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Rerun: Happy 3rd birthday to the Health Business Blog
The Health Business Blog is on vacation this week and re-running some classic posts. This one is from March 2008, the third birthday of the Health Business Blog. —– The Health Business Blog is three years old, with close to 1700 posts and counting. For the first and second birthdays I picked out my favorite post by month, and I’m continuing that tradition today. March 2007: Eye-popping generic pricing disparities Retail prices for a 30 day supply of generic Zocor (simvastatin) ranged from $6.97 at Sam’s Club to $131.99 at Rite Aid. Can you imagine seeing price differentials like that for any other pro...
Source: Health Business Blog - August 20, 2013 Category: Health Managers Authors: dewe67 Tags: Announcements Blogs Source Type: blogs

Is the Government Getting in the Way of Treating Those With Severe Mental Illness?
So Twitter led me to Pete Earley's blog this morning, and that led me to The National Review for an article by E. Fuller Torrey and D. J. Jaffe -- see : After Newtown; The existing federal mental-health agency actually opposes efforts to treat mental illness. To quote part of the article (surf over there for the whole thing), and note that SAMHSA is the government's Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration: What is severe mental illness? According to the National Advisory Mental Health Council, in response to an inquiry from Congress, severe mental illness includes schizophrenia, ...
Source: Shrink Rap - August 16, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Dinah Source Type: blogs

Going to Battle with OCD is a ‘Colossal Struggle’
I was quiet in high school. Some may have described me as a loner, but I did have friends. I was awkward and scared that I would be judged harshly if I spoke my mind. Some things that gave me comfort during the first years of being diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) were comedy (The Late Show with David Letterman), literature (Kurt Vonnegut), and music (Pearl Jam). Society’s influence is at its worst during the teenage years. Sex and violence are pushed on teenagers through many different ways (music, TV, peers, et cetera). I probably was somewhat of a loner because of these influences — along with...
Source: World of Psychology - August 11, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Keith Fraser Tags: Brain and Behavior Children and Teens Disorders Family General Mental Health and Wellness OCD Personal Psychology Self-Esteem Alternate Realities Angles Brain Chemistry Country Competition David Letterman First Years Ignora Source Type: blogs

Schizotypal Disorder: Similar to Other Disorders, Yet Unique
Not to be confused with schizophrenia, nor schizoaffective disorder (with which it is often confused with simply due to its name), schizotypal personality disorder is in a league of its own. The biggest distinction in diagnosis, at least, is that schizotypal disorder is one of the personality disorders (along with borderline, obsessive-compulsive and several others, including a few mentioned below). Delusions and hallucinations are the hallmark of schizoaffective disorder, almost akin to schizophrenia. In schizotypal disorder, however, these two traits are not so extensive as they are with people with schizophrenia. ...
Source: World of Psychology - July 30, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Lisa A. Miles Tags: Brain and Behavior Disorders General Mental Health and Wellness Personality Psychology Borderline Personality Disorder Close Relationships Closer Look Delusions Disorder Definitions Eccentricities Eccentricity Everyday Behavior Source Type: blogs

The International OCD Foundation: Hoarding Center
Have you seen the television show The Hoarders? Many people who watch this show may feel that this is just a very few people who experience such things, and those people on that show are not exactly “normal.” Well, unfortunately, this is more normal than most people think. Hoarding is very closely related to obsessive compulsive disorder, and there are people who have rooms and buildings and storage sheds that are full of items of things that they may never see again (or know they even have to begin with). Thankfully, there are places that know about this kind of situation and are willing to help. The I...
Source: PsychSplash - July 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Psych Central Resource Editor Tags: Abnormal Anyone Articles Assessment Instruments Attachment Behaviour Management Books Clinical Tools Collaborative News Consumers e-learning Emotional Health Features File Sharing For Foundation Website General Psychology Source Type: blogs