Expect this to be seen at a drug exhibit in the latest physician convention:
It’s labeled after many schizophrenic patients’ descriptions of what it’s like to live with this disease “” many say the experience of schizophrenia is “like having a storm in their mind,” said Padina. Mindstorm was designed to provide mental health professionals, physicians, law enforcement officials and patients’ families with an experience similar to that of their mentally ill patients, perpetrators and family members.
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These “experience schizophrenia” exhibits have been at psychiatric conventions for the past 5-10 years, usually at a major pharma booth for an antipsychotic (of course).
I’ve used the schizophrenia stimulator before (a drug rep for ??oral-disintegrating Risperdal had it). It was pretty awesome.
One of the docs was using it and got an anxiety attack, like, for real and had to take the mask off.
I cannot help but think that when one uses the virtual schizophrenia that they may be setting themselves up for more harm than good (like nurse K said about the doc who had an anxiety attack). It alerts me that this type of thing, like online psych evals are gaining more access to the general public and oftentimes being used carelessly.
I can’t help but feel manipulated by these simulators as though they are selling me on making sure my I take my drugs or that my schitz family member takes their pills.
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