tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post7838847505593227546..comments2024-03-18T03:28:36.581-04:00Comments on Shrink Rap: Love Me, Love My TatsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-77255173308460884912008-08-26T21:19:00.000-04:002008-08-26T21:19:00.000-04:00This study just seems very...flawed.I might be bia...This study just seems very...flawed.<BR/><BR/>I might be biased because I'm tattooed (and I think the current stat is that of those 26-40, 40% of us are), but I don't really see the value.<BR/><BR/>This can't be generalizable to the general population. Nor, I would think, to even the general prison population. So it's useful to the forensic psychiatric population, right? But aren't the people working there going trained enough to looking for ASPD in the first place without looking harder at the tattooed patients?<BR/><BR/>So what's the value? More freaking pigeonholing, I guess.antiSWerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07500867187473208284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-40146754434955208552008-08-03T18:55:00.000-04:002008-08-03T18:55:00.000-04:00Thinking of guinea pigs behind bars... I ate guine...Thinking of guinea pigs behind bars... I ate guinea pig (cuy) in Ecuador....Midwife with a Knifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04309579302399381913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-50943624525823127002008-08-01T23:39:00.000-04:002008-08-01T23:39:00.000-04:00As far as I know, all patients (even those involun...As far as I know, all patients (even those involuntarily committed to treatment) are considered competent to refuse medication unless proved otherwise, so wouldn't the same apply to research, especially a non-invasive study like this which involved no medications? <BR/><BR/>Its so cool that you posted about tattoos. I recently did Grand Rounds on the same topic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-48076869374345288082008-08-01T14:53:00.000-04:002008-08-01T14:53:00.000-04:00Sorry for commenting twice but the blog topic is s...Sorry for commenting twice but the blog topic is so interesting...<BR/><BR/>I agree with Anonymous about cultural thing.<BR/>I beleive even mehandi( henna) designs are called tattoos by some. I hope you know...they are not done by needles..those go away.<BR/><BR/>We in India and i beleive in many other countries get it done during marriage ceremony.<BR/>Even i had it done for my marriage on hands and feet.They went away after few days.<BR/><BR/>If you see <A HREF="http://www.effortsforsuccess.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">this</A> link.. at the end of the blog there is a video by group called 'models' and they are singing about 'mehandi ki raat' = 'night of mehandi ie night of marriage'<BR/>Its a really sweet song, they show the girls putting mehandi on the bride!shraddhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13549183128453714957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-41586749536554945422008-08-01T12:34:00.000-04:002008-08-01T12:34:00.000-04:00Hi Clinkshrink,I also am concerned about the ethic...Hi Clinkshrink,<BR/>I also am concerned about the ethics of studying people who may not be able to provide informed consent. I find it disturbing. I am glad you brought that up.<BR/>...aquaAquahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16230285017033299419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-5531830002143158282008-08-01T01:26:00.000-04:002008-08-01T01:26:00.000-04:00For the study to be robust, wouldn't you need a co...For the study to be robust, wouldn't you need a control group or 2, like a group of forensic inmates without tattoos; and a group of non-forensic inmates with tattoos (like rock stars or athletes, although perhaps they should be categories of personality disorder!)... or just ordinary citizens without and with tattoos. Or something.<BR/><BR/>There are so many cultural, historical and social reasons people get tatts that it seems about as meaningful as trying to link race or left-handedness to mental pathology.... nobody's ever thought about that before....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-38847609293923460622008-07-31T20:44:00.000-04:002008-07-31T20:44:00.000-04:00My husband, who has been diagnosed with Bipolar, a...My husband, who has been diagnosed with Bipolar, always had two very meaningful tattoes, one on each arm, near the shoulder. When his bipolar was misdiagnosed as depression, he went into a manic phase and got several not-meaningful tattoes on his forearms, which, when he was not manic, he had said he would never do, because they are difficult to hide and always look bad.<BR/><BR/>It was surprising to us when he finally was diagnosed with bipolar, that the nurse-practitioner and the psychiatrist that diagnosed him both commented on the forearm tattoos, and that people with a bipolar diagnosis often get tattoos on the forearm.<BR/><BR/>I thought it was interesting, but a little hard to swallow, and, unfortunately, we didn't question that information. But it kind of goes along with your post, and I'm interested in finding out if there is any factual basis in it.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13675829827137657056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-50086201788525526292008-07-31T17:39:00.000-04:002008-07-31T17:39:00.000-04:00Frankly I find tattoos scary.But it seems very jud...Frankly I find tattoos scary.<BR/><BR/>But it seems very judging kind of attitude that if someone has tattoos they might be antisocial.<BR/>Incidentally at March of Dimes, there is a very active volunteer whose husband has a tattoo shop.<BR/>Here is her blog http://www.shareyourstory.org/webx/.eee7f26/<BR/><BR/>They are organizing "tattooing to save babies day" on august 2nd and they and their many colleagues will be donating all they earn that day to MOD.<BR/><BR/>They have had over 5000 hits on the site below.They have a map on the site and people(I AM SURE NOT ANTISOCIALS) from all over the world have visited the website.<BR/><BR/>http://www.blackanchortattoo.com/tattooingtosavebabies.html<BR/><BR/>Doctors open your hearts and donate for the great cause!!shraddhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13549183128453714957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-70660223218904713272008-07-31T03:31:00.000-04:002008-07-31T03:31:00.000-04:00did you hear about the recent guinea pig festival?...did you hear about the recent guinea pig festival? if not, google it. good times!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-87188617617492697902008-07-30T23:02:00.000-04:002008-07-30T23:02:00.000-04:00Antisocial or not that guy in the photo is a hunk ...Antisocial or not that guy in the photo is a hunk (though still a kid to me).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-42248259799119837712008-07-30T21:34:00.000-04:002008-07-30T21:34:00.000-04:00I thought that was a ridiculous study. Of course,...I thought that was a ridiculous study. Of course, maybe because I'm tattooed. And not in a psych ward (not that it hasn't ever been a possibility)...but there are a lot different kinds of people who choose to get tattoos--- for example at my last job I met someone pretty high up in Microsoft who had 2 full sleeves. And that's more common in a lot of professions these days. So yeah, maybe having tattoos is an indication you don't give a f--- what other people think (to a degree), but to slap the "antisocial" label on someone because they're tattooed--that seems like bad research. Too many confounding variables. What about all the professional athletes that are heavily tattooed?Aprilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13545902890959118689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-87798759202761784132008-07-30T20:33:00.000-04:002008-07-30T20:33:00.000-04:00ClinkThanks for responding to my post and your vie...Clink<BR/><BR/>Thanks for responding to my post and your views on the study. And yes, I did check out the guinea pig costume web site. It is quite bizarre. Why would anybody want to dress up their guinea pig as a pirate or cowboy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com