antisocial.htm

http://www.mentalhealth.com/dis1/p21-ch02.html

Patients Often Deny That They Have Mental Illness
(You poor, sick bastard)
Diagnose Yourself !!!!

http://www.mytherapy.com/features/

This refers to an antisocial personality disorder. This doesn't mean introversion, but someone who has no morals, remorse for wrongdoing or any capability of foresight. People with an APD are the stereotypical criminal masterminds or street-smart con-men. They are often charming at first, but their only motivation is their own desires. They can be fantastic at acting, pretending to be sorry, but see society as nothing more than a game to win, at any cost.

Diagnostic Criteria in the US

But yeah, this legislation is a bunch of crap.

Yeah the disease may be mental because drugs for schizophrenic patients alleviate it. But Morgellons seem to be on the uprise. Maybe people are not being infected with skin parasites, but instead are being tainted with somethin that makes them think they have skin parasites. Possibly people are being infected by some parasite that infects/affects their brain. There are numerous examples where some parasite that infects say an insect or mouse alters the behavior of the animal so that it is easy for a predator to catch it, eat it, and become infected.

ack! Don't mod the parent +1 Informative -- That would be wrong -- Mod him -1 Mind Virus.

It's Seasonal Affective Disorder. NOT Attitude. Affective!

http://www.sada.org.uk/
http://www.outsidein.co.uk/sadinfo.htm
http://www.mentalhealth.com/book/p40-sad.html
http://www.nosad.org/
http://www.ncpamd.com/seasonal.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasonal_affective_di sorder

-1: Please remember to take your Perphenazine .

If you forget again, the nice men in lab coats will help you find a safe place where you can think about Linux.

The results of the studies corroborate those of previous driving simulator and closed-course tests by indicating that THC in inhaled doses up to 300 g/kg has significant, yet not dramatic, dose-related impairing effects on driving performance (cf. Smiley, 1986). Standard deviation of lateral position in the road-tracking test was the most sensitive measure for revealing THC's adverse effects.

"Gollum displays pervasive maladaptive behaviour that has been present since childhood ... His odd interests and spiteful behaviour have led to difficulty in forming friendships ..."

Wow, that sounds a lot like me, and nearly everyone else who reads Slashdot, I'd bet. He is ultimately diagnosed as schizoid. Raise your hand if you can honestly say you don't exhibit at least 3 of those symptoms.

Damn! I was wondering why I always get headaches when I mistakingly drink Diet Coke.

I assume you're joking. Aspartaam, like most neurotoxins, and like most anti-depressant medicine (such as citalopram, work very slowly. It takes weeks to take hold. It took me six months after stopping with Diet Coke to get back to normal.

antabuse. Now all we need is the equivalent of naloxone for when you forget to use lockout, and end up slashdotting so much it makes you dizzy.

For those whose minds won't stop racing about, doctors will frequently prescribe a hypnotic drug. I find that zopiclone (trade name: Imovane) settles my mind down and lets me sleep quite well. Previous attempts at using tranquilisers just made me more hyperactive. As a bonus, the only side effect of occasional use is a bitter taste on the tongue in the morning. No morning drowsiness!!

Secondly, I have had a few bad experiences with psychosis (be it schitzophrenia, diagnosed or undiagnosed, I don't know) and I know that, though meds are not the be-all and end-all of psychology, they are the catalyst for getting those that have slipped particularly far down the way back on a plane level enough for psychoanalytical methods to be effective (as others have said, you cannot talk people with these afflictions into not believing what they do no matter how good a psychologist you are)

My uncle and father suffered from psychosis, my uncle a diagnosed schizophrenic and my father a suspected (yet undiagnosed) one, both very violent, though this was probably nothing to do with any condition, rather a symptom of their own childhood (details I won't go into). I myself suffer from symptoms of Schizotypal Personality Disorder and I took a psychology course at college to discover more about my suspected condition.

To anyone in a situation where a loved one is diagnosed with a mental illness, or you suspect you may have symptoms of one yourself, that is probably the best thing you can do - if you go to doctors and ask them for their view they could be overly positive, and the media tends to overhype these things and present them in entirely the wrong way - just go out and research everything you can and try to get everything presented to you in an objective way - a course such as the one I took is the perfect example as you get objectivity along with the ability to ask questions of the information you are given.

I learned a lot and am a lot happier with myself now I know what could be going on inside me, and I've emerged from a period of my life where I needed a lot of help and am now coping fine, and my dad, with treatment, was well on the way to that before he unfortunately died of cancer five years ago.

