Has American Society Gone Insane? | Health and Wellness | AlterNet
Americas mental health problems may be more than a matter of some “unadjusted” individuals. The entire culture might well need adjusting.
In her acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention, Vice Presidential nominee and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin said,
“I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a `community organizer,’ except that you have actual responsibilities.”
Nominally, her words were an assault on Barack Obama’s early career as a community organizer on
Chicago’s south side. But the impact reaches farther than that and [...]
“Poor social policies, unfair economics and bad politics are killing people on a grand scale.”
This is the stark conclusion of a three-year study from the World Health Organization’s blue-ribbon panel last week. The report by the Commission on Social Determinants of Health shows how the inequitable distribution of resources, social exclusion and a simple lack [...]
Psychologists and torture - The Boston Globe
Guantanamo-style interrogation is hard to square with the psychological association’s ethics code: “Psychologists strive to benefit those with whom they work and take care to do no harm.”
In the coming weeks, association members will vote on new leadership, and one candidate for president wants psychologists banned from participating in [...]
What Would You Do If You Had Guaranteed Health Care? | OurFuture.org
Countries with universal coverage free up their citizens to take advantage of personal development opportunities that, in the long run, stimulate the economy and create a more skilled, traveled, educated, and fulfilled workforce. Americans, on the other hand, routinely stay chained to jobs they [...]
The Critical Educator Network is entered into a contest with a website called ideablob.com , an organization that gives money to non-profits. Once a month, the organizations that garners the most votes from people over the Internet wins $10,000 in startup funds. We won our round of the competition with many of your [...]
Come join Boston Psychologists for an Ethical APA, Physicians for Human Rights and other sponsors in protesting the American Psychological Association’s continued acceptance of psychologists involvement in military interrogations.
In the eyes of the world psychologists are being seen as aiders and abettors of torture. The damage to the profession grows day by day, and the shamefulness of it reflects on all of us, whether we like it or not.
This is the third consecutive annual convention in which APA has presented new reasons for [...]
From Dennis Fox:
Posted by: “Dennis Fox”
Tue Aug 5, 2008 7:46 am (PDT)
An update on the three events I emailed about a couple of weeks ago -
restaurant location, revised protest schedule, discussion reminder. If
you think you might make it to the dinner, please let me know. Close
to last minute is also probably okay.
1. CRITICAL/RADICAL PSYCHOLOGY DINNER
Thursday, August 14, 7 [...]
Torture and the American Psyche Concerned citizens and members of the mental health profession discuss the role of psychologists in interrogations. May 3rd, 2008 at the First Parish in Brookline, Massachusetts. Stephen Soldz, Ph.D. psychoanalyst, social activist and professor at the Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis and national leader in opposing psychologist participation in torture [...]
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