week 7 dq post

This dq post is specifically difficult for me since I have been actively studying Psychology for about 12 years, I have studied a lot about diagnosis and treatment (Hwang, Myers, Abe-Kim, & Ting, 2008). In my last grad school, I took a combination of those classes and learned a huge amount. Mostly what not ever to do (Draguns, & Tanaka-Matsumi, 2003).

The subject CBD oil (Teitelbaum, 2019). The cultures the patients whose lives are dependent on the CBD oil calming their nervous system down so it will not kill them, and religious zealots who have chosen that violent opposition of anything they do not like is somehow a good thing (Lewis-Fernandez, & Kleinman, 1988). In this case the same religious zealots love their heroin in pill form and cannot get enough of it, but heroin in injection form is in all ways bad, same with weed and all associations with weed. Weed and all associated things and people are just as bad. Evidence, facts, science, academics, medicine, etc. these subjects are all ignored to pay attention to the zealot theocracy.

The most interesting new treatment which was not all that readily available 10 years ago was treating nervous system issues with cannabis oil. The Cannabidiol oil treatments for nervous system issues has proven itself to be on the major side of effective against a huge number of issues. However, it does not contain much if any THC. But the FDA has found huge problems with it, since it is also an extremely good pain killer, which the opioid pharmaceuticals hate beyond measure. The more people use the non-addictive CBD oil the less they will need oxy and similar pain killers, which of course cuts down on quarterly profits.

It is fascinating to me just how effective some things are, but the larger community for a variety of reasons cannot stand said concepts. To the negative cultures heroin is just fine and dandy, wonderful, cannot get through a day without their “happy pills”, but same chemicals in the form of a needle and the same people popping 30 pills a day feel moral and superior with others who use a needle, some pill poppers usually based on a gross examination of the culture dislike and distrust the “weed” industry completely.

It is odd that a chemical compound in x form which is on the extreme side of bad for all users in the longer than a few doses use have formed addictions to said pills. But they have to be superior to other much less dangerous chemical compounds; the results are an FDA process for CBD oil will take in some areas about half a century to be approved while a chemical infinitely worse is not being questioned at all. Of course, the vast amounts of money generated by oxy and its other named similar substances in the form of kickbacks to the FDA by the millions to politicians. The cognitive dissonance of religious zealots is something to behold (Sirikantraporn, Rich, & Jafari, 2018).

CBD oil for nervous system issues is a fantastic drug to administer, in many cases the results are nothing short of miraculous. The closest approved treatments are nothing close to similar, CBD oil for seizures and the like is amazing. But the limitations on it are cultural not science. The culture one specific aspect of one culture cannot stand the concept of a hemp derivative being used in that way, so they fight against it with everything they have (Lopez, & Guarnaccia, 2000).

Dravet syndrome and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS), recognized childhood seizure disorders which non-CBD treatments either do not work at all or only work to an extremely limited amount (Lee, Baek, & Lee, 2019). However, the largest issue regarding CBD oil is not the extreme benefits with virtually no dependency, it is the cultures inability to accept this treatment. Despite Dravet syndrome and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS) having a close to lethal level of damage to young children’s neuropathways, the portion of society which had decided that weed is bad, and pills are ok (despite the fact pills are a heroin derivative) (Lazaridis, Eraikhuemen, Williams, & Lovince, 2019). As long as they are called pills and not heroin, the same culture which wants all weed and weed products criminalized, as well as Heroin, have no problem popping heroin pills by the dozens a day (Lewis-Fernandez, et al. 2014).

What CBD oil does and exactly how it affects the nervous system are still being studied. The treatment I find the most interesting is no matter how beneficial something is, if this one specific culture does not like it, it has an extreme uphill climb.

References

Draguns, J. G., & Tanaka-Matsumi, J. (2003). Assessment of psychopathology across and within cultures: Issues and findings. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 41(7), 755–776.

Hwang, W., Myers, H. F., Abe-Kim, J., & Ting, J. Y. (2008). A conceptual paradigm for understanding culture's impact on mental health: The cultural influences on mental health (CIMH) model. Clinical Psychology Review, 28(2), 211–227. doi:10.1016/j.cpr.2007.05.00.

Lazaridis, D., Eraikhuemen, N., Williams, K., & Lovince, J. (2019). Treatment of seizures associated with Lennox-Gastaut and Dravet Syndromes: A focus on cannabidiol oral solution. P&T: A Peer-Reviewed Journal for Managed Care & Formulary Management, 44(5), 255–266. Retrieved from https://search-ebscohost-com.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=rzh&AN=136268814&site=eds-live&scope=site

Lee, S., Baek, M. S., & Lee, Y. M. (2019). Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome in mitochondrial disease. Yonsei Medical Journal, 60(1), 106–114. https://doi-org.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/10.3349/ymj.2019.60.1.106

Lewis-Fernandez, R., & Kleinman, A. (1988). Culture, personality, and psychopathology. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 103(1), 67–71.

Lewis-Fernandez, R., et al. (2014). Culture and psychiatric evaluation: Operationalizing cultural formulation for DSM-5. Psychiatry, 77(2), 130–154.

Lopez, S. R., & Guarnaccia, P. J. J. (2000). Cultural psychopathology: Uncovering the social world of mental illness. Annual Review of Psychology, 51, 571–598.

Sirikantraporn, S., Rich, G., & Jafari, N. (2018). The concept of posttraumatic growth in a Cambodian sample: A grounded theory study. In G. Rich & S. Sirikantraporn (Eds.), Human strengths and resilience: Developmental, cross-cultural, and international perspectives (pp. 39–58). Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.

Teitelbaum, J. (2019). A Hemp oil, CBD, and marijuana primer: Powerful pain, insomnia, and anxiety-relieving tools! Alternative Therapies In Health And Medicine, 25(S2), 21–23. Retrieved from https://search-ebscohost-com.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mnh&AN=31202200&site=eds-live&scope=site