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April,
2005 |
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Reply
to the question: "If you could teach the world just one
thing..." - a spiked survey of over 250 renowned
scientists, science communicators, and educators |
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Jan.
20, 2005 |
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Justice
shouldn't be about helping victims of crime 'come to terms' with
what happened to them. |
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| Oct.27,
2004 |
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A
psychologist analyses Bush’s gut appeal. |
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| Aug.
11, 2004 |
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Gay marriage is good for mental health says Amer. Psychological Association |
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| April
17, 2004 |
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Politician
steals $50,000 ring and cries 'stress' |
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| March
4, 2004 |
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A
zero-tolerant world can be a nasty place for kids and adults alike |
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| Jan.
26, 2004 |
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Resilience
- skill or character? |
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| Dec
9, 2003 |
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Our
fascination with Romeo Dallaire |
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| July
11, 2003 |
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Pedophilia
- Does it have to be sick to be wrong? |
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| May
24, 2003 |
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Early-intervention
psychiatry for young children may do more harm than good |
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| April
17, 2003 |
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Was
the USA's 'Shock and Awe' campaign aimed at Iraqis, or the US public? |
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| Feb.
24, 2003 |
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the
military is being warned that troops face a terrible risk. |
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| Oct.
10, 2002 |
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Even
judges are excusing lies in our courtrooms, which undermines the
entire legal process. |
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| Sept.
11, 2002 |
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Not
a day has gone by since last Sept. 11 when that day hasn't been
in the news. |
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| Aug.
15, 2002 |
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Controversy's
rising again over Victoria's eating disorder clinic |
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| Aug.
20, 2002 |
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Lending
weight to psychobabble won't give us what we need: judges with sound
judgment. |
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| July
15, 2002 |
"Living
better pharmaceutically" has become the subliminal slogan of
our designer-drugged society. |
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| June
18, 2002 |
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With
freedom comes responsibility-unless you're a gambler |
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| April
30, 2002 |
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Child-sexuality
debate caught in a war of words |
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| Mar.
12, 2002 |
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...what
makes for good entertainment makes for bad justice |
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| Not all abuse claims deserve money - Kaufman Report | Feb. 14, 2002 | |
Decades
ago, misguided government policies resulted in thousands of children
being placed in residential schools. |
| Jan. 17,
2002 |
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...we've
been ignoring a virus that is doing equally nasty things to the
way our minds function. |
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| Dec. 12,
2001 |
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This
war will be an ongoing battle for "the hearts and minds"
of people around the world. |
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| Nov. 3,
2001 |
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A
Canadian of the Vietnam era feels something unfamiliar... |
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| Trauma counsellors do more harm than good | Sept. 20, 2001 | |
Something
larger than either life or death has gripped North America. |
| Sept.
14, 2001 |
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A
continent grows up the hardest way - like it or not. |
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| Aug. 17,
2001 |
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Does
anybody really benefit when universities cut academic corners to
accommodate the disabled?" |
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| Sympathy over-rides justice for killer moms | July 25, 2001 | |
A 32-year-old
widow lies in a Toronto hospital bed, charged with murder. |
| June 11,
2001 |
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If
we all watched McVeigh die, we might find ourselves asking if it
is "right." |
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| June 6,
2001 |
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Psychiatry's
push to diagnose evil would be a modern witch hunt, |
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| How 'therapy' becomes a disguise for abuse | April 19, 2001 | |
there
is virtually no record there of the harm such therapies have caused.
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| Mar. 16,
2001 |
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...the
women's centre turned Nixon away because "she" had once
been "he." |
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| When it comes to drug abuse programs, 'just say no' to feel-good time-wasters like DARE | Feb. 19, 2001 | Report Magazine |
When
it comes to drug abuse programs, 'just say no' to feel-good time-wasters
like DARE |
| Feb. 14,
2001 |
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Feb.
