Long-Term Use of Tylenol During Pregnancy May Raise Risk of Autism, ADHD

Val's Take

This is sort of another chink in the armor of the MEDICAL COMMUNITY and also RESEARCH COMMUNITY ----

• I'm not so concerned that THEY'RE NOT PERFECT ---
  • I'm concerned about our EXPERT CLASS --- the ROLE they want to play in the SOCIETY and we want them to play
    • when the FOUNDATIONS of the EXPERTISE are often NOT AS SOLID as we all might hope.
• I'm really wanting to get to the ISSUE not of INDIVIDUAL PRACTITIONERS PROVIDING SUB-STANDARD CARE --- but of a STANDARD of CARE that is SUSPECT.

 

• So one of the reasons why the law focuses on STANDARD OF CARE ----
  • is to have a BENCHMARK that is KNOWN or SHOULD BE KNOWN to the PRACTITIONER ---
  • & the idea is that makes it FAIR to hold the PRACTITIONER --- ACCOUNTABLE --- for the STANDARD OF CARE.

 

• Holding people "ACCOUNTABLE" ---
  • Generally, the Criminal Law for Poor People and crimes of specific intent and
  • The Civil Law for many Corporations, Professionals and others where the issue is often negligence and/or fraud.

 

• Holding people "ACCOUNTABLE" is a lot different than SOLVING PROBLEMS.
  • I've seen a lot of SCAPEGOATING in both the CRIMINAL & CIVIL LAW SYSTEMS ---
    • and it is DESTRUCTIVE.

 

• The move to PROBLEM-SOLVING COURTS and COLLABORATIVE JUSTICE is an attempt to address some of these issues.

Long-Term Use of Tylenol During Pregnancy May Raise Risk of Autism, ADHD

Researchers say pregnant women who use acetaminophen products for four weeks or more can increase their unborn child’s risk of autism and ADHD.

Cont. from Column 1

There's a lot of HIERARCHY in the Medical Disciplines -- and Mental Health has traditionally not been at the top of it.When someone like myself RAILS AGAINST the DSM and THE MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSION NOT BEING ON TOP OF THE RESEARCH Where would the BANDWIDTH even come to address those issues?The National Institute of Mental Health?

• NIMH has some fantastic LONG TERM PROJECTS such as the RDoC (the Research Domain Criteria Program)
• BUT MEANWHILE . . .

US CRIMINAL JUSTICE is struggling and we're often relying on PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPERTS who aren't really getting the SUPPORT they need to be RELIABLE EXPERTS.

Psychiatry & The Criminal Justice System: Simplicity on the Near Side of Complexity