Word: mentality
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...anorexics, Holm-Denoma's research only affirms their worst fears. One of the biggest frustrations these families face when their loved one is diagnosed with anorexia is how they can obtain affordable psychiatric help. Insurers rarely pick up the bill. Most health plans argue that eating disorders require mental health treatment not covered by most policies and therefore refuse to pay for long-term care. In the direst cases, health plans will often cover a brief hospitalization to stabilize a patient's weight. But once she begins to gain weight again, she will be sent home. "The biological crisis...
Thurman, who is the father of actress Uma Thurman, noted that guilt is a “useful emotion” as a tool of mental self-discipline and prevents people from harming each other...
...foil for the second year in a row. “It was an exceptional performance since the women’s foil field is exceptionally strong here,” Brand said. “It speaks volumes for her strengths fencing-wise and her mental toughness. I’m very proud of the way she performed.” The weak point that prevented the women from improving on their third place result was the epee weapon. “We had a weak epee squad, but that’s been the story all year...
...College launched on Saturday a series of events coordinated by the Undergraduate Council and aimed at sparking discussion of mental health-related issues among students, administrators, and UHS. Last year, the UC named April “Mental Health Awareness Month,” tying a series of similar events into its push for academic calendar reform. This year’s organizers “concentrated” the events into one week and are emphasizing the importance of open discussion of mental health issues, said Tamar Holoshitz ’10, a UC representative...
...Mental illnesses are serious illnesses. When individuals suffer from schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, chronic depression, or from one of the plethora of other chronic diseases, their pain is real, and they need real help. An overemphasis on mild forms of depression and anxiety ties up resources that should be used for major mental illnesses. Some people feel blue, and some people are suicidal. When medicine starts to forget the distinction between the two, everyone loses. Healthy people begin to wonder if they truly are healthy, while the genuinely ill are trivialized...