Re: Study says depression causes violence

[Guest guest]

So does low blood sugar.

john

--- Jim <mofunnow@...> wrote:

> I wonder again if this is depression or depression

> drug induced.....

>

> If an elderly person is diagnosed with depression

> then they are invariably given antidepressants.

>

> Most psychiatric drugs cause constipation, it's the

> first thing I think when someone is constipated.

> Most psychiatric drugs are used to chemically

> restrain people and by default that can be against

> their will. Most psychiatric drugs can cause what

> they are supposed to treat. Many elderly that have

> no one watching out for them get heavily drugged

> just like foster children and of course it can make

> them worse.

>

> I have seen old statistics of the insane and the

> amount of violence was neglible, this implies to me

> that the mentally ill are aggressive and mean simply

> by being " mentally ill " . I have observed that the

> simple and deranged are usually fairly calm if they

> are not agitated and forced around against their

> will.

>

> I wish I could find those old statistics on mentally

> ill violence.

>

> http://tinyurl.com/rgaz2\

>

> NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Depression triples the

> likelihood that a nursing home resident with

> dementia will be physically aggressive, a new study

> shows.

>

> Delusions, hallucinations and constipation also

> appeared to be risk factors for physical aggression

> in these patients, Dr. Ralph Leonard of CALM-MD,

> LLC, in St. Louis Park, Minnesota and colleagues

> from Yale Medical School found.

>

> About 7 percent of the 1.3 million people living in

> U.S. nursing homes become physically aggressive each

> week, which can be traumatic for the residents and

> the staff as well, the authors note. To investigate

> whether any potentially treatable factors are

> associated with this behavior, Leonard and his team

> studied 103,344 nursing home residents in five

> states. All of the subjects were older than 60 years

> and had been diagnosed with dementia.

>

> During the week before the data were collected, 6.9

> percent had been physically aggressive, while 10.5

> percent had been verbally aggressive.

>

>

>

> Residents with depressive symptoms were 3.3 times

> more likely to have been physically aggressive, and

> those experiencing delusions had twice the risk of

> aggression. Hallucinations increased the likelihood

> of physical aggression by 40 percent, while

> constipation was linked with a 30-percent increase

> risk.

>

> The same factors were associated with verbal

> aggression, except for constipation.

>

> While several other studies have found an

> association between depression and physical

> aggression among nursing home residents, no

> published study of treatment for this behavior

> included an antidepressant, Leonard and his team

> point out.

>

> " Thus, the relative importance of depression as a

> potentially modifiable risk factor may not be

> recognized, " they write in the ls of Internal

> Medicine.

>

> It is not clear why constipation might increase the

> risk of aggressive behavior, the researchers note.

> They suggest that residents may lash out defensively

> as a reaction to the symptoms of constipation itself

> or to invasive treatments for constipation, such as

> suppositories.

>

> All of these factors may be treated or modified, and

> if intervention is successful, it may reduce the

> risk of violence and harm by these nursing home

> residents, the researchers conclude.

>

> SOURCE: Archives of Internal Medicine, June 26,

> 2006.

>

>

> [Non-text portions of this message have been

> removed]

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

So does low blood sugar.

john

--- Jim <mofunnow@...> wrote:

> I wonder again if this is depression or depression

> drug induced.....

>

> If an elderly person is diagnosed with depression

> then they are invariably given antidepressants.

>

> Most psychiatric drugs cause constipation, it's the

> first thing I think when someone is constipated.

> Most psychiatric drugs are used to chemically

> restrain people and by default that can be against

> their will. Most psychiatric drugs can cause what

> they are supposed to treat. Many elderly that have

> no one watching out for them get heavily drugged

> just like foster children and of course it can make

> them worse.

>

> I have seen old statistics of the insane and the

> amount of violence was neglible, this implies to me

> that the mentally ill are aggressive and mean simply

> by being " mentally ill " . I have observed that the

> simple and deranged are usually fairly calm if they

> are not agitated and forced around against their

> will.

