Word: psychologist
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...letter, McGrath sent to the mother on November 20, she explained why the investigation was closed. McGrath said that the alleged victim would have to be interviewed by a psychologist in order for the investigation to continue...
LIVING IN THE WHITE HOUSE MAY ALSO CRIMP THE STYLE OF First Cat-elect SOCKS. Katherine Houpt, a Cornell University animal psychologist, advises Socks to look out for Rose Garden squirrels, which could have rabies. It might also be a good idea to skip those State dinners: they're full of nosy visitors who want to pick you up and scratch your head. And no matter how rough it gets, don't take off for Little Rock. It's 891 miles -- roughly 23 million kitty steps -- from your new home...
...years ago, such sympathy would have been unheard of. Children who killed their parents were the ultimate pariahs. Regarded as evil or mentally ill "bad seeds," they virtually always earned the harshest judgment of the public and the courts. Says psychologist and attorney Charles Patrick Ewing of the State University of New York at Buffalo: "We take the commandment to 'honor thy father and thy mother' very seriously. The implication is that you're supposed to honor your parents even if they abuse...
Sons are more likely than daughters to strike back violently. "Men by and large tend to act outwards and be more aggressive," says Ronald Ebert, senior forensic psychologist at McLean's Hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts. "Girls tend to internalize pain and blame themselves more." Abused girls often become bulimic or suicidal...
...tendencies shared by children who strike out at strangers on the street or at nonabusive parents. In fact, dispatching their tormentor can be seen as an act of sanity, a last-resort effort at self-preservation. "They know what they're doing is wrong," says Dewey Cornell, a forensic psychologist at the University of Virginia. "But they are desperate and helpless, and they don't see alternatives...