tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1733978203181533160.post4084665332234506560..comments2023-12-09T06:08:14.018-05:00Comments on Virtual Ability: Depression is More Complex Than Many of Us KnowUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1733978203181533160.post-26108189683640457092016-01-10T16:15:57.111-05:002016-01-10T16:15:57.111-05:00One of the valuable assets of an article like this...One of the valuable assets of an article like this is not whether-or-not you agree with it, but how you use the article.<br /><br />As an advocate, my question becomes: What can I do to effect change? <br /><br />Is the goal to get more doctors to screen patients for depression? <br /><br />Or, perhaps, to educate people like myself to ask succinct, direct, polite questions of their medical team. <br /><br />For instance, I could ask any medical person that sees me, "Are you familiar with the March 2005 article in the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry linking chronic fatigue syndrome & depression as comorbid? Do you feel it may have a bearing on what is going on with me right now?"<br /><br />While my own wording may be convoluted, this article contains enough references that you can most likely find something that fits your situation and lead your medical/psych team into asking questions that may help you.<br /><br />The article also gives me the opportunity to share information with others, like me.<br /><br />I can e-mail it to a friend, blog about it, + it on Google, or link it out to my followers on Pinterest. I don't use Facebook, personally hate FB, but you could share it there as well, with a comment asking your friends and followers which part intrigues them the most. <br /><br />By sharing and communicating we change things.<br /><br />What intrigued you about this article?<br /><br />The typist of Fidget.Fidgethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03160462964522428710noreply@blogger.com