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...tactical significance of the various opposition groups arrayed against Saddam's regime, and none of the European and Arab allies who fought alongside the U.S. during the Gulf War have shown any enthusiasm for a new military effort to oust the strongman. That would leave the U.S forced to commit a half million of its own troops to a decisive assault. It's not that the Arabs and Europeans don't want to see Saddam destroyed; it's simply that they can't see any urgent need to confront his regime, and risk the immediate destabilization of the region that...
...ideas in part prompted by elections,” says Erin B. Ashwell ’02, former member-at-large and chair of various projects. “I think that people, especially the freshmen and sophomore classes, have some really vibrant ideas and people are willing to commit more time to their IOP activities...
...ideas in part prompted by elections,” says Erin B. Ashwell ’02, former member-at-large and chair of various projects. “I think that people, especially the freshmen and sophomore classes, have some really vibrant ideas and people are willing to commit more time to their IOP activities...
Still, most psychiatrists see increased use of the new breed of antidepressants--which includes Paxil, Zoloft and Sarafem--as a positive development. Clinical depression, as Andrea Yates's case reminds us, is a dangerous illness that may drive mothers to kill their babies, fathers to commit suicide and schoolchildren to start shooting their classmates. Most depression in the U.S., says Dr. Darrel Regier of the American Psychiatric Association, still goes untreated. If you or someone you love is suffering crying spells, feeling inappropriately guilty, thinking about suicide or having trouble eating or sleeping, don't ignore the symptoms. You should...
...actually tried to commit suicide at 21. I drank furniture polish. I had no purpose in life, and I thought it was all over. I checked myself into an observation ward [in a hospital] for a while because I knew I was suicidal. I wanted to get some help. And I had an epiphany. I saw people who had profound emotional problems. These people were manic-depressives and paranoid schizophrenics. I looked around and said to myself, I don't have any problems. I realized all I was doing was being absurdly self-absorbed and giving in to self-pity...