Talk:The Socratic Method (House)

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The poem read throughout the episode is "Her Praise" by William Butler Yeats 69.134.166.43 02:40, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Correction to Trivia section: Hugh Laurie does not use his British accent while making the phone call. It was simply TOO accented and forced, his real voice doesn't sound quite like it: He was doing a British accent done the way an American would do it.

The guitarist House was mentioning was not Gilmour, it was Syd Barrett who was schyzophrenic Sickboy3883 16:16, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

True. For a period after giving up music, Barrett was institutionalized for schizophrenia. (In the song "Brain Damage", the line "When the band you're in starts playing different tunes" was a reference to early signs of the former frontman's disorder: intended to be interpreted from Barrett's perspective, as he was the one playing the wrong song. One among many such allusions.) Some attributed Barrett's difficulties to heavy LSD use, but it was probably a catalyst for a predisposition already present.drone5 (talk) 05:02, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Wilson's Disease

Interesting that this episode's diagnosis is Wilson's Disease, which is the same diagnosis for the patient in episode 11 of season 6 (Remorse). However, in this episode the patient shows signs of psychosis (loss of contact with reality, hearing voices), while in the episode Remorse the patient shows symptoms of psychopathy (i.e.: personality disorder, showing lack of remorse).

The Socratic Method episode was written by John Mankiewicz, while the Remorse episode was written by Peter Blake.

I am not a doctor, so I must ask: Can Wilson's Disease really show signs of both psychopathy and psychosis, or did one of the writers got confused with the terms psychosis and psychopathy? --Pinnecco (talk) 01:05, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

Unless you're planning on the answer to your question serving as a basis for changing the article, this is not the appropriate place to pose such questions. Talk pages are only for discussion of issues related to improving an article. A medical blog is where you need to be. Cresix (talk) 02:13, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

Thank you so much for stating the obvious. IT IS EVIDENT that this is the start of a discussion to see whether the article should be changed or not. I believe that it is quite likely that one of the writers got confused with the term. In particular, with psychopathy, since everywhere I read about Wilson's diseas so far points out that it can show symptoms of psychosis and NOT psychopathy. But instead of just being bold and changing the article, I thought that I would be able to have a discussion with other fellow wikipedians and see what they have to say... and I was hoping to keep the obnoxious know-it-all at bay. --Pinnecco (talk) 22:51, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

Let me suggest that you keep the personal comments out, per WP:NPA. Now, in response to your question, Wilson's disease can result in cognitive impairment and in some cases psychotic symptoms but not personality disorder. So how do you propose changing the article? Cresix (talk) 23:12, 22 August 2010 (UTC)