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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Bears. Brown, who pitched the game’s first five innings, struck out six Bears batters in her 14th win of the season. “Coming off of a rough outing from the day before, I talked with the coach and went out with a strong mental approach to approach every inning like it’s the first inning,” Brown said. “Sometimes it’s really hard when you have such a big lead. Pitching’s really a mental game, so today I felt a lot better...

Author: By Lucy D. Chen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Offensive Outburst Marks Twinbill Sweep | 4/20/2009 | See Source »

...Agency also seems to have told the OLC that the waterboarding technique was routinely used by the U.S. military to train thousands of service personnel in Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) - and that those who went through the training had not suffered any lasting physical or mental health effects. In the 2002 memo, Bybee notes the CIA's assurance that "a medical expert with SERE experience will be present" when Abu Zubaydah was waterboarded, to prevent severe mental or physical harm. However, the IG investigation found that the waterboarding technique used on the CIA's detainees was significantly different...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Waterboarding Got Out of Control | 4/20/2009 | See Source »

...Most mental-health experts today strongly disagree with the use of brutal confrontation or humiliation as therapy - particularly for vulnerable youths who have troubled pasts. Research suggests that feelings of being out of control characterize the typical patient's response to traumatic life events; consequently, recovery requires the avoidance of coercion. Experts say that pressuring trauma victims to retell their stories against their will tends to increase stress symptoms rather than alleviate them. And brain research associates feelings of shame and humiliation to stress responses that exacerbate depression and anxiety and may contribute to physical illness. In addition, isolation from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Oregon School for Troubled Teens Is Under Scrutiny | 4/17/2009 | See Source »

...There is absolutely no role for shame and humiliation in the treatment of youth," says Christopher Bellonci, medical director of the Walker School, a nonprofit serving children with serious mental, behavioral and learning problems. "I know of no clinical rationale for treating youth for any condition in that fashion ... They are engendering new trauma, not repairing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Oregon School for Troubled Teens Is Under Scrutiny | 4/17/2009 | See Source »

...Court decides in Forest Grove v. TA, the case will put the spotlight on questions surrounding these troubled-teen programs. And while Oregon's investigations continue, yet more change may be forthcoming: a bill introduced by Congressman Miller to regulate private teen programs and ban "acts of physical or mental abuse designed to humiliate, degrade or undermine a child's self respect" passed the House of Representatives on Feb. 23. It is expected to be introduced in the Senate this year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Oregon School for Troubled Teens Is Under Scrutiny | 4/17/2009 | See Source »

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