>

> I wish I could find those old statistics on mentally

> ill violence.

>

> http://tinyurl.com/rgaz2\

>

> NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Depression triples the

> likelihood that a nursing home resident with

> dementia will be physically aggressive, a new study

> shows.

>

> Delusions, hallucinations and constipation also

> appeared to be risk factors for physical aggression

> in these patients, Dr. Ralph Leonard of CALM-MD,

> LLC, in St. Louis Park, Minnesota and colleagues

> from Yale Medical School found.

>

> About 7 percent of the 1.3 million people living in

> U.S. nursing homes become physically aggressive each

> week, which can be traumatic for the residents and

> the staff as well, the authors note. To investigate

> whether any potentially treatable factors are

> associated with this behavior, Leonard and his team

> studied 103,344 nursing home residents in five

> states. All of the subjects were older than 60 years

> and had been diagnosed with dementia.

>

> During the week before the data were collected, 6.9

> percent had been physically aggressive, while 10.5

> percent had been verbally aggressive.

>

>

>

> Residents with depressive symptoms were 3.3 times

> more likely to have been physically aggressive, and

> those experiencing delusions had twice the risk of

> aggression. Hallucinations increased the likelihood

> of physical aggression by 40 percent, while

> constipation was linked with a 30-percent increase

> risk.

>

> The same factors were associated with verbal

> aggression, except for constipation.

>

> While several other studies have found an

> association between depression and physical

> aggression among nursing home residents, no

> published study of treatment for this behavior

> included an antidepressant, Leonard and his team

> point out.

>

> " Thus, the relative importance of depression as a

> potentially modifiable risk factor may not be

> recognized, " they write in the ls of Internal

> Medicine.

>

> It is not clear why constipation might increase the

> risk of aggressive behavior, the researchers note.

> They suggest that residents may lash out defensively

> as a reaction to the symptoms of constipation itself

> or to invasive treatments for constipation, such as

> suppositories.

>

> All of these factors may be treated or modified, and

> if intervention is successful, it may reduce the

> risk of violence and harm by these nursing home

> residents, the researchers conclude.

>

> SOURCE: Archives of Internal Medicine, June 26,

> 2006.

>

>

> [Non-text portions of this message have been

> removed]

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

So does low blood sugar.

john

--- Jim <mofunnow@...> wrote:

> I wonder again if this is depression or depression

> drug induced.....

>

> If an elderly person is diagnosed with depression

> then they are invariably given antidepressants.

>

> Most psychiatric drugs cause constipation, it's the

> first thing I think when someone is constipated.

> Most psychiatric drugs are used to chemically

> restrain people and by default that can be against

> their will. Most psychiatric drugs can cause what

> they are supposed to treat. Many elderly that have

> no one watching out for them get heavily drugged

> just like foster children and of course it can make

> them worse.

>

> I have seen old statistics of the insane and the

> amount of violence was neglible, this implies to me

> that the mentally ill are aggressive and mean simply

> by being " mentally ill " . I have observed that the

> simple and deranged are usually fairly calm if they

> are not agitated and forced around against their

> will.

>

> I wish I could find those old statistics on mentally

> ill violence.

>

> http://tinyurl.com/rgaz2\

>

> NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Depression triples the

> likelihood that a nursing home resident with

> dementia will be physically aggressive, a new study

> shows.

>

> Delusions, hallucinations and constipation also

> appeared to be risk factors for physical aggression

> in these patients, Dr. Ralph Leonard of CALM-MD,

> LLC, in St. Louis Park, Minnesota and colleagues

> from Yale Medical School found.

>

> About 7 percent of the 1.3 million people living in

> U.S. nursing homes become physically aggressive each

> week, which can be traumatic for the residents and

> the staff as well, the authors note. To investigate

> whether any potentially treatable factors are

> associated with this behavior, Leonard and his team

> studied 103,344 nursing home residents in five

> states. All of the subjects were older than 60 years

> and had been diagnosed with dementia.

