Wednesday, July 05, 2006

Health Care

I was going to title this post "Duh", but then realized what a good thing this would be if it was put into effect. I also realized that I'm living in America, where all the medical money is in the specialties, except for anything that deal's with children's health. Ask a pediatrician or a pediatric psychiatrist & they will tell you. That's the reason there is only one children's pysch M.D. in Wyoming. Well, that & the fact that Cheney is from Wyoming.
Pediatricians usually ask a mother about her baby's sleep pattern or a toddler's eating habits. But a study published today suggests that at routine checkups, they should ask a few questions about the mother's own well-being, too.

Just two simple questions -- about whether a mother has lost interest and pleasure in doing things lately, and whether she has been feeling down -- can quickly and easily start the process of getting the estimated 10 percent of mothers who are depressed the help they need, according to the study in this month's issue of the journal Pediatrics.

1 comment:

pissed off patricia said...

If it makes sense, it's tossed out the window these days. Duh, would have been a very good title for that post.