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...Palestinians, it has become normal--noble, even--for promising men and women to slaughter themselves in pursuit of revenge and the dignity it is thought to bring. "What was once more of an individual decision by a small group is becoming much more mainstream," says Jerrold Post, an American psychiatrist who has studied suicide bombings in the West Bank. The suicide-homicides have come to be seen by most Palestinians as their last, best hope. In June a poll taken in the Gaza Strip found that 78% of the population approved of suicide bombings, considerably more than supported peace talks...
...Eyad Sarraj is a psychiatrist and founder of the Palestinian Independent Commission for Citizens' Rights
Ilan Kutz is an Israeli psychiatrist and expert in the treatment of trauma. Sue Kutz is an American-born psychotherapist in private practice in Tel Aviv
FRANCE Death on His Mind When Richard Durn used a gun to threaten a psychiatrist in 1998, no action was taken. Even though the school monitor had a history of mental illness, his membership in a shooting club was enough to qualify him to own handguns. At the end of a municipal council meeting in the Paris suburb of Nanterre last week, Durn pulled out two 9-mm pistols and calmly shot dead eight members of the council and wounded 19 other people. As he was wrestled to the ground, he shouted "Kill me! Kill me!" The following...
Whatever the psychiatrists think, the psychologists believe the change was long overdue. The hands-on work they do with patients more than qualifies them to determine prescription strategies, they argue, particularly if they get the necessary training--and the new law provides for that. New Mexico psychologists will have to undergo 450 hours of course work, pass an exam and still clear all prescriptions with a psychiatrist for two years before they will be free to prescribe on their...