>

> During the week before the data were collected, 6.9

> percent had been physically aggressive, while 10.5

> percent had been verbally aggressive.

>

>

>

> Residents with depressive symptoms were 3.3 times

> more likely to have been physically aggressive, and

> those experiencing delusions had twice the risk of

> aggression. Hallucinations increased the likelihood

> of physical aggression by 40 percent, while

> constipation was linked with a 30-percent increase

> risk.

>

> The same factors were associated with verbal

> aggression, except for constipation.

>

> While several other studies have found an

> association between depression and physical

> aggression among nursing home residents, no

> published study of treatment for this behavior

> included an antidepressant, Leonard and his team

> point out.

>

> " Thus, the relative importance of depression as a

> potentially modifiable risk factor may not be

> recognized, " they write in the ls of Internal

> Medicine.

>

> It is not clear why constipation might increase the

> risk of aggressive behavior, the researchers note.

> They suggest that residents may lash out defensively

> as a reaction to the symptoms of constipation itself

> or to invasive treatments for constipation, such as

> suppositories.

>

> All of these factors may be treated or modified, and

> if intervention is successful, it may reduce the

> risk of violence and harm by these nursing home

> residents, the researchers conclude.

>

> SOURCE: Archives of Internal Medicine, June 26,

> 2006.

>

>

> [Non-text portions of this message have been

> removed]

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

So does low blood sugar.

john

--- Jim <mofunnow@...> wrote:

> I wonder again if this is depression or depression

> drug induced.....

>

> If an elderly person is diagnosed with depression

> then they are invariably given antidepressants.

>

> Most psychiatric drugs cause constipation, it's the

> first thing I think when someone is constipated.

> Most psychiatric drugs are used to chemically

> restrain people and by default that can be against

> their will. Most psychiatric drugs can cause what

> they are supposed to treat. Many elderly that have

> no one watching out for them get heavily drugged

> just like foster children and of course it can make

> them worse.

>

> I have seen old statistics of the insane and the

> amount of violence was neglible, this implies to me

> that the mentally ill are aggressive and mean simply

> by being " mentally ill " . I have observed that the

> simple and deranged are usually fairly calm if they

> are not agitated and forced around against their

> will.

>

> I wish I could find those old statistics on mentally

> ill violence.

>

> http://tinyurl.com/rgaz2\

>

> NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Depression triples the

> likelihood that a nursing home resident with

> dementia will be physically aggressive, a new study

> shows.

>

> Delusions, hallucinations and constipation also

> appeared to be risk factors for physical aggression

> in these patients, Dr. Ralph Leonard of CALM-MD,

> LLC, in St. Louis Park, Minnesota and colleagues

> from Yale Medical School found.

>

> About 7 percent of the 1.3 million people living in

> U.S. nursing homes become physically aggressive each

> week, which can be traumatic for the residents and

> the staff as well, the authors note. To investigate

> whether any potentially treatable factors are

> associated with this behavior, Leonard and his team

> studied 103,344 nursing home residents in five

> states. All of the subjects were older than 60 years

> and had been diagnosed with dementia.

>

> During the week before the data were collected, 6.9

> percent had been physically aggressive, while 10.5

> percent had been verbally aggressive.

>

>

>

> Residents with depressive symptoms were 3.3 times

> more likely to have been physically aggressive, and

> those experiencing delusions had twice the risk of

> aggression. Hallucinations increased the likelihood

> of physical aggression by 40 percent, while

> constipation was linked with a 30-percent increase

> risk.

>

> The same factors were associated with verbal

> aggression, except for constipation.

>

> While several other studies have found an

> association between depression and physical

> aggression among nursing home residents, no

> published study of treatment for this behavior

> included an antidepressant, Leonard and his team

> point out.

>

> " Thus, the relative importance of depression as a

> potentially modifiable risk factor may not be

> recognized, " they write in the ls of Internal

> Medicine.

