The Doctor Who Thwarted the Charge of the General Medical Council- Part 2
By SAURABH JHA
Saurabh Jha
This is the second part of Dr. Jha’s conversation with Dr. Jonathan Cusack, who was the former supervisor and mentor of Dr. Bawa-Garba, a pediatrician convicted of manslaughter of fetal sepsis in Jack Adcock. Read the first part of this series here.
Dr. Jonathan Cusack versus the General Medical Council
I spoke with Dr. Jonathan Cusack, consultant neonatologist at Leicester Royal Infirmary (LRI), and former supervisor and mentor of Dr. Bawa-Garba, the trainee pediatrician convicted of manslaughter for delayed diagnosis of fatal sepsis in Jack Adcock, a six-year-old boy with Do...
Source: The Health Care Blog - August 12, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: at RogueRad Tags: NHS #BawaGarba @roguerad Source Type: blogs
OCD and Showering
When my son Dan was in the throes of severe obsessive-compulsive disorder in 2008, he would sit in his “safe chair” for eight hours at a time. He was literally “stuck.” While I didn’t realize it at the time, getting stuck, or more accurately, becoming a slave to OCD’s demands, is part of what severe OCD is all about. Never-ending compulsions take over your life as you try to achieve certainty that all is well.
I’ve always found it particularly heartbreaking when OCD latches on to our most basic needs such as loving relationships, eating, and physically caring for ourselves. One of the more common compulsions ...
Source: World of Psychology - July 31, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Janet Singer Tags: Caregivers Children and Teens OCD Parenting Personal Source Type: blogs
Immigration Politics and the Perception of Chaos
A compelling explanation for why the American immigration system is more restrictive than other developed countries is that voters here do not feel that they have control over the border. Pictures, videos, and the widespread perception that there is chaos on the border caused by illegal immigrants, despitefacts to the contrary, have the effect of convincing American voters to be less liberal on the issue than they otherwise would be. A recent paper by political scientists Allison Harell, Stuart Soroka, and Shanto Iyengar in the journalPolitical Psychologytests this “locus of control” argument by comparing immigra...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - July 25, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: Alex Nowrasteh Source Type: blogs
What Profit Is There To Be Found In One Pediatrician's Two Decades Of Wandering - And A Hospital's Downfall?
I ' ve not blogged in a very long time. But it does seems to be TIME to pick the pen back up.Twenty years ago, executives running my hometown hospital (Randolph Hospital in Asheboro, North Carolina) fired me just two weeks after I answered the call of a terrified charge nurse and intervened in a " bad-baby " case being managed by a Cone-Healthcare-employed Family Practitioner. After I stabilized the baby and shipped her to North Carolina Baptist/Brenner Children ' s Hospital, the doctor I " rescued " trashed me to the baby ' s parents - falsely alleging that I had somehow caused her harm - when, in fact, by ALL...
Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls - July 17, 2018 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Doctors are conditioned to deny
13 years ago a colleague of mine did a labiaplasty on my 18-year-old daughter for medical reasons. What was supposed to be routine has become a nightmare for her. Not only did he remove all of her labia minora, but he also denervated her clitoris. When he saw her post-op, he told her she was fine, maybe a little “atrophied.” Because of this obfuscation, years went by before she really understood how damaged she was. By then, the statute of limitations had lapsed and she had no recourse.
Still seeking closure on this disaster, my daughter recently went to one of his peers who confirmed the extent of her injury and ...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - July 13, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/anonymous" rel="tag" > Anonymous < /a > Tags: Conditions Malpractice OB/GYN Source Type: blogs
California Judge Overturns California Medical Aid-in-Dying Law
A California judge granted a motion
by opponents of the California End of Life Option Act to
overturn the law because he said the legislature violated the state
constitution by passing it during a special session limited to health care
issues. (HT: C&C)
Riverside County Superior Court Judge Daniel A. Ottolia gave the state attorney
general five days to file an emergency appeal of the ruling in the case, Ahn
vs. Hestrin — Case
RIC1607135, before it will take effect.
Unless the appeals court suspends
the ruling, it will prevent mentally capable, terminally ill adults with six
months or...
Source: blog.bioethics.net - May 15, 2018 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
Doctors, don ’t be scared. Here’s why.
It was a twilight summer game, and I was parked as usual in right field among the weeds and snake holes. There was no outfield fence, so muffed balls could roll forever. Not gifted with athletic skills, I also had a secret problem. I was blind as an especially myopic mole rat and couldn’t even see the second baseman. This would be discovered five years later. I knew one thing with certainty every game. Eventually, a ball would be hit my way, and I would miss it. I would then have to chase it for about a century and bring it back to the howls and snarls of my pack after the other team scored precisely 94 runs. I exper...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - April 29, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/scott-younkin" rel="tag" > Scott Younkin, MD < /a > Tags: Physician Hospital-Based Medicine Surgery Source Type: blogs
OCD and the Tortures of Scrupulosity
Catholicism, OCD, and puberty often make a disturbing mix. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) can lead to a pathological degree of moral fastidiousness, or scrupulosity, often based on the fear of committing a mortal sin. At the same time, the developmental stage known as puberty unleashes a storm of biological turmoil at odds with the concept of self-restraint.
Stricken with the curse of OCD as a teenager, I also suffered from scrupulosity; in my case, it took the form of primitive self-control. Reared as a Catholic, I was taught to understand that it was a sin to enjoy impure thoughts; however, my rebellious body had se...
