http://www.psychiatrymmc.com/how-%e2%80%9cobjective%e2%80%9d-are-psychiatric-diagnoses-guess-again/ A peer-reviewed journal providing evidence-based information to practicing clinicians Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:43:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 http://www.psychiatrymmc.com/how-%e2%80%9cobjective%e2%80%9d-are-psychiatric-diagnoses-guess-again/comment-page-1/#comment-154 Manuel Mota-Castillo, MD Thu, 20 Dec 2007 04:17:47 +0000 http://www.psychiatrymmc.com/how-%e2%80%9cobjective%e2%80%9d-are-psychiatric-diagnoses-guess-again/#comment-154 Bravo! Outstanding! Dr. Pies has put the accent on the right letter. Based on my daily experience, as a consult for a general hospital, I can give testimony of his assertion. I have seen a "Conversion Disorder" to become a lacunar infarct of the right temporal area. On the other hand, we all have encountered the "heart attack" that was just a panic attack. Coincidentally, last week a medical student shared with me how surprised she was with how precise and OBJECTIVE the psychiatric diagnosis can be. With just a week into her psychiatric rotation she realized that Delirium, Bipolar Disorder, Adjustment Disorder and other conditions are frequent companions of physical maladies that bring patients to a hospital and that we can easily separate one from the other. Thank you, Dr. Pies for this great contribution to the good name of psychiatry. Manuel Mota-Castillo, MD Lake Mary, Florida Florida Hospital Fish Memorial Bravo! Outstanding!
Dr. Pies has put the accent on the right letter. Based on my daily experience, as a consult for a general hospital, I can give testimony of his assertion.
I have seen a “Conversion Disorder” to become a lacunar infarct of the right temporal area. On the other hand, we all have encountered the “heart attack” that was just a panic attack.
Coincidentally, last week a medical student shared with me how surprised she was with how precise and OBJECTIVE the psychiatric diagnosis can be. With just a week into her psychiatric rotation she realized that Delirium, Bipolar Disorder, Adjustment Disorder and other conditions are frequent companions of physical maladies that bring patients to a hospital and that we can easily separate one from the other.
Thank you, Dr. Pies for this great contribution to the good name of psychiatry.
Manuel Mota-Castillo, MD
Lake Mary, Florida
Florida Hospital Fish Memorial

]]> http://www.psychiatrymmc.com/how-%e2%80%9cobjective%e2%80%9d-are-psychiatric-diagnoses-guess-again/comment-page-1/#comment-151 December 2007 Letters to the editor | Psychiatry MMC Fri, 07 Dec 2007 21:16:45 +0000 http://www.psychiatrymmc.com/how-%e2%80%9cobjective%e2%80%9d-are-psychiatric-diagnoses-guess-again/#comment-151 [...] Pies’s commentary in the October issue of Psychiatry 2007 addresses an important issue [Pies R. How objective are psychiatric diagnoses? Guess again. Psychiatry 2007;4(10):18–22]. I have shared his concern that the stigmatization of psychiatrists [...] [...] Pies’s commentary in the October issue of Psychiatry 2007 addresses an important issue [Pies R. How objective are psychiatric diagnoses? Guess again. Psychiatry 2007;4(10):18–22]. I have shared his concern that the stigmatization of psychiatrists [...]

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