tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2743746633913926150.post1251595823711149592..comments2024-03-12T07:00:44.143-04:00Comments on CHILDMYTHS: Mental Health Mantras versus Evidence-based Treatment: A Clash of Attitudes?Jean Mercerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14619393019771381980noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2743746633913926150.post-35477957800430466032012-06-14T07:29:12.353-04:002012-06-14T07:29:12.353-04:00Ain't it the truth!
I do wonder, though, whet...Ain't it the truth!<br /><br />I do wonder, though, whether many mental health and social service people do know this to be wrong, or whether they really believe that being nice is the best moral principle.Jean Mercerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14619393019771381980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2743746633913926150.post-12732501709376080892012-06-13T22:30:30.846-04:002012-06-13T22:30:30.846-04:00Yes, jean, someone has to say when something is wr...Yes, jean, someone has to say when something is wrong. At some level in the professional hierarchy people have to stop tacitly advocating stuff they know to be wrong.<br />It's like the way we call evolution a theory and let the creationists understand it with the wrong meaning of the word 'theory.' Only an example. It's nicer, doesn't start a fight, but it doesn't correct any wrong either. So often, the things we do to help a situation in the short term guarantees failure in the long term. Example being:<br />"Gay is not a choice" - takes the sin out of it, for the religious voters, but tacitly marks gay as wrong, and suggests it could indeed be wrong if it were a choice. Again, only an example. Helps gays' case in the short term, but sets some traps for their case in the future when some perhaps small number of bisexuals appear to have chosen gay lives and now have to battle the accusation of sinner again. Digressions, to be sure.<br />Point is, so often, the things we do to help a situation in the short term guarantees failure in the long term. It would be such a pleasure to go straight to the long term solution at least every now and then, and not always hold the failure in the same hand as the supposed solution, wouldn't it?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14662691953403328653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2743746633913926150.post-45174230085441500802012-06-03T13:44:39.339-04:002012-06-03T13:44:39.339-04:00But, Self, what if we're talking about child m...But, Self, what if we're talking about child mental health? How do we manage this for children?Jean Mercerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14619393019771381980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2743746633913926150.post-80568538400513084312012-06-03T13:29:15.547-04:002012-06-03T13:29:15.547-04:00I believe if your spirit is calm, and if you work ...I believe if your spirit is calm, and if you work on your personality growth, your mental health will be ok and in same time daily life.Self-knowledgehttp://drjimmanganiello.com/SelfKnowledgeAndYourQualityOfLife.en.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2743746633913926150.post-61871371324714303752012-06-03T12:45:50.374-04:002012-06-03T12:45:50.374-04:00You can’t consider the evidence basis of an interv...You can’t consider the evidence basis of an intervention unless you are willing to say that the treatment was more or less effective than another treatment or than no treatment. <br /><br />- I couldn't agree with you more.Andrew Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01495983897864604830noreply@blogger.com