Nurses use tickling as a form of treatment for mentally ill patient

[melonboobs]

http://sciencelinks.jp/j-east/article/200707/000020070705A0768222.php

In the abstract for a Japanese medical journal (the grammar for the English translation is terrible) a doctor reports how they treat a mental patient who cuts himself or injures himself to form a phony injury. They noticed this gave him some sort of satisfaction. So they substituted it with tickling. The nurses tickled under his arms when he showed them a self-inflicted injury. This also gave him satisfaction and he asked for more.

The treatment is working. The number of times he injures himself every month has gone from more than 5 to less than 1.

 

[revboy]

Just goes to further prove that tickling can be a healthy activity. :cool

 

[tehalienfetus]

:huh ...huh.

 

[Critical Kai]

I'm also confus.

 

[tehalienfetus]

I can't tell if I'm dumb and was reading it weird or if it's written in Engrish?

 

[love feet]

??

 

[melonboobs]

Like I said, the translation to English from Japanese is terrible.

 

[MrTicklefeet1]

I can't tell if I'm dumb and was reading it weird or if it's written in Engrish?

I'd go for the former. It seemed clear to me. Excellent form of therapy for a lot of ailments.

 

[Janchan]

Tickling is awesome, any argument about that is now invalid, forever. :cool

 

[tehalienfetus]

I'd go for the former. It seemed clear to me.

Uh, thanks, I appreciate that.

 

[revboy]

Look at me I'm so cool

I'd go for the former. It seemed clear to me. Excellent form of therapy for a lot of ailments.

lol, such kindness in that opening statement.

 

[reinforcments]

I for one kinda find it disturbing. Not in the sense for medical application. But in the sense you guys are implying this as an excuse to indulge in it.

Have some standards guys.

 

[tehalienfetus]

I for one kinda find it disturbing. Not in the sense for medical application. But in the sense you guys are implying this as an excuse to indulge in it.

Have some standards guys.

I do agree in this sense.

Though I find it odd that a patient would request such a thing. However, if it's legal, and they all find consent in it, I guess? Still fucking weird.

 

[ticklehound]

Gotta love the Japanese . . . I wish the entire article was available in better translation. Clearly it appears that lack of physical contact plays some role in the development of this mental disorder. I'm not a shrink, but if there's some knowledge to be gained on the cause & effects of tickling, I'd like to know about it...

And to the post above, I proudly need NO excuse to indulge in tickling.