tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post115629195560292778..comments2024-03-18T03:28:36.581-04:00Comments on Shrink Rap: Guinea Pigs Behind BarsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-1156460507532881342006-08-24T19:01:00.000-04:002006-08-24T19:01:00.000-04:00Hey Hedberg!! Thanks for visiting the blog. You ar...Hey Hedberg!! Thanks for visiting the blog. You are officially a ShrinkRap VIP.<BR/><BR/>I tried getting to your myspace page but it keeps rejecting me when I try to create an account. Maybe I'm not young enough??<BR/><BR/>Foo, you can hang a sign anytime. I'd even be willing to make you your own special wooden laminated logo...ClinkShrinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13316134491751195651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-1156405615369282702006-08-24T03:46:00.000-04:002006-08-24T03:46:00.000-04:00Quick, someone get a bucket o' water.Quick, someone get a bucket o' water.Sarebearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09208596053319110470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-1156374107018089512006-08-23T19:01:00.000-04:002006-08-23T19:01:00.000-04:00My thought on this is that clinical research is ne...My thought on this is that clinical research is necessary to advance our approach to inmate care. While free society research obviously is relevant, it's also clear that free society research subjects are not the same group of people as who you find in a correctional facility. We have more comorbidity (Axis I and II), more substance abuse, more cognitive impairment, more co-existing medical conditions, fewer social supports and on and on. We have a group of patients that is harder to treat and less "pure" than your basic homogenous free society research pool. This is why the APA set up the <A HREF="http://www.psych.org/research/apire/pracresnet/biblio.cfm?pf=y" REL="nofollow">Practice Research Network</A> to study 'real world' treatment results.<BR/><BR/>Also, if you want to learn about the effects of confinement that kind of has to be done in a correctional environment with real inmates. (And no, I don't count the <A HREF="http://www.prisonexp.org/" REL="nofollow">Zimbardo experiment</A> as a real correctional study.)<BR/><BR/>But yes, external protections and close monitoring of clinical trials are essential. At the risk of sounding like the Wicked Witch of the West, 'these things must be done carefully'.ClinkShrinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13316134491751195651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-1156305884179055742006-08-23T00:04:00.000-04:002006-08-23T00:04:00.000-04:00I'm going to take a stab a this testing prisoners ...I'm going to take a stab a this testing prisoners topic. This really doesn't sit well with me. There are too many questions. <BR/><BR/>I think I have a handle of the regulations if it is a federally funded study. But, what if it is a privately funded study, by, say, a pharmaceutical company? Would it still be as stringently regulated? Or, would they have free reign to do whatever they wanted?<BR/><BR/>The NY Times article had this interesting passage: <I>On the issue of compensation for inmates, the report raised concern about “undue inducements to participate in research in order to gain access to medical care or other benefits they would not normally have.” It called for “adequate protections” to avoid “attempts to coerce or manipulate participation.’’</I><BR/><BR/>Good point about informed consent. Can adequate informed consent be obtained from prisoners?<BR/><BR/>Finally, I see a wide open door for litigation of everyone involved for potential side effects of research. No wonder the ACLU is behind this idea -- more business for them.Dr. Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05207266669522973903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-1156301106041560862006-08-22T22:45:00.000-04:002006-08-22T22:45:00.000-04:00That guinea pig site is too weird. Ok, I have to a...That guinea pig site is too weird. Ok, I have to admit, I dressed up my pet guinea pig when I was a kid (she couldn't come to the tea party without her hat!) But I didn't treat it like a friggin barbie doll.<BR/><BR/>I'm guessing you'll get more comments about the guinea pig costumes than lithium.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17003772355469000019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-1156297803109884562006-08-22T21:50:00.000-04:002006-08-22T21:50:00.000-04:00Dinah, I never saw your picture. Apparently we wer...Dinah, I never saw your picture. Apparently we were both editing my post at the same time---I got a weird error message when I was trying to upload it. I fixed the typographical error, thanks for pointing it out.<BR/><BR/>Fat Doctor! Thanks for stopping by. ShrinkRap's been thinking of you. If you're about to go NPO just forget anything I mentioned about guinea pigs and food. Then again, thinking about guinea pigs <I>as</I> food may help you go NPO.ClinkShrinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13316134491751195651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-1156297158018175022006-08-22T21:39:00.000-04:002006-08-22T21:39:00.000-04:00I always learn so much here at Shrink Rap!I always learn so much here at Shrink Rap!Fat Doctorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09672076019531106668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-1156297007150207022006-08-22T21:36:00.000-04:002006-08-22T21:36:00.000-04:00So you didn't like my pic of the caged guinea pig?...So you didn't like my pic of the caged guinea pig? And you undid where I colored and highlighted your typographical error (I think you meant 'be sure to watch the video')...fine, be that way!Dinahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227988351623862689noreply@blogger.com