Posted by Dinah on November 30, 2005, at 10:09:58
In reply to Re: what is expected, posted by Dr. Bob on November 25, 2005, at 0:50:05
> > I guess one question I'd be interested in is who is the target audience? Are these pyschopharmacologists or people who do therapy? Or people who do mainly prescribing, but are interested in other aspects of psychiatric self help.
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> It's hard to know who's going to show up. Sorry about all the unknowns!Those unknowns are so large as to be daunting. The interest could lie in questions about the accuracy of information on Babble, the implications of early side-effect information (we all knew many of the side effects the doctors and drug companies are only now admitting), and how much trouble Babble is likely to cause them in encouraging us to try to be our own doctors as opposed or challenge their opinions.
Or the interest could be in how Babble contributes or detracts from the therapeutic relationship. Fears about being negatively judged by posters. Or interest in how we encourage each other to be open and disclose things to our therapist that we might be otherwise unwilling to disclose.
Or the interest could be more along the nature of how well the internet can serve as a source of peer support. What problems could crop up by participating.
Or the interest could lie somewhere I can't even imagine.
Individual poster/presenters may vary widely in their knowledge of and interest in these and other various topics. And I see some potential for embarassment or awkwardness.
Maybe if we were more familiar with the contents of your presentation, we'd be more able to feel comfortable with our ability to be assets to the presentation?
poster:Dinah
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