>

> It is not clear why constipation might increase the

> risk of aggressive behavior, the researchers note.

> They suggest that residents may lash out defensively

> as a reaction to the symptoms of constipation itself

> or to invasive treatments for constipation, such as

> suppositories.

>

> All of these factors may be treated or modified, and

> if intervention is successful, it may reduce the

> risk of violence and harm by these nursing home

> residents, the researchers conclude.

>

> SOURCE: Archives of Internal Medicine, June 26,

> 2006.

>

>

> [Non-text portions of this message have been

> removed]

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

They're probably constipated from unhealthy institutional food and no

exercise.

What about actually being in a 'home'. Have they figured out whether

this causes depression???

[Guest guest]

They're probably constipated from unhealthy institutional food and no

exercise.

What about actually being in a 'home'. Have they figured out whether

this causes depression???

[Guest guest]

They're probably constipated from unhealthy institutional food and no

exercise.

What about actually being in a 'home'. Have they figured out whether

this causes depression???

[Guest guest]

They're probably constipated from unhealthy institutional food and no

exercise.

What about actually being in a 'home'. Have they figured out whether

this causes depression???

[Guest guest]

My Great Aunt was in a very lively nursing home in Alabama. They had beauty

pageants and all sorts of activities. That's why my parents chose the place.

People were active. My mother descibed another facility that was very clean,

almost antiseptic, but that there was no life there, no activity or people doing

things. Of course they chose the lively place and my aunt had a blast and lived

to 102.

I would imagine that the home itself could have a huge effect on a person's

outlook on life.

Jim

They're probably constipated from unhealthy institutional food and no

exercise.

What about actually being in a 'home'. Have they figured out whether

this causes depression???

[Guest guest]

,

Good point!

Jim

So does low blood sugar.

john

--- Jim <mofunnow@...> wrote:

> I wonder again if this is depression or depression

> drug induced.....

>

> If an elderly person is diagnosed with depression

> then they are invariably given antidepressants.

>

> Most psychiatric drugs cause constipation, it's the

> first thing I think when someone is constipated.

> Most psychiatric drugs are used to chemically

> restrain people and by default that can be against

> their will. Most psychiatric drugs can cause what

> they are supposed to treat. Many elderly that have

> no one watching out for them get heavily drugged

> just like foster children and of course it can make

> them worse.

>

> I have seen old statistics of the insane and the

> amount of violence was neglible, this implies to me

> that the mentally ill are aggressive and mean simply

> by being " mentally ill " . I have observed that the

> simple and deranged are usually fairly calm if they

> are not agitated and forced around against their

> will.

>

> I wish I could find those old statistics on mentally

> ill violence.

>

> http://tinyurl.com/rgaz2\

>

> NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Depression triples the

> likelihood that a nursing home resident with

> dementia will be physically aggressive, a new study

> shows.

>

> Delusions, hallucinations and constipation also

> appeared to be risk factors for physical aggression

> in these patients, Dr. Ralph Leonard of CALM-MD,

> LLC, in St. Louis Park, Minnesota and colleagues

> from Yale Medical School found.

>

> About 7 percent of the 1.3 million people living in

> U.S. nursing homes become physically aggressive each

> week, which can be traumatic for the residents and

> the staff as well, the authors note. To investigate

> whether any potentially treatable factors are

> associated with this behavior, Leonard and his team

> studied 103,344 nursing home residents in five

> states. All of the subjects were older than 60 years

> and had been diagnosed with dementia.

>

> During the week before the data were collected, 6.9

> percent had been physically aggressive, while 10.5

> percent had been verbally aggressive.

>

>

>

> Residents with depressive symptoms were 3.3 times

> more likely to have been physically aggressive, and

> those experiencing delusions had twice the risk of

> aggression. Hallucinations increased the likelihood

> of physical aggression by 40 percent, while

> constipation was linked with a 30-percent increase

> risk.

