Depressed Women&Aggsressive Men.. ( Archived) (17)

what in the sam hill are you talking about?

I read through the articles and attachment, and typical to the medical field, (I'm a retired medical technician with a specialty in drug and alcohol rehabilitation)one great factor is glaringly missing: Anxiety, depression, and a host of other psychological disturbances frequently have physiological reasons which get overlooked. This trend is changing, i.e. when a patient enters an emergency room or other hospital unit with complaints of a psychological nature, one of the first tests is a CBG to determine or rule out accelerated or decling blood sugar levels. A bone spur or collapsing disc on the neck or back causes a chronic pain, which in turn causes a depression associated with that pain. People who have fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, or Parkinson's are often overlooked. It is these A & P bodily aches and pains that are "missed" at the onset, and superfluous treatments and medications are given when the actual chief complaint has not been addressed. Fortunately this is changing as younger doctors with modern technology emerge, and not surprising, to me, anyway, the steady increase of women physicians appears to have a positive effect on assessment and research in clinical settings. Hope this helps...(see, I ain't so dumb...)