while that's a scary...and really rather sad video bit, declaring such a thing is for his *doctor*, not some person who's watched his debates. Declaring it as a stated fact, as you do in your subject, seems unbearably biased. There are actually a number of other diagnosis paths for things like this - I've suffered similar effects over the last 5 years, since developing seizures, and it is morally wrong to start tossing things like this around as 'evidence of pre-senile dementia'.
The video would stand up well as a tool for decision making on its own *without* even the facile declaration by a doctor who has not examined him, or the spin added to the end.
I agree. A variety of inoccuous things ranging from inadequate preparation to a dietary imbalance can cause a person to demonstrate "cognitive deficits".
One thing my little experiment in MFT training taught me is that it's far too easy for the careless practioner to seriously impact an individual's life with an inaccurate diagnosis, and I definitely don't feel it's appropriate to throw casual diagnoses like this around with any sort of seriousness. I'd be more charitable if this was clearly a humorous piece, but that doesn't really seem to be its intent.
Of course, this is also a world where Ann Coulter feels free to randomly claim people have advanced syphilis, so this little piece is hardly the worst medical speculation out there.
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Date: 2004-10-10 03:23 pm (UTC)The video would stand up well as a tool for decision making on its own *without* even the facile declaration by a doctor who has not examined him, or the spin added to the end.
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Date: 2004-10-10 08:23 pm (UTC)One thing my little experiment in MFT training taught me is that it's far too easy for the careless practioner to seriously impact an individual's life with an inaccurate diagnosis, and I definitely don't feel it's appropriate to throw casual diagnoses like this around with any sort of seriousness. I'd be more charitable if this was clearly a humorous piece, but that doesn't really seem to be its intent.
Of course, this is also a world where Ann Coulter feels free to randomly claim people have advanced syphilis, so this little piece is hardly the worst medical speculation out there.