Post by sickandtired on Nov 27, 2006 12:38:37 GMT -5
Looks like Dr. Mary Seeman needs to be added to the shame listing.....
“Parasitosis is a classic form of shared delusion,” said Dr. Mary Seeman, an emeritus professor of psychiatry at the University of Toronto. “Skin disease is perfect for it. A person gets a rash or something, then the ‘disease’ spreads through any shared space in which there is close contact.”
But the Internet may have greatly altered the dynamics of folie a deux. In the connected, always-on world, separation is no longer so easy, and delusions may be shared and supported far beyond the confines of the home or workplace.
“Morgellons patients feel they’ve been jerked around without getting the care they need,” said Mr. Rutz of the disease control centers.
“Often they show up at the doctor’s office with all this stuff they’ve found online or in the media, and when they try to explain it to a skeptical physician, communication just breaks down,” he said.
While much has been made of the Internet as a medium for psychological support, experts have only begun to ponder its potential for spreading delusional thinking.
“When a person has something bothering him these days, the first thing he does is go online,” Dr. Seeman said. “You can get reinforcement of your ideas very quickly there.”
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WHAT? is wrong with our medical profession.......these professors teaching these to our up and coming doctors.......no wonder our health system is failing us.....
this is criminal what they are brainwashing our doctors and media with these insane theories......spouting from mouths of so called experts......professors and such......good lord help us......
SickandTired
“Parasitosis is a classic form of shared delusion,” said Dr. Mary Seeman, an emeritus professor of psychiatry at the University of Toronto. “Skin disease is perfect for it. A person gets a rash or something, then the ‘disease’ spreads through any shared space in which there is close contact.”
But the Internet may have greatly altered the dynamics of folie a deux. In the connected, always-on world, separation is no longer so easy, and delusions may be shared and supported far beyond the confines of the home or workplace.
“Morgellons patients feel they’ve been jerked around without getting the care they need,” said Mr. Rutz of the disease control centers.
“Often they show up at the doctor’s office with all this stuff they’ve found online or in the media, and when they try to explain it to a skeptical physician, communication just breaks down,” he said.
While much has been made of the Internet as a medium for psychological support, experts have only begun to ponder its potential for spreading delusional thinking.
“When a person has something bothering him these days, the first thing he does is go online,” Dr. Seeman said. “You can get reinforcement of your ideas very quickly there.”
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WHAT? is wrong with our medical profession.......these professors teaching these to our up and coming doctors.......no wonder our health system is failing us.....
this is criminal what they are brainwashing our doctors and media with these insane theories......spouting from mouths of so called experts......professors and such......good lord help us......
SickandTired