>

> The same factors were associated with verbal

> aggression, except for constipation.

>

> While several other studies have found an

> association between depression and physical

> aggression among nursing home residents, no

> published study of treatment for this behavior

> included an antidepressant, Leonard and his team

> point out.

>

> " Thus, the relative importance of depression as a

> potentially modifiable risk factor may not be

> recognized, " they write in the ls of Internal

> Medicine.

>

> It is not clear why constipation might increase the

> risk of aggressive behavior, the researchers note.

> They suggest that residents may lash out defensively

> as a reaction to the symptoms of constipation itself

> or to invasive treatments for constipation, such as

> suppositories.

>

> All of these factors may be treated or modified, and

> if intervention is successful, it may reduce the

> risk of violence and harm by these nursing home

> residents, the researchers conclude.

>

> SOURCE: Archives of Internal Medicine, June 26,

> 2006.

>

>

> [Non-text portions of this message have been

> removed]

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

,

Good point!

Jim

So does low blood sugar.

john

--- Jim <mofunnow@...> wrote:

> I wonder again if this is depression or depression

> drug induced.....

>

> If an elderly person is diagnosed with depression

> then they are invariably given antidepressants.

>

> Most psychiatric drugs cause constipation, it's the

> first thing I think when someone is constipated.

> Most psychiatric drugs are used to chemically

> restrain people and by default that can be against

> their will. Most psychiatric drugs can cause what

> they are supposed to treat. Many elderly that have

> no one watching out for them get heavily drugged

> just like foster children and of course it can make

> them worse.

>

> I have seen old statistics of the insane and the

> amount of violence was neglible, this implies to me

> that the mentally ill are aggressive and mean simply

> by being " mentally ill " . I have observed that the

> simple and deranged are usually fairly calm if they

> are not agitated and forced around against their

> will.

>

> I wish I could find those old statistics on mentally

> ill violence.

>

> http://tinyurl.com/rgaz2\

>

> NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Depression triples the

> likelihood that a nursing home resident with

> dementia will be physically aggressive, a new study

> shows.

>

> Delusions, hallucinations and constipation also

> appeared to be risk factors for physical aggression

> in these patients, Dr. Ralph Leonard of CALM-MD,

> LLC, in St. Louis Park, Minnesota and colleagues

> from Yale Medical School found.

>

> About 7 percent of the 1.3 million people living in

> U.S. nursing homes become physically aggressive each

> week, which can be traumatic for the residents and

> the staff as well, the authors note. To investigate

> whether any potentially treatable factors are

> associated with this behavior, Leonard and his team

> studied 103,344 nursing home residents in five

> states. All of the subjects were older than 60 years

> and had been diagnosed with dementia.

>

> During the week before the data were collected, 6.9

> percent had been physically aggressive, while 10.5

> percent had been verbally aggressive.

>

>

>

> Residents with depressive symptoms were 3.3 times

> more likely to have been physically aggressive, and

> those experiencing delusions had twice the risk of

> aggression. Hallucinations increased the likelihood

> of physical aggression by 40 percent, while

> constipation was linked with a 30-percent increase

> risk.

>

> The same factors were associated with verbal

> aggression, except for constipation.

>

> While several other studies have found an

> association between depression and physical

> aggression among nursing home residents, no

> published study of treatment for this behavior

> included an antidepressant, Leonard and his team

> point out.

>

> " Thus, the relative importance of depression as a

> potentially modifiable risk factor may not be

> recognized, " they write in the ls of Internal

> Medicine.

>

> It is not clear why constipation might increase the

> risk of aggressive behavior, the researchers note.

> They suggest that residents may lash out defensively

> as a reaction to the symptoms of constipation itself

> or to invasive treatments for constipation, such as

> suppositories.

>

> All of these factors may be treated or modified, and

> if intervention is successful, it may reduce the

> risk of violence and harm by these nursing home

> residents, the researchers conclude.

