Word: mentality
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...amazed at myself," says Kondaurov. "A former kgb major-general, and yes, I do feel I'm a dissident now." He says that many former colleagues equate him with Pyotr Grygorenko, a top Soviet officer who was expelled from the party in the 1960s and confined to a mental asylum for expressing anti-Soviet views...
...home with you, the whole family feels the effects--especially your kids. A Canadian study analyzed the employment history and psychosocial work conditions of nearly 30,000 sawmill workers and found that there was a direct correlation between the stress fathers felt on the job and their children's mental health. The most striking result: 252 of the approximately 20,000 children in the survey whose fathers had stressful jobs attempted or committed suicide from 1985 to 2001. Girls were more likely to attempt suicide when their fathers had little control over their work; boys when fathers had jobs that...
...Mental Health Services and Bureau of Study Counsel are resources for students who are concerned about their gambling,” said Bureau of Study Counsel Director Abigail Lipson, who declined to comment further on specific cases...
...think not. A far better approach would be to promote informed choice. Mental health advocates should disseminate information to the mentally ill about the treatment options available, which should be varied and easily accessible. Potential patients should know the possible benefits and risks (especially in the case of dangerous psychotropic drugs) of various treatment options...
Furthermore, giving patients choice in their mental health care would significantly improve the outcome of their therapy. A British research institute last March concluded that giving mental health vouchers that allow patients to select their treatment would “improve services and ultimately help to improve our mental health.” Chávez needs to seriously consider some of these less coercive options before forcibly drugging some of our fellow adult citizens and setting a terrible precedent for the rest of the country...