14 has been a day of reckoning for men. |
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| We musn't cast jurors as victims | Feb. 2, 2001 | |
Gillian
Guess, our infamous juror/lover, declares: "I needed help desperately." |
| Jan. 10,
2001 |
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Twister is the title of a story told by a 15 year-old boy to his creative writing class |
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| Jan. 3,
2001 |
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Since her arrest in 1993, Karla Homolka has held
our fascination. |
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| Nov. 23,
2000 |
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What disturbs me is a modern form of religious
belief - worship of the Self |
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| Nov. 7,
2000 |
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Bullying
is being reported everywhere—in factories, stores, offices,
on the roads and in schools. |
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| Sept.
14, 2000 |
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As
the high-tech economy grows, so too do waistlines. |
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| Aug. 28,
2000 |
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Rarely does a week go by that I don’t hear of an epidemic of some
new psychological disorder. |
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| Aug. 6,
2000 |
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Forgiveness
is something we all need to both give and receive. But only if the
act is genuine - directed by our heart and not our therapist. |
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| July 13,
2000 |
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...To
help, to pathologize this man, is to trivialize and depoliticize
the issues. |
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| June 2,
2000 |
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...everyone's
good intentions were not enough. The child is dead... |
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| Feb. 14,
2000 |
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None
of us who can recall the vibrancy of flower power and the exuberance
of free love would have anticipated the demise of passion. We had
no idea that mature love would become the domain of sex therapists |
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| Nov. 11,
1999 |
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In
remembering our veterans today, we must pay tribute to those who
survived, not just for their battlefield service but also for living
with their memories. |
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| Sept.
23, 1999 |
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"A
bad day? Just take a pill." |
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| Aug. 28,
1999 |
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"Any
way you read it, suicide is a sad and sensitive topic." |
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| Aug. 3,
1999 |
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Perhaps
the boards that license psychologists need some sense knocked (excuse
me, tapped ) into their heads. |
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| June 8,
1999 |
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"Violent
crime is a serious matter but so too is the sanctity of childhood." |
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| May 11,
1999 |
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"There
is a controversy swirling around psychology circles these days;
is pedophilia as harmful as psychologists say?" |
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| April
22, 1999 |
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"An
explanation lies in the incongruity between words and actions. Maybe
people are looking for answers in the wrong places." |
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| Dec. 23,
1998 |
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'Tis
the overwhelming season, say psychologists. Beware of gift-giving,
baking, family gatherings, decorating and Christmas carols. These
aren't sources of joy but of stress. |
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| Dec. 15,
1998 |
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Radical
feminist notions about male violence reflect a misuse of statistics
based on eugenic assumption |
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| Nov. 17,
1998 |
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We
should leave pets to be pets, doing pet things. It's ludicrous to
project on to them our own psychic conditions. |
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| Oct. 21,
1998 |
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Will
the world whimper to an end if 'strong and silent' is no longer
manly? |
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| Sept.
29, 1998 |
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...the
Red Cross and the public should know about the risk of tainted trauma. |
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| Sept.
12, 1998 |
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How
incredibly narcissistic and self-absorbed we have become as a society... |
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| Aug. 31,
1998 |
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How
will our children turn out when they are taught to use drugs to
fit in, or to delude themselves with a false sense of esteem, or
to blame others for their dishonesty? |
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| Aug. 7,
1998 |
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...people
surrender their ability to consent when they become a doctor’s
patient. |
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| July 29,
1998 |
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If
Viagra lives up to expectations, sex therapists may be out of work. |
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| July 4,
1998 |
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Perhaps
we should hold our applause for the psychology association until
it comes clean. Will we wait in vain? |
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| June 3,
1998 |
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The
professional associations which remain silent should hang their
collective heads in shame. |
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| May 6,
1998 |
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Putting
aside their professional ethics which require that they meet and
fully assess an individual, psychologists, psychotherapists and
sex specialists have been quick to offer "expert opinions"
on what ails Bill Clinton. |
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| April
14, 1998 |
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Thanks
to the psychology Industry, Paula Jones may soon be diagnosed as
a victim of victimhood, needing help to recover her victim identity. |
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