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True words Kathleen. Why don't we 'admit' to calling it a "Brain Disorder"? Or has that term got other (wrong?) connotations? Nic 57/15 On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 7:16 PM, Kathleen Cochran <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > A thought spurred by seeing how the ball on ECT/PD fell between the > psychiatrists and the neurologists: > > The longer I live with PD, the more I think that to term it a "movement > disorder" is limiting and misleading. PD affects everything, including > cognition and mood. The sooner we all admit that, the sooner we can break > out of the box our fragmented, competitive system of health care and > medical > specialties has put us in. > > Kathleen > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto: > [log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn