I'm concerned that if all of our medical health records become electronic,that the politicians,and police might think that we are a threat to society. This bothers me a little.

I don't understand why so many young people are shooting people,and their selves. My generation was not like that at all. These things didn't come into the minds of the young people who I grew up with.

I have no violence on my records,and don't want to hurt anybody's feelings. What if they who do not understand Mental health issues take the wrong approach,or don't understand,and just look at statistics. BF

Hi,

I hope that electronic mental health records will be different. . . . mostly because as you suggest, regular doctors and nurses and the general public do not understand them.
Maybe those records will sort of need a higher level of security to access. . . . Kind of like Top Secret. Or they will need extra special permission from the patient.

Most gun deaths in the US are caused by suicide.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_vio..._United_States
That bothers me.


On the other hand, I am dismayed every time we hear about gun violence in a school or somewhere and then also hear about more rules for the mentally ill, or even when I hear in general that the U.S. needs more support for its mentally ill in order to have fewer killings.


We need smart and sophisticated people solving these complicated problems. Few politicians fit into either category.

M

In this case the ER is just attached to a hospital that has a ward for
mental health. So I think this doctor was thinking she had taken
to much of her medicine. Instead of listening to the patient, and
the paramedics who brought her in.

It was in the record. The only reason it was even brought up was
because he needed to know what her meds were.

Donna

Thanks, Donna,

That information is helpful.
I hope your sister is doing better.

Mari

She will be doing better, then something new will drop from the sky
so to speak. Ugh, today its all the rain we are getting.

They have leaks in the roof. Hopefully the contractor's can help on Monday.

Its just one thing then the next.

Donna

Hi, Donna,

I hope the roof gets worked out very soon..

Mari