Word: mentalities
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...amazed at myself," says Kondaurov. "A former kgb major-general, and yes, I do feel I'm a dissident now." He says that many former colleagues equate him with Pyotr Grygorenko, a top Soviet officer who was expelled from the party in the 1960s and confined to a mental asylum for expressing anti-Soviet views...
...Mental Health Services and Bureau of Study Counsel are resources for students who are concerned about their gambling,” said Bureau of Study Counsel Director Abigail Lipson, who declined to comment further on specific cases...
...past and present abuses of the term “mental illness” to live down. Here, the label has been applied to a wide range of behaviors that deviate from accepted social norms. Homosexuality, for example, was defined as a mental disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) until 1987. Transgendered persons are still labeled mentally ill, although it’s hard to see what danger they pose to themselves or others. While New Mexico human rights laws prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity, transgendered behavior remains in the latest...
...think not. A far better approach would be to promote informed choice. Mental health advocates should disseminate information to the mentally ill about the treatment options available, which should be varied and easily accessible. Potential patients should know the possible benefits and risks (especially in the case of dangerous psychotropic drugs) of various treatment options...
Furthermore, giving patients choice in their mental health care would significantly improve the outcome of their therapy. A British research institute last March concluded that giving mental health vouchers that allow patients to select their treatment would “improve services and ultimately help to improve our mental health.” Chávez needs to seriously consider some of these less coercive options before forcibly drugging some of our fellow adult citizens and setting a terrible precedent for the rest of the country...