tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post1929190216327044319..comments2024-03-18T03:28:36.581-04:00Comments on Shrink Rap: KevinMD in the New York Times Magazine and When the Internet is Really CoolUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-33479738953939631742010-09-16T16:52:36.995-04:002010-09-16T16:52:36.995-04:00What a collectivist society the internet has becom...What a collectivist society the internet has become! <br />I think it's great that people are using the 'net for good.Rachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11897760883997811787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-54713797783585918692010-09-16T09:55:52.124-04:002010-09-16T09:55:52.124-04:00I'm sure the psychiatric world allows for pati...I'm sure the psychiatric world allows for patients to do the some of the diagnosing themselves, I mean when I rolled up to my PCP I simply just said "I think I have depression." ... and he didn't seem to be angry that I read about it and talked about it and had contact with other sources. <br /><br />In saying all of this, too many times, I hear stories of people who get into contact with the internet and in a heartbeat, their PCPs lose respect for them. <br /><br />I remember the time when my technology illiterate mum learned to use the internet and googled the psych meds I was taking at the time ... heheeh .. not a pleasant experience... guess everything has it's drawbacks though, good to see that people in the medical community believe in the good that the internet can do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com