H. Paul Putman III, MD
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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H. Paul Putman III, MD
- Jun 8, 2023
- 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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H. Paul Putman III, MD
- 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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H. Paul Putman III, MD
- Aug 26, 2022
- 4 min
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...
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H. Paul Putman III, MD
- Jul 27, 2022
- 3 min
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...
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H. Paul Putman III, MD
- Jun 30, 2022
- 2 min
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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H. Paul Putman III, MD
- 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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H. Paul Putman III, MD
- Apr 27, 2022
- 6 min
Character Sketches: Behavior Measures Character
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing” – Anonymous, often misattributed to Edmund Burke[1] The...
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H. Paul Putman III, MD
- Mar 28, 2022
- 3 min
Character Sketches: Living Our Values, Building Self-Esteem
Character is a vibrant word, referring to mental and moral qualities, a distinctive nature, strength, originality, and reputation. It can...
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H. Paul Putman III, MD
- Jan 7, 2022
- 5 min
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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H. Paul Putman III, MD
- 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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H. Paul Putman III, MD
- Oct 22, 2021
- 7 min
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...
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H. Paul Putman III, MD
- 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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