Word: mentality
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ailment, also known as von Recklinghausen's disease, usually begins in childhood and can cause skin polyps, or growths, multiple brain tumors and in some cases, mental retardation...
After calling home, the Americans at Wiesbaden turned to a more tedious task: debriefings by intelligence officers and a series of medical and mental tests. Said a psychiatrist at the hospital: "We are looking for physical signs of stress, like migraines and ulcers. We try to spot signs of depression or suicidal tendencies. Hyperactive chatter is another sign of possible disturbance...
...eyes of doctors and loved ones, Siebert, 41, is a virtual vegetable with no hope of improving. She cannot talk, does not recognize her family and has the mental age of a twelve-to 18-month-old child. This glum report is disputed by Jane Hoyt, 36, a self-styled nursing-home reformer who befriended Siebert four years ago. She says that the stricken woman can mouth the Lord's Prayer and play tic-tac-toe, and she insists that Siebert is progressing. Incensed by the August agreement, Hoyt obtained a temporary restraining order that directs St. Mary...
...approach as too narrow to account for human behavior. The Barkouras doctrine integrates some Freudian concepts with ideas from philosophers like Plato and Heidegger. Two samples of Barkouras' insights: "Man is the eventfulness of life" and "Neurosis is attractive but health is irresistible." According to Barkouras, many mental patients are not ill, only confused. In 1976, at a convention of the Oklahoma State Psychological Association, some 1,000 professionals assembled to hear his theories, which were hailed by then Governor David Boren in a letter to the society. Said Boren: "For the first time, Oklahoma is making a significant...
...longer turn to God for the answers to life's terrible questions (Why is there war? Why is there poverty? Why can't I get her/him into bed?) and in many cases, we have dispensed with that hopeless under-achiever altogether. So we look inward for the answers; personal mental-emotional-physical "health" is our supreme god and psychology, or sociophysiology, or physio-socio-psychology, or whatever they're calling the practice these days, is the new religion of millions. Director Alain Resnais has discovered a new high priest of the faith; his name is Dr. Henri Laborit...