Word: mental
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...prosecutors may be persuading the jury that Sarah's ailment is genuine. MPD is so difficult to diagnose that estimates of the number of U.S. cases vary wildly, from 7,000 to as many as 16,000. The American Psychiatric Association did not recognize the disorder as a legitimate mental illness until 1980. "Multiple-personality disorder is a very, very rare condition. Because of TV talk shows, it has become the disease of the month and the plea of the year," says Dr. Darold Treffert, director of the Fond du Lac County Health Care Center, who is expected to testify...
Last season, many of those visions became reality. D'Souza posted a .917 save percentage and a 2.69 goals-against-average in 18 outings--many of them played on mental auto-pilot...
This year, the Big Green is rebuilding under Ben Smith. Seven of Dartmouth's 20 skaters will be frosh. Smith said he will try to keep their mental errors to a minimum...
...changes are spreading. Eager to achieve their goals without sacrificing their natures, women in business are junking the boxy suits and one-of-the-boys manner that always seemed less a style than a disguise. In psychology the old view that autonomy is the hallmark of mental health is being revamped. A sense of "connectedness" to others is now being viewed as a healthy trait rather than a symptom of "dependent personality disorder." In politics women candidates are finding that issues they emphasize may carry more weight than ever with voters tired of the guns-not-butter budgets...
...father's status has so declined that mental-health experts speak of a new male affliction: kitaku kyofu sho, or a "fear of returning home syndrome." A popular television commercial for an insecticide spray shows a father waking up one day to find he has turned into a cockroach. The ad warns housewives, "If you see a large cockroach, it might be your husband. Please check before you exterminate." Even men will sometimes admit that their privileged status in society isn't all roses. "Women know how to enjoy themselves more than men do," says a mid-level executive...