Word: mentality
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...Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED). Its green features include heavy use of local and renewable materials, on-site wastewater facilities and windows that open, allowing fresh air to become an alternative to energy-consuming air conditioning. Vittori's vision of hospital design also extends to the mental well-being of the patients and staff. The Dell Center's low-rise buildings, linked by courtyards and quiet spaces, are designed to be child-friendly and unintimidating. The gardens will reflect the plant life of the surrounding area, giving the children the comfort of familiar sights. And as everybody knows...
...male camels. Stand behind the female camels and hump them,” ordered one of the guards, in Zimbardo’s recount of the events. He and his team were forced to terminate the experiment early due to the increasing levels of extreme sexual and mental humiliation the prisoners were experiencing.To this day, Zimbardo admits that he is still distraught about the events that occurred and feels guilty because he did not end the experiment even earlier. Zimbardo’s regret is evident from the opening of his preface. “I wish I could...
...often quick to judge homeless people for their situation. But they are not all in that situation for the same reason. Some have mental issues, some have made poor economic decisions, some have drug addictions, and some have just had bad luck. Some have been knocked down by a society that at times has little sympathy for its poor. Just as they may have made mistakes, we have also stumbled off the narrow road at times as well...
...Richard Bonnie, chairman of the Supreme Court of Virginia's Commission on Mental Health Law Reform, told TIME that the mismatch between state and federal law is simply an oversight that should be rectified. "I don't think people have given much advanced thought to this. Outpatient commitment is very rare event," Bonnie said. "The usual case, what was most in mind for the authors of the federal rules, was the cases where you see severe enough mental illness to be committed to the hospital. This was simply overlooked...
...some observers point out that the case illustrates the way government must balance the rights of the mentally ill and the duty of government to protect society from those who are dangerous. Indeed, the reason state law required Barnett to consider outpatient treatment first is precisely because some judges may be too quick to deprive the mentally ill of their liberties. "That is perhaps the central tension in mental health law," said Professor Timothy Hall, associate dean at the Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville. The FBI says only 22 states, including Virginia, report mental health records...