Just research, research, research if you're in this situation - if you're like me, you'll find it reassuring that you know you're not being kept in the dark about anything - remember, knowledge is a powerful tool, both for reassurance within yourself and for helping those that need it.

Your description of script kiddies sounds a lot like antisocial personality disorder

More info on the one I have is here,

Also, I have found that moving from London to Sydney has helped....no need for a dawn simulator here!!

Yes, we *are* talking about giving children speed, and it is by no means an unjustified decision. It has long been suspected that ADHD symptoms are the result of defects in dopaminergic pathways, most likely reduced levels of dopamine production. Dopamine is a very important neurotransmitter, you can Google for yourself if you want more details. Ritalin (methylphenidate) acts by blocking dopamine reuptake, effectively increasing its concentration in the brain tissues.

Considering that deficiencies in dopamine levels are also strongly associated with Parkinson's Disease, would you want your child, if positively diagnosed with a rather severe case of ADHD to grow up not having had at least the opportunity to feel the difference the medication could make (I know they're unrelated, but the mention of Parkinson's makes for good drama)?

Click here. I found that page to be both informative and amusing, because I wasn't able to finish reading that first paragraph. Really. I was diagnosed in my late twenties after a lifetime of debilitating "memory problems" that effectively killed a career in molecular biology labwork that I started when I was fourteen, and now...

...now I look back and really wish my parents had at least considered treatments, because I am on ritalin now and am suddenly finding myself able to do the things I had always wanted to do. I can keep tabs on multiple sets of data, I can perform multiple tasks independently, I can remember to turn the burners off when I'm done, only now I'm fucking fifteen years behind and extremely saddened by the fact that I had not had this opportunity earlier.

Please understand. It's not haphazard prescription of amphetamines for the purposes of taming children, it's giving children a chance to function in ways that benefit them.

Speaking as someone who suffers from minor Seasonal Affective Disorder, I have to wonder what the value would be, outside of saving power, in lighting an entire room or home with LEDs.

The material I've read on SAD, and my own direct experience, have shown me that both broad-spectrum (approximating daylight) and high intensity (again, approximating daylight) are important in combating the condition. We live far enough north (Puget Sound region) where the short days and extended periods of cloud cover during the winter do indeed have a noticeable affect on my moods.

Considering that I grew up in California, which averages 328 sunny days per year, this came as no great surprise.

What I ended up doing for our home was installing full-spectrum flourescent tubes in the flourescent fixtures, and bright halogens in my work area. Both have done wonders for my mood in the winter months.

Unless someone has come up with a full-spectrum LED, I don't think this kind of lighting is going to see wide adoption outside of perpetually sun-drenched areas, and then only as a "Gee Whiz" item because of the high cost.

He doesn't seem to realize or care that what he's doing is wrong.

No, of course not. Someone like Ralsky is most likely a sociopath (Antisocial Personality Disorder). He can't grasp the concept of responsibility for his actions.

Best to throw him in a dungeon and never let him out again, IMNSHO...

APD is about social avoidance and shyness, it has nothing whatsoever to do with procrastination or productivity. Check out the ICD description here

As a schizoid, I have to agree that online socializing is just as real as offline socializing. They both suck. You'll never find me playing EQ.

My point got across....my spelling isn't perfect.

My apologies go out to all the english majors who find my last post offensive.

Blame it on the Ritalin.

Remove blade, perform seppuku.

Second, I can not recall a specific name for this condition. I shall try and explain what happens the best I can. The right side of my brain, usually associated with artistic thought, dominantly handles my sences. Basically, I sence things like I am left handed. I am not left handed however, the left side of my brain is the dominant controler of my moter skills making me right handed. This causes problems because I do not sence things the same way most people do, I may find some obsure meaning from a situation where just about everyone else picks up on the logical meaning right away. On the other side of the coin, when I try to express myself, I have trouble expressing the parts of my ideas that "paint the picture." For the record now, up until this point I have been writing for about 25 minutes. As stated in the previous post, I can overcome some of this by concentrating harder. But, it has a tendancy to burn me out quicker mentally.

In addition, although not disabilities, I have Dysthymic Disorder [basically long term (~10 years) mild depression] and Avoidant Personality Disorder (I do not like being with groups of people, but am not hostile towards them.) These are my souvenirs from America's wonderful public educational system.

Thanks for taking an interest.

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Second, I can not recall a specific name for this condition. I shall try and explain what happens the best I can. The right side of my brain, usually associated with artistic thought, dominantly handles my sences. Basically, I sence things like I am left handed. I am not left handed however, the left side of my brain is the dominant controler of my moter skills making me right handed. This causes problems because I do not sence things the same way most people do, I may find some obsure meaning from a situation where just about everyone else picks up on the logical meaning right away. On the other side of the coin, when I try to express myself, I have trouble expressing the parts of my ideas that "paint the picture." For the record now, up until this point I have been writing for about 25 minutes. As stated in the previous post, I can overcome some of this by concentrating harder. But, it has a tendancy to burn me out quicker mentally.

