Follow up (It's Finished)

John, you're not that old to have "have been involved with the Baylor
College of Medicine in clinical research for over 30 years, as well as
having experience in the clinical and pathology laboratory" on a scale
from "working in the field". If you are trying to claim you've "worked
in the field", you would've had to have started when you were...15? 16
years old if you started AT 30 years ago and depending on how you
arranged your birthday and start date to work. Granted, there ARE some
kids who don't work the typical fast food places for their first jobs,
but going straight into the medical field as a "clinical research
psychologist" at 16?

I'd have to ask you, John, in what capacity was your "experience"?
Tell the truth now. I'll be more than happy to pull up your health
records to see if you were being treated for drug abuse...or worse.

 

Again.. are you very sure ? Who is the "someone else" you refer to ?
Assuming... hmmm.. that I am the one you are "referring to".. would you
care to address the specific "lies" that have been posted regarding you or
anyone else ? Yep.. there's been quite a bit of "threatening" going on..
LOL.. Yahoo Messenger has got a pretty complete archive of this entire
episode.. Shall we consider what is inside that medium ? Treachery is a
double edged sword..

 

I'm glad you received them in the spirit in which they were offered.

Cool. In what capacity? Well, since you've got over 30 years going, it
probably makes more sense to ask "In what capacities"?

Actually, I didn't inquire -- but that's ok. I'm curious now.

Maybe, maybe not. I vaguely recall a study years ago that showed pretty much
the same long term statistical outcomes for those receiving and those not
receiving treatment: 1/3 deteriorate, 1/3 stay about the same, 1/3 improve.

Exactly my point. In fact, I would say the same about ANY disorder.

No "but's" on the diagnosis issue.

"Symptoms" presumes attempts at diagnosis.

I have followed this group for quite some time and I respectfully disagree.

If you sincerely believe an individual is a danger to self or others as a result
of mental illness, there are other things you can do. Any mental health
professional knows this. Any health professional SHOULD know this.

"Antisocial behavior" has been exhibited from several different quarters. I
think we tend to excuse the behaviors of those love and understand. The rest .
.. .

I think so.

Oma
-- Walk with many, follow The One.
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Cool. In what capacity? Well, since you've got over 30 years going, it
probably makes more sense to ask "In what capacities"?[/QUOTE]

A complete answer would take several pages, so here's an abbreviated
version. My father came to Houston to serve as Harris County
Toxicologist in the 1950s at the county's Jeff Davis Hospital, after
doing post grad work in chemistry research at UCLA. While working as
HC Toxicologist, he also continued his research and development work in
diagnostic testing. Consequently, I grew up around laboratories and
medical/forensic/ clinicians, researchers and physicians of all sorts
and spent many years traveling to American Society of Medical
Technologists, American Association of Clinical Chemists and College of
American Pathologist meetings all over the US. By age 15, I was working
in the instrument R&D department of the company, doing electrical
breadboard subassembly as summer work for the head electronics design
engineer. I was also doing instrumentation demos on the exhibit floor
for the pathologists and chemists at the professional association
meetings described above, which meant I had to understand the science
involved as well as they did so I could answer their questions about the
instrumentation and chemistries being developed. By 21, I could setup,
repair, calibrate all the analyzer systems and train operators for all
of the blood chemistry and cell instrumentation. I was then based in
Chicago and a few years later was assigned Canada as a region, from
Vancouver to Nova Scotia with 3 others working in hospitals. labs and
clinics with the now computerized systems. Around 1978, the State
Deparment was making efforts to balance the trade deficit with Japan
under Jimmy Carter and one of the areas the US had a lead was in
clinical laboratory instrumentation. I was made the coordinator for our
contributions to that effort and it was a real experience dealing with
both our gummint and the Japanese at that time. We sold the company in
1979, and with my years of technical background I went on to other
interesting fields of endeavor, while of course staying involved with
the research foundation that I now manage fulltime. I coordinate with
our Scientific Advisory Committee which is composed of members of the
medical teaching/research staff at BCM who evaluate the annual
submissions for our research grants. We have had very good success with
the research work done over the years and have been published in such
publications as the Journal of Biological Chemistry, Molecular and
Cellular Biology, Endocrinology, and many others. That's barely
scratching the surface and that's all I intend to do in this forum. Who
here wants to discuss the diagnostic implications of elevated blood
levels of Creatinine Phosphokinase isoenzymes or Aspartate
Transaminase? Not me, this ain't the place for it. I will recommend
using gloves when changing old motor oil, though. Most people here will
understand that.

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Maybe, maybe not. I vaguely recall a study years ago that showed pretty
much
the same long term statistical outcomes for those receiving and those not
receiving treatment: 1/3 deteriorate, 1/3 stay about the same, 1/3
improve.
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The pathology and pharmacology of brain chemistry has moved quickly over
the past few years, and new maintainence therapies can dramatically
improve the quality of life for those suffering various disorders. More
and more is learned about imbalances and aging effects and how those can
be arrested and even reversed in some cases. The advances in pathology
are astonishing but they usually are not seen outside of the clinical
research world.

As to the rest of it, everyone has an opinion and they are entitled to
theirs, right or wrong. I base my opinions on my experiences over years
dealing with all sorts of clinical and forensic situations and when I
see something that fits a pattern familiar to me from those experiences,
I'll comment upon it. What anyone does with those comments is up to
them, much like using gloves or not while handling known carcinogens.
It's their decision to make, not mine.