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In politics, as in other areas of life, the indications are there for us to recognize lack of good character, morals and standards, yet we fail to see these warning signs, and repeatedly place our trust in people who are likely to abuse it.
Texas has once again shown itself to be in a great big state of crazy. However, recent developments have shown that perhaps there is hope that things can turn around.
Right before Mother’s Day, the media presented us with several anti-mother articles. Instead of looking at the systemic factors that affect mothers, almost all of them focused solely on individual circumstances. Perhaps it is time to move away from blame and toward supportive solutions.
The process of assigning mental health diagnoses can be influenced by more than observed clinical symptoms. Sometimes a diagnosis may be assigned even when the most correct diagnosis is ‘no diagnosis’. Here’s why it happens and why it carries important consequences for clinicians, research on prevalence rates, and the mental health system as a whole.
A recent New York Magazine article demonstrates just how challenging it can be to be a woman in today’s society. The problem is that the article does not carefully analyze issues or offer potential solutions, but instead uses specious evidence and a tired bashing of feminism. We deserve better.
As religions and philosophies over the ages have attempted to make sense of our existence and our world, there was always the risk of dividing rather than uniting humanity. Similarly, Harvard University’s “New Humanism” has the potential both to elucidate and to be divisive.
The government is a major player in the future of healthcare, so mental health professionals must engage it if we want to make a larger difference. In order to do this, we must let go of our differences and unite so that we can speak with a loud voice.
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