Posted by medlib on May 14, 2003, at 9:06:27
In reply to Re: how bout a board for schizophrenia, posted by Dr. Bob on May 12, 2003, at 23:12:18
Although I'm usually first in line to support experimentation, I think that a board for schizophrenia is one of those ideas that *sounds* better than it would work. First, I doubt that there would be enough traffic to support it (I'm remembering the PB for kids board).
Second, many newbies show up on PB still in the differential diagnostic stage of info seeking. Take, for example, a post mentioning "hearing voices". Auditory hallucinations are the best known positive sx of schizophrenia; but they could just as easily be a sx of BPI psychotic mania, or TLE or DID. Redirecting such a post to a schizophrenia board could be wrong, or, at least, premature. There's an even greater potential for overlap when considering negative sxs of schizophrenia.
Third, medication overlap is almost 100%. On any given PB board, the odds are high that you could find mention of every single AP. A poster to a schizophrenia board would still have to read and post to PB to get the most complete med info for their diagnosis.
Finally,...Nope. The better part of wisdom is for me to leave discussion of the social implications of a new board to others.
medlib
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