User:EhJJ

From the ST archives

Hello all,

many of our disease-related articles are too unspecific. Some are non-helpful as they give a wrong impression of what a disease or condition really is. I therefore think we should make an effort, to get the descriptions right. IMO it is better to have no article on a disease/condition, to having one that gives a wrong impression.

Some of the articles that need looking at include:

• Psychosis - I tried to come up with an article, based on EN and DE, but am probably wrong.
• Schizophrenia - probably too unspecific.
• Paranoia - unspecific?
• Bipolar disorder - not everyone with mood swings has bipolar disorder, hopefully.
• Major depressive disorder - what normal people call depression
• Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder - disorganized, probably unspecific.
• Narcolepsy - probably too unspecific
• Obsessive-compulsive disorder - disorganized, probably unspecific.
• Epilepsy - can we get a little more flesh on that bone? ;)

I know that all of these are related to either mental illnesses, or damage of the brain or nervous system. So far I have not had time to look through all disease-related articles. We probably have too few people who are capable of helping here, but could this be a way to attract new editors (by posting on respective wikiproject pages on en and other wikipedias)? --Eptalon (talk) 12:57, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

• Mania, Major depressive disorder (depression), Psychosis, Schizophrenia, Paranoia, bipolar disorder, ADHD, obsessive-compulsive disorder, narcolepsy, epilepsy are problably all of them. Thanks for having a look.