Split Personality: Common Misperceptions about Mental Health and Mental Illness
In this series we have been reviewing commonly held ideas about mental illness and mental health that, outside of psychiatry, are often...
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- Jun 8
- 4 min
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...
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- Dec 5, 2022
- 6 min
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...
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- Jun 30, 2022
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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...
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- May 19, 2022
- 6 min
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...
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- Jan 21, 2022
- 3 min
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...
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- Jan 7, 2022
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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...
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- Nov 19, 2021
- 4 min
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...
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- Oct 8, 2021
- 7 min
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...
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- Sep 24, 2021
- 5 min
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...
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- Aug 13, 2021
- 11 min
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...
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- Jul 30, 2021
- 6 min
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...
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- Jul 18, 2021
- 7 min
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...
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- Jun 17, 2021
- 6 min
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...
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- May 26, 2021
- 2 min
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...
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