There's a humorous post over at Shrink Rap about using patients online communication style (specifically emoticons) to determine what treatment plan to follow. Here is a partial list:
:-) stable. cont prozac 40mg. f/u 3 mos.
:-)) reduce prozac to 20mg. f/u 1mo.
:-)))) d/c prozac. add lithium 300 tid. check TSH, creat. f/u 1wk.
:-D add depakote. check lithium level, LFTs, CBC. f/u 1wk.
:-| stable. cont prozac 40 mg. f/u 1mo.
:-( increase prozac to 60mg. f/u 2wk.
:'-( add wellbutrin SR 150mg. f/u 1wk.
X-( call 911. send to ER. check for OD.
Comments
Personally I prefer the Shiny Happy Hair Scale.
Posted by: ClinkShrink | May 14, 2007 11:20 PM
That Shiny Happy Hair Scale has lots of marketing tie-in potential, too. @:-)
Posted by: Sandra | May 15, 2007 3:14 AM
cool
Posted by: joana | August 21, 2007 10:35 AM