Prof. Dr. Pamela Gibson, die schon einige MCS Studien leitete über die wir berichteten, ist dabei eine neue Studie über MCS durchzuführen. Die Studie wird über einen Online-Fragebogen abgewickelt, den jeder, der Englisch kann und MCS hat, ausfüllen kann.
Es geht bei der Studie darum, ob MCS-Kranke Psychotherapie erhalten, ob sie hilft, wie sie von Psychologen und Psychiatern behandelt werden z.B. bei einer psychiatrischen Begutachtung für eine BG oder die Rentenversicherung, ob der Psychiater auf ihre MCS-bedingten Bedürfnisse einging oder nicht, welche MCS-Bedürfnisse er erfüllte (z.B. Fenster öffen,...)
Ziel der Studie ist es herauszufinden, welche Leistungen Chemikaliensensible von der Fachrichtung Psychologie/Psychiatrie erhalten haben und wie sie gemäß ihrer Krankheit behandelt wurden. In einem Teil der Studie kann jeder mit MCS, der eine psychiatrische Begutachtung durchlaufen musste, darüber berichten wie dies ablief.
Hier geht es zur Studie http://www.mcsresearch.net/currentstudies.html
Das ist die Webseite der James Madisin University und Prof. Gibson http://www.mcsresearch.net/index.htm
Client's Perceptions of Services from Mental Health Providers for Persons with Environmental Sensitivities
In this study we will examine people's perceptions of any services they have received from psychological providers. People with sensitivities end up in the offices of mental health providers for a variety of reasons: for counseling, for evaluations in regard to disability applications or as requested by Vocational Rehabilitation, or when referred by a physician who perceives the problem to be psychological. There may be other reasons as well. We are interested in the treatment that people receive, whether they are accommodated by these providers, and their perceptions of how knowledgeable mental health providers are regarding sensitivities. In addition, as part of this study we invite anyone who has received a psychological evaluation from a psychologist to submit it so we can examine how people with sensitivities are being construed by psychologists. There has been an ongoing movement to frame MCS/ES as a psychological illness. We believe it is physical and would like to attempt to begin discussion of the ways that persons with MCS are framed in evaluations. Click here to take our survey of psychological services on Qualtrics: http://jmu.qualtrics.com/SE?SID=SV_6DpHHiwHSysPFgE&SVID=Prod
If you have taken part 1 of the mental health providers study and would like to complete the demographic page to send in a psychological report, click here.
If you are unable to take the survey online or know of someone who would like to participate without taking the survey online, we can be contacted for either an e-mail copy or a hard copy of the survey. Phone 540-568-6195 or e-mail gibsonpr@jmu.edu.