In addition, although not disabilities, I have Dysthymic Disorder [basically long term (~10 years) mild depression] and Avoidant Personality Disorder (I do not like being with groups of people, but am not hostile towards them.) These are my souvenirs from America's wonderful public educational system.

Thanks for taking an interest.

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When her bipolar husband got sick and couldn't work anymore, he wanted to move back to Greece. There is psychiatric treatment available there but what he got was clearly not competent.

I was able to help them out somewhat on suggesting medications to his doctor, and for a little while things got better.

The fellow got physically ill, I think it was heart trouble or something, and he went into the hospital. But at the same time he was sufferring from life-threatening heart problems he was manic.

They figured he was just crazy and didn't take his physical ailment particularly seriously so they just sent him home after a day or so.

He had a heart attack and died three days later.

This man was a diplomat for Christ's sake. He used to hold a position of significant importance to his nation's and Europe's well being.

But because he was manic the folks in Greece just let him die.

Think about that the next time you shy away from a homelessly mentally ill person. For the homeless mentally ill, generally they don't want your spare change - they want maybe just a flash of eye contact, a nod of the head. They want validation of their own existence as a member of human society - and I know very well from quite painful personal experience that that is the hardest barrier to overcome.

I've taken the homeless out to lunch in restaurants a few times. Had coffee with a schizophrenic woman who had trouble seeing me because the hallucinations got in her way and she had to keep brushing them aside with her hands. She could hardly express a complete sentence (she spoke in "word salad") but honestly she was and still is a very kind and decent human being.

There's been a lot of advances in medicine for schizophrenics since we had coffee that time - the "atypical antipsychotics" such as the risperdal I take and the clozapine that enabled Lori Schiller to come out of her darkness.

They don't help everyone and yes they can screw you up (clozapine can kill you from agranulocytosis and requires frequent blood tests to prevent sudden death) but the next time I ran into this lady on the street in Santa Cruz a few years later we walked together for a few blocks and had a nice chat. She was on her way to meet her husband and had kids. Seemed like a very good wife and mother. She was studying the arts at Cabrillo College.

Something I really try to emphasize, my shrink took years emphasizing this to me against incredible resistance on my part, is that each of us who suffer has to take individual responsibility for our own lives.

Psychiatrists who recognize and teach that and put the power in the patient's hands do their job well.

But yes there are plenty of psychiatrists who don't and do their patients a disservice. How many programmer's do you know who write bad code? And how many of them are convinced that their bad code really is just fine? Same with shrinks. Gotta be choosy. Insist on quality service.

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Tilting at Windmills for a Better Tomorrow.

Michael D. Crawford

Fluoxetine (brand name Prozac) is not an antipsychotic. It is a selective serotonin uptake inhibitor (SSRI). It is commonly prescribed for three disorders: Depression, Obsessive-Compulsive disorder, and Bulimia Nervosa.

(the following is a quote from the drug monograph at: http://www.mentalhealth.com/drug/p30- p05.html)

The possibility of a suicide attempt is inherent in depression and may persist until significant remission occurs. Therefore, high risk patients should be closely supervised throughout therapy and consideration should be given to the possible need for hospitalization. In order to minimize the opportunity for overdosage, prescriptions for fluoxetine should be written for the smallest quantity of drug consistent with good patient management. . . .

Suicidal thoughts and acts are far more common among depressed patients than in the general population. It is estimated that suicide is 22 to 36 times more prevalent in depressed persons than in the general population. A comprehensive meta-analysis of pooled data from 17 double blind clinical trials in patients with major depressive disorder compared fluoxetine (n=1765) with a tricyclic antidepressant (n=731) or placebo (n=569), or both. The pooled incidence of emergence of substantial suicidal ideation was 1.2% for fluoxetine, 2.6% for placebo, and 3.6% for tricyclic antidepressants.

You may die from hitting your head with a brick. Since it is only a maybe, it is ok to do it. Not! I found no research that found smoking marijuana to be healthy to the general public, but I did find cases where it was unhealthy.

I do not have a problem with drug research about marijuana, but I do mind letting it be used for entertainment.

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I empathize with a lot of the stories I've read here over the past few days. Recently I discovered that social phobia, an unusually strong fear of embarrassment, was the cause of most of my social problems. I suspect that many other posters/readers share the same affliction. Here is one place you can read about it.