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Violence and the Mentally Ill: Common Misperceptions about Mental Health and Mental Illness
Are people with mental illnesses more violent than those without them? Many state legislatures have recently acted on the idea that they...
H. Paul Putman III, MD
Jun 8, 20234 min read
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Character Sketches: Values, Utopia, and a Man Undeterred
We have been discussing in this series the link between values and self-esteem: how defining the former can inform conscious choices...
H. Paul Putman III, MD
Dec 5, 20226 min read
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Character Sketches: Maintaining Self-Esteem During Bad Times
Joshua Waitzkin, the subject of the book and movie Searching for Bobby Fischer,[1],[2] describes in his own book, The Art of Learning: An...
H. Paul Putman III, MD
Aug 26, 20224 min read
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Character Sketches: Is Self-Esteem Valuable?
We can create good self-esteem through identifying personal values we choose from society, then ensuring that our behavior supports...
H. Paul Putman III, MD
Jul 27, 20223 min read
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Character Sketches: Which Values are Valuable?
Self-esteem can be built by behavior consistent with personal values. Previous posts[1] have shown that this process works essentially...
H. Paul Putman III, MD
Jun 30, 20222 min read
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Character Sketches: Creating & Maintaining Self-Esteem
“…everyone else would have done it.” Mallory Holtman, Central Washington University On April 26, 2008, senior Mallory Holtman played in...
H. Paul Putman III, MD
May 19, 20226 min read
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The Survival Pledge: Creating a Web of Peace and Freedom
“Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.” —Lyndon B. Johnson[1] This post bookends our discussion...
H. Paul Putman III, MD
Jan 21, 20223 min read
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The Survival Pledge 8: Mastering the Art of Not Knowing
(The Survival Pledge is an eight-point plan to refocus each of us on taking responsibility for our own thoughts and behaviors in ways...
H. Paul Putman III, MD
Jan 7, 20225 min read
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The Survival Pledge 7: Faith, Hope and Charity
(The Survival Pledge is an eight-point plan to refocus each of us on taking responsibility for our own thoughts and behaviors in ways...
H. Paul Putman III, MD
Nov 19, 20214 min read
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The Survival Pledge 6: "Rights" and Wrongs
(The Survival Pledge is an eight-point plan to refocus each of us on taking responsibility for our own thoughts and behaviors in ways...
H. Paul Putman III, MD
Oct 22, 20217 min read
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The Survival Pledge 5: Mea Culpa
(The Survival Pledge is an eight-point plan to refocus each of us on taking responsibility for our own thoughts and behaviors in ways...
H. Paul Putman III, MD
Oct 8, 20217 min read
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The Survival Pledge 4: Live and "Help" Live
(The Survival Pledge is an eight-point plan to refocus each of us on taking responsibility for our own thoughts and behaviors in ways...
H. Paul Putman III, MD
Sep 24, 20215 min read
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The Survival Pledge 2, Part 3: Conversion ≠ Coexistence
(The Survival Pledge is an eight-point plan to refocus each of us on taking responsibility for our own thoughts and behaviors in ways...
H. Paul Putman III, MD
Aug 13, 202111 min read
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The Survival Pledge 2, Part 2: Meaning and Values
(The Survival Pledge is an eight-point plan to refocus each of us on taking responsibility for our own thoughts and behaviors in ways...
H. Paul Putman III, MD
Jul 30, 20216 min read
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The Survival Pledge 2, Part 1: The Evolution of Meaning
(The Survival Pledge is an eight-point plan to refocus each of us on taking responsibility for our own thoughts and behaviors in ways...
H. Paul Putman III, MD
Jul 18, 20217 min read
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The Survival Pledge 1: Acceptance of Mortality
The Survival Pledge is an eight-point plan to refocus each of us on taking responsibility for our own thoughts and behaviors in ways that...
H. Paul Putman III, MD
Jun 17, 20216 min read
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The Survival Pledge: Peace Through Responsibility
George C. Marshall, of the Marshall Plan, once observed, “If man does find the solution for world peace it will be the most revolutionary...
H. Paul Putman III, MD
May 26, 20212 min read
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