Word: mental
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Harvard Coach Wayne Lem was extremely disappointed with his squad's mental errors that spoiled an otherwise strong effort...
...gave them the first and third games," Lem said. "And in the fifth, we got the lead and blew it. We're 75 percent of the way to where we need to be and the other 25 percent is mental...
Such calls attest to the intense psychological and emotional turmoil many American children are experiencing. It is a problem that was not even recognized until just a decade ago. Says Dr. Lewis Judd, director of the National Institute of Mental Health: "There had been a myth that childhood is a happy time and kids are happy go lucky, but no age range is immune from experiencing mental disorders." A report prepared last year by the Institute of Medicine estimates that as many as 7.5 million children -- 12% of those below the age of 18 -- suffer from some form of psychological...
What is causing so much mental anguish? The sad truth is that a growing number of American youngsters have home lives that are hostile to healthy emotional growth. Psyches are extremely fragile and must be nourished from birth. Everyone starts out life with a basic anxiety about survival. An attentive parent contains that stress by making the youngster feel secure and loved...
...Sandoz for possible antitrust violations, while a handful of advocacy groups have launched lawsuits to force Medicaid to pick up the clozapine tab. But to patients with schizophrenia, these legal and legislative maneuverings mean little. All that matters to them is an impossible price tag standing between their current mental anguish and a productive life...