Word: mentality
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Knowing that a government apology can help heal wounds that are decades or even centuries old, Georgia this month took steps toward becoming the latest state to issue a resolution apologizing for forced sterilization of mental patients and prisoners from 1937 to 1970. But saying sorry is often complicated by talk of reparations. Here's a look at how some attempts at official atonement have panned...
...advances in neuroscience caused psychotherapy to be neglected in medical education, says Louise Newman, director of the New South Wales Institute of Psychiatry. Lately, she says, "we've reintroduced psychotherapy principles in the first year of training"; the aim is "returning to a more holistic approach" to treating mental distress. For the afflicted who want neither to take drugs nor be grilled about intimacies by a doctor, that can only be good news...
...Crimson may have remembered its eight consecutive Beanpot opening-round losses all too well, that didn’t prevent history from repeating itself yet again. With the longest first-round losing streak in team history, Harvard turned to some outside help in an attempt to gain a mental edge. “As the time ticks away [in the season], you just try to stay positive,” captain Dylan Reese said. “We worked with some psychologists in sports psychology about staying positive, and that’s the atmosphere we tried to keep...
...medical conditions such as obesity. The program will provide its participants with mentoring in group sessions and on an individual basis with college student volunteers to reduce their risk of developing diabetes. “Our curriculum for the STRENGTH program includes weekly lectures about nutrition, physical fitness, and mental health aimed to...address challenges that kids and their families are facing, and one-on-one mentoring sessions to provide individual attention and support for kids to make changes in lifestyle,” according to Beth Adler, youth programs manager for Project HEALTH. This past fall, 81 Harvard undergraduates...
...Dems’ willingness to use it. “We, unfortunately, hardly ever use Hilles. The reason, of course, is the fear that moving most of our events to the Quad would cannibalize participation from freshmen and River upperclassmen.” McLoughlin wrote that overcoming the mental obstacle of the trip to the Quad would be largely up to students themselves. “I have to admit that I find it puzzling as to why students never complain about the distance to the Quad when there is a weekend party, but they do on a Tuesday night...