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Counterintuitive Fall 2022 
Andrew is actually Drew. Lots of people do not categorize.
I enjoy magic beans.
Coffee filters defy physics. Just kidding; physics is what traps the air in the coffee filter, yet keeps the water out. Not sure how. That is why I’m not a physics major.
Love the idea that something as low-tech as a coffee filter could defy physics, Rachel. Thank you so much for your contributions in class today. I’m grateful to you often, but especially today.
Smashing ivory in an effort to stop the poaching is not going to help the poor elephants that are already dead. Basic economics makes the smashing of ivory an even bigger problem; when a popular item becomes limited in quantity, the price of the item will always rise. Yet, people that can’t afford expensive items still strive to but them anyway.
A US study of depression treatment in all races.
http://search.proquest.com/docview/963628257
African Americans and Mental Health
1. The Tuskegee Syphilis Study: an example of distrust
http://www.tuskegee.edu/about_us/centers_of_excellence/bioethics_center/about_the_usphs_syphilis_study.aspx
2. Possible reasons for ineffective treatment of depression.
http://www.nmha.org/conditions/bipolar-disorder-and-african-americans#.Uwz_7v2FaDU
Latinos and Mental Health
http://www.psychiatry.org/latinos
Asian Americans and Mental Health
http://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/templates/content.aspx?lvl=3&lvlID=9&ID=6476
-Perhaps non-whites are not treated properly for depression because they rely more on family or some other crutch, even if that crutch is a bad one (such as alcoholism).
-The stigmas attached to mental illness are still common in many non-white cultures.This can deter many people from even seeing a therapist/doctor.
-There is the issue of obtaining health care, but I think that addressing that too much will increase my workload. It is true that African Americans and Hispanics tend to have less health care than whites, but that can be seen as more of a financial issue than a racist one. But the inequality itself may be caused by racism(?).
-In short, there are many possible reasons why whites get prescribed more antidepressants more than non-whites. But overall, it seems that culture and racial barriers are most evident.
You’re uncomfortable with compliments, Rachel, but I will compliment you anyway. If anyone can draw her own conclusions from your research, you can.
By the way, I was here on the 4th.
Yes, I recall, but it’s harder to prove this way.
I need recipes. Since soup is easy to make, yet can be very healthy for you, I prefer soup recipes.
UDON: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/japanese-nabeyaki-udon-soup/
My “recipes” are more like preparation advice than lists of ingredients and quantities, but I make some excellent varieties if you’d like some tips.
Words to be defined in the definition essay:
– Prozac: a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) antidepressant. Prozac affects chemicals in the brain that may become unbalanced and cause depression, panic, anxiety, or obsessive-compulsive symptoms.
http://www.drugs.com/prozac.html
– brand name versus generic name: same ingredients, but generic is cheaper because much less advertisement is put into it
http://www.ehow.com/facts_5552364_generic-vs-brand-name-medications.html
– clinical depression: a mood disorder in which feelings of sadness, loss, anger, or frustration interfere with everyday life for weeks or longer; occurs when you have at least five of the following symptoms at the same time: a depressed mood during most of the day, particularly in the morning, fatigue or loss of energy almost every day, feelings of worthlessness or guilt almost every day impaired concentration, indecisiveness, insomnia (an inability to sleep) or hypersomnia (excessive sleeping) almost every day, markedly diminished interest or pleasure in almost all activities nearly every day, recurring thoughts of death or suicide (not just fearing death), a sense of restlessness or being slowed down, significant weight loss or weight gain
http://www.webmd.com/depression/guide/what-is-depression
– severity of illness: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severity_of_illness
– prescribing patterns
– race/racism
– private health insurance versus Medicare or Medicaid: http://www.ehow.com/info_8577201_medicare-vs-private-health-insurance.html
– culture
– pharmacotherapy: the treatment of disease through the administration of drugs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharmacotherapy
– patient characteristics
– bias
Even though some of these real-life first sentences are pathetically written, it is important to note that not everybody who writes for the New York Times is a professional writer. Perhaps if they edited their work one more time, they could have fixed it. It is nothing to go up in arms about.
As it turns out, A LOT of airplanes have gone missing and have never been found.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Missing_aircraft
Yikes. —DSH
Rawr.
There is no final exam 😀
Sleep deprivation is caused by lots of things.
The racial gap in antidepressant prescriptions is caused by a lingering misunderstanding of the disorder among the population and the uneven distribution of health care.
Desperately in need of pasta.
Totally not ready for this research paper.
Turns out I put the links for my A05 in My Notes. Whoopsie-daisies. Guess I have a lot of work to do.
Rebuttal: Doctors are not racist. There is no way to prove that they are. But, if patients are not seeking doctors out for treatment (because of their own cultural beliefs), then it has nothing to do with the doctors. If they prescribe antidepressants to other groups more than some, it is more likely because the individuals have conflicts about visiting doctors, and or needing medication to treat their mental illness. This accounts for a large percentage of ethnic groups not getting prescribed antidepressants. Doctors treat those who want treatment.
Of course, whites have negative attitudes about mental illness as well, but certainly not as much as other ethnic groups. Also, they are more likely to be able to afford the more expensive health insurance options that enable them to seek treatment. Studies show that the type of health care coverage correlates to available forms of treatment, especially when the treatment costs a certain amount.
Now you’re getting it, Rachel. That sounds very reasonable. —DSH
I feel like these arguments are not enough for the rebuttal. Am I missing something else, some other counterargument that I just can’t imagine?
It’s possible, but you overestimate what’s needed for sufficient rebuttal. When a claim is groundless, or when it can only be surmised and not proved, very little is needed to refute it. Any reasonable theory to the contrary that can be supported by evidence is stronger (and wins the argument) than a conjecture based on prejudice. The theory that doctor bias causes the prescribing disproportionalities rests on very little and therefore requires very little to refute. —DSH
Ok, but what if I have no sources?
Search. —DSH
Citation for that annoying US Census:
DeNavas-Walt, Carmen, Bernadette D.
Proctor, and Jessica C. Smith,
U.S. Census Bureau,
Current Population Reports, P60-245,
Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance
Coverage in the United States: 2012,
U.S. Government Printing Office,
Washington, DC,
2013.