#Diagnoses

1. Cases1a. Pillars 1&2 - last couple of weeks & last month (current wave) & full curve. Bear in mind the left-hand side was heavily rationed for testing, the right-hand
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Been seeing a lot of autistic-ADHD discourse on my timeline, so some thoughts?So basically I think that autism and ADHD are distinct conditions with a high cooccurrence rate (currently seems
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My husband is battling stage 4 colon cancer. He is 39. This news is hitting me like a ton of bricks. Young Black men are getting sick. Guys in good
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hmm it’s april aka autism acceptance month (obligatory fuck A$!) and social distancing ennui is hitting so i’m gonna unpack something that i’ve been seeing lately that makes me go
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CW: Medical, reproduction, fertility, chronic pain, sex..........I am having the worst pelvic pain flare I’ve had in the past 5 years, possibly ever. The last time I got to this
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I feel the need to explain the rationale behind this policy. It’s only one small part of an overall policy framework that paleolibertarians (UCP are libertarian, NOT conservative) are implementing
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This is important: @cdcgov came out with a report in 2018 that showed that 54% of Americans who died by suicide between 1999-2016 did not have a known mental health
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1/ Covid (@UCSF) Chronicles, Day 22@UCSFhospitals, 19 Covid pts, stable (Fig), with 9 in ICU, 4 on vents. ZSFG still @ 30 pts, 11 vents. Numbers quite stable overall. Relatively
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"you are not a professional, you can't diagnose" is an absurd argument when we talk about autism because most professionals have no clue what autism looks like beyond stereotypes. /1
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This is good news. I'm glad to see the AMA step up as they realize patients are understandably "less willing to provide health information to physicians, as they are worried
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Hey everyone, Minxi here, taking over NN's Twitter for #WorldMentalHealthDay . Today, I want to talk about what living w/ a mental illness has taught me about being an activist.
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Pro-tip: A note on self-harm and self-help: self-harm happens in multiple diagnoses. It can be acute (cutting, head-banging, biting, etc.) or chronic (skin-picking, eating disorders, teeth grinding, etc.) Both types
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1/ Covid (@UCSF) Chronicles, Day 21@UCSFhospitals, 18 Covid+ pts, same. 7 in ICU, 3 on vents. Note: 30 pts @ Zuckerberg SF General Hospital, our safety net, a disproportionate #
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Because no one asked...Back in late 2001 I learned I had a brain tumor. β€œLearned” it was there by losing my balance walking off the court after a 2-hr pick-up
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Borderline Personality Disorder aka Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder is one of the most misunderstood, stigmatised & complex mental health diagnoses (Thread) #BPD #EUPD#MentalHealthAwareness One could write pages relating to the
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A thread (tw: suicide and mental illness): I have bipolar disorder and am on meds. Even so, midway through the writing of this project, I fell deep into a massive
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