Source: World of Psychology - April 28, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: John DiPrete Tags: Men's Issues OCD Perfectionism Personal Spirituality chronic shame Masturbation Obsessions Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Rituals Scrupulosity Scrupulosity OCD sexual development Source Type: blogs
Is Your Toddler Struggling with Anxiety? What You Need to Know
Anxiety issues can start early. Very early. In fact, you can spot the signs in toddlers. Which is important because contrary to what many people believe, anxiety struggles don’t dissipate with age. Kids don’t grow out of their anxiety.
Instead, their anxiety simply morphs into other behaviors. According to Janine Halloran, a licensed mental health counselor who specializes in kids and teens, separation anxiety may turn into refusal to go to school.
Kids also start coping with their anxiety in unhelpful, unhealthy ways. For instance, they might develop specific rituals when getting out the door for school, said Katie Hu...
Source: World of Psychology - April 14, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: Anxiety and Panic Children and Teens Disorders General Parenting Self-Help Anxious Children Avoidance Separation Anxiety Toddlers Worry Source Type: blogs
What Role Does a Difficult Past Play in Your Life Now?
For many individuals, the past is not past but remains an ever-present influence in their present life. Even though the physical effects of past events often demand more attention, the psychological legacy may be much more difficult to move on from. If past events are processed as experiences to learn from and grow as a person, pain and upset can be transformed into greater wisdom and strength. However, if not resolved, past challenges keep us hooked into the emotional charge of the time.
Loss and Grief
Traumatic events often involve losses like ill health, reduced mobility, lost opportunities, dashed hopes, the loss of t...
Source: World of Psychology - April 12, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Christiana Star Tags: Addiction Aging Grief and Loss Happiness Motivation and Inspiration Perfectionism Recovery Self-Help Success & Achievement acceptance Bereavement Blame Forgiveness Gratitude grieving Optimism Pessimism Present Moment re Source Type: blogs
Helicopter Parenting: Encourage Your Child ’ s Free-Range Freedom Instead
Walking down to the corner store or to school. Playing in the park or over at a neighbor’s house. Endlessly bicycling for miles from friend’s house to friend’s house down development states and main roads.
These are all things I did as a child when I was young. Neither I nor my parents ever thought twice about the amount of freedom children were given in the 1970s, 1980s, and even into the 1990s.
But somewhere after that time, parenting styles changed. And not for the better. Today, free range parenting is butting heads with helicopter parenting. Finally, common sense seems to be winning out over fear and...
Source: World of Psychology - April 10, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: John M. Grohol, Psy.D. Tags: Brain and Behavior Children and Teens General Mental Health and Wellness Parenting Psychology Research anxiety Authoritarian Parenting Autonomy children freedom Confidence Decision Making free range parenting free-range helic Source Type: blogs
IBM ’s Video Censoring Patent Calls For Black Mirror
IBM’s new patent application about a real-time video censoring system was published end of March, and the thought of coming closer to a Black Mirror-like world lingers in the air. Would it be a useful tool for protecting copy-right content or a scary sci-fi vision coming true where parents withhold disturbing parts of reality from their children?
What is scarier: science fiction imitating reality or reality mimicking sci-fi?
Netflix’s sci-fi series, Black Mirror, shows with cutting-edge accuracy the darkest corners where technology can lead humanity. The producers stretch situations to the very extreme and display how...
Source: The Medical Futurist - April 4, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine augmented reality black mirror censoring IBM sci-fi science fiction video censoring virtual reality VR Source Type: blogs
A Brief Guide to Imagery Rehearsal Therapy (IRT) for Nightmare Disorders for Clinicians and Patients
In 2010, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine published the first summary guidelines on how to effectively treat nightmare disorder (Aurora et al., 2010). Based on a comprehensive review of the literature, the two top interventions were psychological and pharmacological. They are Imagery Rehearsal Therapy (IRT) and venlafaxine or Prazosin. The data show the two interventions as comparable in efficacy and, therefore, a trial of the psychological intervention — before medications — is usually recommended. The context and nature of the nightmares, of course, are central to how best to use this approach and, thus...
Source: World of Psychology - March 18, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Francis Abueg, Ph.D., BCETS Tags: Creativity Dreams Health-related PTSD Research Sleep Trauma Treatment blue light Dreaming Imagery Rehearsal Therapy lucid dreaming Night Terrors nightmare disorder Nightmares Sleep Disorder Source Type: blogs
Three Ways to Manage Your Next Anxiety Attack
What is an anxiety attack, anyway?
Anxiety attacks are unpleasant, unsettling, and an event most of us will likely experience to some degree at one point or another. While we all have different tolerances for anxiety, stress, and what triggers these feelings, our human “Fight or Flight” programming is universal. An anxiety attack (also sometimes called a panic attack) is essentially the body’s neurological system preparing to respond to a stressor, real or perceived.
When a person walking down the sidewalk suddenly startles at a bent stick on the ground that at first glance looks like a large snake, it is because th...
Source: World of Psychology - March 11, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Julie K. Jones, Ph.D., LPC Tags: Anxiety and Panic Self-Esteem Stress Anxious Thoughts Body Language Calm Coping Skills fight or flight Nonverbal communication Panic Attack Resilience stress reduction Sympathetic Nervous System Worry Source Type: blogs
I Treated the Columbine Kids. I Have Not Spoken Out Before.
By NIRAN AL-AGBA, MD
A National School Walkout Day is planned for March 14, 2018 at 10 a.m. and will last 17 minutes in honor of the 17 students and staff members killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on Valentine’s Day. The heart of the nation has seemed to shift overnight regarding the debate on guns, but this change has been almost two decades in the making. United and Delta Airlines pulled their support for the NRA, Dicks’ Sporting Goods will not sell assault-style weapons, and Walmart plans to raise the minimum age to purchase a gun to 21 years old.
I am a pediatrician. I treated the...
Source: The Health Care Blog - March 10, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: John Irvine Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
