RSS - PostsThere’s an new article in www.bbcnews.com that cites a new Oxford study that states that too much focus has been placed on mothers’ mental health issues and that fathers’ mental health state is more influential to children than previously thought (The Oxford study is in The Lancet; looks like this study is a few years old, though).
The article is pretty interesting and advocates better mental health services for men. There are some stats in there about the effects that mental health of parents have on the rate of mental illness in their offspring. What the article (or maybe this study) never mentions is that there’s a huge genetic component to mental illness. Is it that much of a surprise that a kid whose parents are afflicted by these health issues may inherit those traits as well? Of course the environment matters, but this heredity portion should hardly be neglected.
I don’t know if this is allowed at all ECT programs, so please check with your respective hospitals about the following.
Maybe this stuff doesn’t matter to everyone. It’s one of those things that made my life a little easier every time I went to the hospital. After all, I had to do the same routine 15 times. Anyway, the one thing my nurse told me was that I didn’t have to strip down and change into only a hospital gown if my top was short-sleeved or no-sleeved. The reasoning for the short-sleeve deal is so that the nurses will to be able to put the catheter in your arm. I still had to wear a gown over my shirt, but it felt a little bit more casual to get to wear my own clothing.
A totally random tip, but not having to strip down every time I went to ECT was kind of nice. The rest of the time isn’t all that fun, so why not make some things easier for yourself?
