tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532871.post2827012455137254001..comments2024-03-13T13:29:33.800-05:00Comments on SocraticGadfly: Susan Hawk needs to resign and Dallas media needs to take notes (updated)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532871.post-70730609320562694692016-06-23T10:56:27.761-05:002016-06-23T10:56:27.761-05:00Constantine, you may be right on the language upda...Constantine, you may be right on the language updates. That said, the main issue remains, doe she still have a problem with addiction to meds, and does she even have a possible alcohol problem behind that? If either is true, 10 rounds of depression treatment be themselves won't fully work.<br /><br />And, that adds to the public service angle and calls for resignation.Gadflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13075757287807731373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532871.post-51874824324770609252016-06-23T03:57:53.027-05:002016-06-23T03:57:53.027-05:00" 3. Use of the word "treatment," a..." 3. Use of the word "treatment," also used in the news release by the DA's office, raises similar normal usage issues and other caveats. Again, I personally have never heard "treatment" used with depression, but I've quite regularly heard it used with addiction. I suppose it's possible; it's not grammatically incorrect, but, it's certainly not normal usage, is it?"<br /><br />I've heard (and used as a self-description) relapse on depression, but fairly rarely. With treatment, though, I'm honestly shocked that you hadn't heard treatment and depression used in the same situation. Perhaps this is a regional thing, but to me, "Seeking treatment" or "Undergoing treatment" is a totally normal usage of the word. In my experience, any mental illness or disorder is something one would describe oneself as getting treatment for - Depression, anxiety, whatever. The difference might be class, region, or something else. But I can honestly say I'm surprised that that struck you as weird. <br /><br />With the word 'Relapse,' it's a bit of an odd usage. Not that I wouldn't hear someone say that they're relapsing. I hear people who are depressed use that frequently. Just that I've never heard that in a press release, as it's much more of a casual thing than a formal thing. On the other hand, if she was communicating to someone she knows personally, she might have used a casual term and the person she spoke to just repeated it. <br /><br /><br /> 4. I also know, contra that news release, that "attention deficit disorder" is NOT mental illness and that one does not usually get "treatment" for it.<br /><br />I think that perhaps you're working with outdated information. I can tell you at the very least that my therapist considers it a mental illness. And I would describe myself to be getting 'treatemnt' for it, amongst other things. Indeed, my doctor has mentioned that she frequently has difficulty getting her patients or others to understand the fact that it is a mental illness, and that it shouldn't be treated as some minor thing. Catullushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745408070376081876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532871.post-36621077468998391412016-05-21T12:33:22.030-05:002016-05-21T12:33:22.030-05:00None of which the Snooze will write. There is a go...None of which the Snooze will write. There is a good chance that Jim S over at the Observer will at some point in between stories about that stupid tollway.cactusflintheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00092079888325842752noreply@blogger.com