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ismnotwasm

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2. I find men and women are treated about the same
Mon Mar 3, 2014, 11:57 AM
Mar 2014

Which reinforces what the article is saying; for instance in my field, Transplant-- it's pretty standardized. One young woman ended up having to have an abortion because one of the meds was extremely tetarogenic. She somehow was not counseled on this medication. While this is not common, it happens.

I think depression is under treated everywhere, but I'm stunned at that statistic, although not surprised. While I enjoy what I do, as a hospital nurse, getting to know patients and getting them treated for depressing is a lot more difficult than when I worked in long term care. What I do see is women being dismissed as 'borderline' or past abuse with diagnosed PTSD not factored into behavior, care or healing rates. At least not until the situation is out of control, when early intervention would have made a difference

Very interesting article, thank you

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