Word: mentalism
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...holds about 2 million people under lock and key, and 20,000 of them are confined in the 31 supermaxes operated by the states and the Federal Government. That may represent only 1% of the inmate population, but it's a volatile 1%. Push any punishment too far and mental breakdown--or at least a claim of mental breakdown--is sure to follow. When that happens, a constitutional challenge can't be far behind...
Students from all classes who are willing to share their own mental health experiences can apply to be Mental Health Mentors. The program is intended to foster a continuing relationship between volunteer and participant beginning in the early weeks of the upcoming semester...
...Mental Health Mentor program was suggested by someone who wished students had someone to talk to who... could share their experiences with each other,” Putnins wrote...
Putnins added that MHAAG’s motivation to launch the new mental health programs stemmed from student need for more open discourse on this seldom-discussed topic...
...realized that mental health education was lacking on campus in terms of freshman orientation and continuing health education for the upperclassmen,” Putnins wrote. “We felt that these programs would encourage discussion of student mental health, a topic that is unfortunately taboo on this campus...