Word: mentality
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...Mottainai is not an economical concept," says Hiroyuki Torigoe, a sociology professor at Waseda University in Tokyo. "It's a mentality." When Japan was a developing country enamored of American consumption and consumerism, Japanese people thought mottainai was outmoded, says Yukiko Kada, a former professor of environmental sociology who today is governor of Shiga prefecture. Now, Japanese people are rediscovering a desire to seek "spiritual and mental satisfaction" because their basic material needs are largely fulfilled, she says. "The environment has drastically changed," says Kada. "Twenty or 30 years ago there were many fish in lakes and rivers. But that...
...placed three of his graduate students in three different nonprofits: a meal program, a drop-in center, and a housing service for domestic violence victims. Ebrahim said he focused his work on homelessness because it raised unique problems, including a highly mobile client population and an array of mental health and substance abuse issues. “These factors make it hard to measure short-term outputs and long-term outcomes, which makes it all the more intriguing and important,” he said. From the data he gathered, Ebrahim hypothesized that organizational learning is more likely to occur...
...also worth remembering that the vast majority of violent crimes - some estimates say 95% - are committed by people who are not technically mentally ill. So Virginia Tech was not typical, in this regard, and sharing mental health data is not a comprehensive solution...
...Nationwide, about 10 more states, including Illinois, have started reporting mental health information to the federal database since the Virginia Tech tragedy - bringing the total to 32. Other states are considering laws to improve their reporting, but many of those bills are not expected to pass into law. For now, in other words, 18 states still would not report someone like Seung Hui Cho, the Virginia Tech killer, to the federal database...
...Meanwhile, even in states that do share mental health data, people can still buy guns without anyone checking the database at all. Under current federal law, unlicensed gun dealers at gun shows, for example, do not need to do a background check before they sell a weapon...