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I am a human, even though the welcome message is from a template. I noticed you're from Australia, do you have any experience with GROW? -- Scarpy ( talk) 23:46, 29 May 2008 (UTC) reply

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A search for " group therapy" takes you to a dismabiguation page with the names of various rock groups on it. I added a link to "group psychotherapy" but it still doesnt seem quite right, because the rock groups are (in my opinion) a trivial meaning for group therapy. Would it be better to redirect "group therapy" directly to "group psychotherapy"? Thanks -- Anonymaus ( talk) 02:45, 15 June 2008 (UTC) reply

• I didn't get a disambiguation page from Group therapy. It looks fine to me the way it is now. Also, new posts go to the bottom of a talk page. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{( Broken clamshells• Otter chirps)} 03:06, 15 June 2008 (UTC) reply

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• My son did this while I wasn't looking. He will be punished.-- Anonymaus ( talk) 21:05, 26 June 2008 (UTC) reply

• No need to go that far! Cheers, Hertz1888 ( talk) 22:50, 26 June 2008 (UTC) reply

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Hi! I replied on my talk. Peace, delldot talk 15:28, 2 July 2008 (UTC) reply

Hey, I'm sorry if the reviewing process of Mental status examination has been frustrating, I'm not trying to make it be! You have certainly done a wonderful job so far and I didn't mean to discount that by focusing on the areas I thought were lacking. I sure hope you're not giving up, I was very impressed by the work you put in. I think this was my fault for taking on the review of an article I don't know much about. How about I step back, ask for a second opinion, and let someone else take over the review process? It's entirely possible that they'll see fit to promote it right away. Let me know what you want to do. Peace, delldot talk 17:42, 4 July 2008 (UTC) reply

Yes, ok -- Anonymaus ( talk) 01:31, 5 July 2008 (UTC) reply

Hi, replied to your note. delldot talk 14:06, 22 July 2008 (UTC) reply

Would you consider adding any input to our proposal regarding the DSM-IV? Input is being collected on our talk page. Thanks! Mindsite ( talk) 21:46, 10 July 2008 (UTC) reply

Unless my hippocampus has fallen out of my head, I have no memory of you ever offending me. I read through your comments on the psychiatry talk page and I saw nothing out of line. Actually, to the contrary; I appreciate your viewpoints and consider you an expert on the subject. I hope you continue to provide good feedback and make changes as it is much appreciated! Chupper ( talk) 19:33, 8 August 2008 (UTC) reply

Hi, I am working this up for Featured Article status. Can you see any glaring omissions, or have any references at hand? Thought you may be interested. Cheers, Casliber ( talk · contribs) 04:15, 12 August 2008 (UTC) reply

Thank you for the excellent feedback on the MDD article. I followed your suggestion to expand the psychodynamic view of the causes of depression (in the Causes section), and I'm wondering if you'd mind reviewing (and, if necessary, revising) the expanded paragraph when you get a chance. Thanks again, Cosmic Latte ( talk) 23:30, 15 August 2008 (UTC) reply

Hi Anonymaus,

I have just read your article on Frontal lobe disorder, having Googled the term. I'm studying the effects of frontal lobe brain injury on relationships with family members following brain injury, so am very interested in the topic (for my PhD thesis). I've actually written an article on the Dysexecutive syndrome as it is referred to by Neuropsychologists. The reason why there is a different name seems to be that the medical literature prefers a physical term, being concerned with etiology and such, whereas the neuropsychologist literature prefers a psychological term. I think the situation is analogous to the case of left hemisphere stroke - we don't talk about left hemisphere stroke syndrome, but rather types of aphasia and acquired dyspraxia. Damage to the frontal lobes though, being more complicated, tends to be referred to as Frontal Lobe Syndrome (787,000 google hits), Frontal Lobe Disorder (882,000 google hits) or Dysexecutive syndrome (with only 32,100 google hits).

Seeing as how the medical name is far more common, (on the internet at least), I think it would make sense for me to merge my article with yours, stating that Frontal Lobe Disorder/syndrome is the medical terminology, whereas DES is becoming the preferred neuropsychological lable. Also, your article is better written than mine, so it will be easier for me to add my content to yours.

I've only started my PhD some 6 months ago, so am still getting to grips with the condition, which is very complicated. I will no doubt improve the article some more as I progress. I have recently bought a big textbook on the frontal lobes, which has both medical/neurological and neuropsychological perspectives, so I should be able to write more from that.