>

> SOURCE: Archives of Internal Medicine, June 26,

> 2006.

>

>

> [Non-text portions of this message have been

> removed]

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

,

Good point!

Jim

So does low blood sugar.

john

--- Jim <mofunnow@...> wrote:

> I wonder again if this is depression or depression

> drug induced.....

>

> If an elderly person is diagnosed with depression

> then they are invariably given antidepressants.

>

> Most psychiatric drugs cause constipation, it's the

> first thing I think when someone is constipated.

> Most psychiatric drugs are used to chemically

> restrain people and by default that can be against

> their will. Most psychiatric drugs can cause what

> they are supposed to treat. Many elderly that have

> no one watching out for them get heavily drugged

> just like foster children and of course it can make

> them worse.

>

> I have seen old statistics of the insane and the

> amount of violence was neglible, this implies to me

> that the mentally ill are aggressive and mean simply

> by being " mentally ill " . I have observed that the

> simple and deranged are usually fairly calm if they

> are not agitated and forced around against their

> will.

>

> I wish I could find those old statistics on mentally

> ill violence.

>

> http://tinyurl.com/rgaz2\

>

> NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Depression triples the

> likelihood that a nursing home resident with

> dementia will be physically aggressive, a new study

> shows.

>

> Delusions, hallucinations and constipation also

> appeared to be risk factors for physical aggression

> in these patients, Dr. Ralph Leonard of CALM-MD,

> LLC, in St. Louis Park, Minnesota and colleagues

> from Yale Medical School found.

>

> About 7 percent of the 1.3 million people living in

> U.S. nursing homes become physically aggressive each

> week, which can be traumatic for the residents and

> the staff as well, the authors note. To investigate

> whether any potentially treatable factors are

> associated with this behavior, Leonard and his team

> studied 103,344 nursing home residents in five

> states. All of the subjects were older than 60 years

> and had been diagnosed with dementia.

>

> During the week before the data were collected, 6.9

> percent had been physically aggressive, while 10.5

> percent had been verbally aggressive.

>

>

>

> Residents with depressive symptoms were 3.3 times

> more likely to have been physically aggressive, and

> those experiencing delusions had twice the risk of

> aggression. Hallucinations increased the likelihood

> of physical aggression by 40 percent, while

> constipation was linked with a 30-percent increase

> risk.

>

> The same factors were associated with verbal

> aggression, except for constipation.

>

> While several other studies have found an

> association between depression and physical

> aggression among nursing home residents, no

> published study of treatment for this behavior

> included an antidepressant, Leonard and his team

> point out.

>

> " Thus, the relative importance of depression as a

> potentially modifiable risk factor may not be

> recognized, " they write in the ls of Internal

> Medicine.

>

> It is not clear why constipation might increase the

> risk of aggressive behavior, the researchers note.

> They suggest that residents may lash out defensively

> as a reaction to the symptoms of constipation itself

> or to invasive treatments for constipation, such as

> suppositories.

>

> All of these factors may be treated or modified, and

> if intervention is successful, it may reduce the

> risk of violence and harm by these nursing home

> residents, the researchers conclude.

>

> SOURCE: Archives of Internal Medicine, June 26,

> 2006.

>

>

> [Non-text portions of this message have been

> removed]

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

,

Good point!

Jim

So does low blood sugar.

john

--- Jim <mofunnow@...> wrote:

> I wonder again if this is depression or depression

> drug induced.....

>

> If an elderly person is diagnosed with depression

> then they are invariably given antidepressants.

>

> Most psychiatric drugs cause constipation, it's the

> first thing I think when someone is constipated.

> Most psychiatric drugs are used to chemically

> restrain people and by default that can be against

> their will. Most psychiatric drugs can cause what

> they are supposed to treat. Many elderly that have

> no one watching out for them get heavily drugged

> just like foster children and of course it can make

> them worse.

