tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489363879633129568.post2908147133614530474..comments2023-11-13T11:54:56.769-08:00Comments on DePaolo's World: Evidence Based Mental HealthAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02446191842560064784noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489363879633129568.post-69779334616885405142014-11-28T11:06:55.659-08:002014-11-28T11:06:55.659-08:00Perhaps an alternative view would be to make treat...Perhaps an alternative view would be to make treating the whole person the business of the work comp system. The evidence strongly suggests that psychological factors such as catastrophizing and fear-avoidance, among others, extend claim duration unnecessarily. The evidence is less clear that appropriately addressing those factors would shorten durations, but it both makes sense that it would and the evidence is pointing that way. If we could better demonstrate a positive financial impact from addressing psychological factors, then it could become the business of the work comp system.<br /><br />The fact that it's also the right thing to do would be a nice bonus, but it needn't be the only driving force.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489363879633129568.post-50655509234898552642014-11-18T05:14:53.215-08:002014-11-18T05:14:53.215-08:00PS I came across this article and thought it kind ...PS I came across this article and thought it kind of speaks towards what Im saying about mental health not being a one fix size fix for all. Peace http://ecosalon.com/using-your-hands-to-soothe-the-brain-part-1/Darren Fonzseauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08084814827198087154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489363879633129568.post-1260524101032628732014-11-17T06:30:42.230-08:002014-11-17T06:30:42.230-08:00Mental Health also involves trust and honesty from...Mental Health also involves trust and honesty from all party's. In work Comp & our HMO's, if your Dr.s is omitting objective evidence so as to deny your claim, and you have a standard of care that says it's fine for Dr.s to omit the truth in your care,to deny care? Like we do in WA State. Then we are messing with folks mental health right out the gate..... if folks we're honoring the bargain & A Dr.s Duty to do no harm, & our civil rights, to start with, many folks mental health's may not be affected as bad. Possibly if we were not trying to cheat labor&Patients to start with in their care to deny care so as to cost contain,or pushing a personal bias moral agenda, we would not angst the "Patient's" Mental Health... for if you mess up a person's mental health by trying to deny the truth to them to start with? What does that do to the rest of the relationship? It's an oppressive relation ship, and that is never good for any patients mental health.... and we are "PATIENTS" First & foremost, we tend to forget that, in workers comp. <br /><br />As far as what makes each person mental health better? That is up to each an every one of us to seek out and find. for many it's exercise and the thrill of pushing life to it's limits, for others it may be as simple as making music, or nitting, or some other creative endevore. It's not a one size fits all fix for mental health, nor for many of our other physical conditions as well. <br /><br />But your right, if the mental health is not intact out the gate, then, it will hamper one's road to recovery, somewhat like our med tort laws hamper and hinder folks rights to sue in WC and our HMO's these days as well. The class war is not just happening in WorkComp, it's happening in our HMO and regular care as well.<br /><br />We the patients, need our little civil stingers back to hold this behavior to account in our regular care as well as our workers comp care. <br /><br />A Class War on all fronts in our health care and employment needs today. I think if we stopped this class war that's going on, folks mental health's would be less of an issue in workers comp and our our HMO care. So we just have to stop the class war, sounds easy enough hey? <br /><br />Peace Darren Fonzseauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08084814827198087154noreply@blogger.com