Please could you have a read of my article, and see what you think, then I will add some content to your article and once completed, redirect Dysexecutive syndrome to Frontal lobe disorder.

Cheers

Tom Michael - Mostly Zen ( talk) 20:01, 30 October 2008 (UTC) reply

G'day again - I have been working on major depressive disorder which is now at FAC - Wikipedia:Featured Article Candidates/Major depressive disorder - I have been asked to get some more eyes on it, which I think is a good thing anyway, so I'd be grateful if you can see scope for improvements etc. WRT prose, and sourcing. Cheers, Casliber ( talk · contribs) 23:29, 2 November 2008 (UTC) reply

have recently started early intervention in psychosis. Still early stages, but would appreciated more input - its a good Australian model that is spreading

Earlypsychosis ( talk) 23:17, 2 February 2009 (UTC) reply

found a great contributer - the page is looking better now. Earlypsychosis ( talk) 20:00, 14 February 2009 (UTC) reply

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are you happy with Psychiatric formulation redirect to clinical formulation? Earlypsychosis ( talk) 02:16, 3 July 2009 (UTC) reply

Please unblock me, I'm not a vandal! My son is the vandal!

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Visit this page and copy the unblock request from there so we can successfully handle your request. Q ^{T C} 08:19, 23 July 2009 (UTC) reply

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Your request to be unblocked has been granted for the following reason(s): I tweaked the block of the IP address in question to prevent collateral damage to registerred accounts. That IP is still blocked, but you should be free to edit now. Request handled by: Jayron 32 12:16, 23 July 2009 (UTC) reply Unblocking administrator: Please check for active autoblocks on this user after accepting the unblock request.

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I just noticed this Anonymaus, are you able to edit now? Casliber ( talk · contribs) 11:42, 23 July 2009 (UTC) reply

Yes I can, thanks. Jeez, teenagers, who needs them. Anonymaus ( talk) 20:25, 23 July 2009 (UTC) reply

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Spotlight - Simplified article translation

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Wikiproject Medicine started translating simplified articles in February 2014. We now have 45 simplified articles ready for translation, of which the first on African trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness has been translated into 46 out of ~100 languages. This list does not include the 33 additional articles that are available in both full and simple versions.

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Integration progress

There has previously been some resistance against translation into certain languages with strong Wikipedia presence, such as Dutch, Polish, and Swedish.
What was found is that thre is hardly any negative opinion about the the project itself; and any such critique has focused on the ways that articles have being integrated. For an article to be usefully translated into a target-Wiki it needs to be properly Wiki-linked, carry proper citations and use the formatting of the chosen target language as well as being properly proof-read. Certain large Wikis such as the Polish and Dutch Wikis have strong traditions of medical content, with their own editorial system, own templates and different ideas about what constitutes a good medical article. For example, there are not MEDRS ( Polish, German, Romanian, Persian) guidelines present on other Wikis, and some Wikis have a stronger background of country-specific content.

• Swedish
  Translation into Swedish has been difficult in part because of the amount of free, high quality sources out there already: patient info, for professionals. The same can be said for English, but has really given us all the more reason to try and create an unbiased and free encyclopedia of medical content. We want Wikipedia to act as an alternative to commercial sources, and preferably a really good one at that.
  Through extensive collaborative work and by respecting links and Sweden specific content the last unintegrated Swedish translation went live in May.
• Dutch
  Dutch translation carries with it special difficulties, in part due to the premises in which the Dutch Wikipedia is built upon. There is great respect for what previous editors have created, and deleting or replacing old content can be frowned upon. In spite of this there are success stories: Anafylaxie.
• Polish
  Translation and integration into Polish also comes with its own unique set of challenges. The Polish Wikipedia has long been independent and works very hard to create high quality contentfor Polish audience. Previous translation trouble has lead to use of unique templates with unique formatting, not least among citations. Add to this that the Polish Wikipedia does not allow template redirects and a large body of work is required for each article.
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• Arabic
  The Arabic Wikipedia community has been informed of the efforts to integrate content through both the general talk-page as well as through one of the major Arabic Wikipedia facebook-groups: مجتمع ويكيبيديا العربي, something that has been heralded with great enthusiasm.

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Instructions on how to integrate an article may be found here [3]

News in short

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To come

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Mental status examination has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 ( talk) 04:18, 25 February 2024 (UTC) reply