>

> I have seen old statistics of the insane and the

> amount of violence was neglible, this implies to me

> that the mentally ill are aggressive and mean simply

> by being " mentally ill " . I have observed that the

> simple and deranged are usually fairly calm if they

> are not agitated and forced around against their

> will.

>

> I wish I could find those old statistics on mentally

> ill violence.

>

> http://tinyurl.com/rgaz2\

>

> NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Depression triples the

> likelihood that a nursing home resident with

> dementia will be physically aggressive, a new study

> shows.

>

> Delusions, hallucinations and constipation also

> appeared to be risk factors for physical aggression

> in these patients, Dr. Ralph Leonard of CALM-MD,

> LLC, in St. Louis Park, Minnesota and colleagues

> from Yale Medical School found.

>

> About 7 percent of the 1.3 million people living in

> U.S. nursing homes become physically aggressive each

> week, which can be traumatic for the residents and

> the staff as well, the authors note. To investigate

> whether any potentially treatable factors are

> associated with this behavior, Leonard and his team

> studied 103,344 nursing home residents in five

> states. All of the subjects were older than 60 years

> and had been diagnosed with dementia.

>

> During the week before the data were collected, 6.9

> percent had been physically aggressive, while 10.5

> percent had been verbally aggressive.

>

>

>

> Residents with depressive symptoms were 3.3 times

> more likely to have been physically aggressive, and

> those experiencing delusions had twice the risk of

> aggression. Hallucinations increased the likelihood

> of physical aggression by 40 percent, while

> constipation was linked with a 30-percent increase

> risk.

>

> The same factors were associated with verbal

> aggression, except for constipation.

>

> While several other studies have found an

> association between depression and physical

> aggression among nursing home residents, no

> published study of treatment for this behavior

> included an antidepressant, Leonard and his team

> point out.

>

> " Thus, the relative importance of depression as a

> potentially modifiable risk factor may not be

> recognized, " they write in the ls of Internal

> Medicine.

>

> It is not clear why constipation might increase the

> risk of aggressive behavior, the researchers note.

> They suggest that residents may lash out defensively

> as a reaction to the symptoms of constipation itself

> or to invasive treatments for constipation, such as

> suppositories.

>

> All of these factors may be treated or modified, and

> if intervention is successful, it may reduce the

> risk of violence and harm by these nursing home

> residents, the researchers conclude.

>

> SOURCE: Archives of Internal Medicine, June 26,

> 2006.

>

>

> [Non-text portions of this message have been

> removed]

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

So obviously for any sane person, is the fact that human beings have

psycho-SOCIAL needs and if these needs are not met or outright denied

then one can expect it to have an effect on the psychology of the human

being.

I wonder when society will acknowledge the profoundly negative effects

of denying psycho-social needs and look at better ways of meeting these

needs BEFORE prescribing drugs.

ie. Is there wide spread denial of environmental causes of depression

going on? Me thinks YES.

[Guest guest]

Me agrees

So obviously for any sane person, is the fact that human beings have

psycho-SOCIAL needs and if these needs are not met or outright denied

then one can expect it to have an effect on the psychology of the human

being.

I wonder when society will acknowledge the profoundly negative effects

of denying psycho-social needs and look at better ways of meeting these

needs BEFORE prescribing drugs.

ie. Is there wide spread denial of environmental causes of depression

going on? Me thinks YES.

[Guest guest]

Your right about this.

My terminology for most depression is " Situational

Depression " and this in no way calls for

psychotropic/neuroleptic drugs.

john

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> So obviously for any sane person, is the fact that

> human beings have

> psycho-SOCIAL needs and if these needs are not met

> or outright denied

> then one can expect it to have an effect on the

> psychology of the human

> being.

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> I wonder when society will acknowledge the

> profoundly negative effects

> of denying psycho-social needs and look at better

> ways of meeting these

> needs BEFORE prescribing drugs.

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> ie. Is there wide spread denial of environmental

> causes of depression

> going on? Me thinks YES.

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