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Four-Year-Olds Don’t Like Fat People. Wonder Where They Got That From.
We need to move away from seeing someone’s size and assuming that we know absolutely anything about their health or lifestyle. Continue reading »
Computers May Be Able to Help Prevent Suicide
It is kind of frightening to think that a computer can diagnose to such accuracy if one is suicidal or not. But as Pestian said, the computer has an unbiased eye that spots patterns without the lenses we as human use to read and see the world. A computer may be able to see the pattern that we all miss in those around us who are thinking about hurting themselves. Continue reading »
Education / Health / Immigration / Law / Poverty
Immigrants With Mental Disabilities Just Got the Right to Court-Appointed Lawyers When Facing Deportation. About Time.
The government’s official policy is that immigrants have no right to a taxpayer-funded lawyer if they face deportation. Continue reading »
So Nevada Is Just Dumping People with Mental Illness in Other States Now
In February, James Flavy Coy Brown was discharged from Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital and sent on a Greyhound bus to Sacramento, a city where he had never lived and knew nobody Continue reading »
Dating, Falling in Love and Keeping a Relationship on the Autism Spectrum
As fraught with emotion as it is for neurotypical people, dating and romantic love, for those who want those things, is even more difficult for people with autism spectrum disorder Continue reading »
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‘Ridiculously Photogenic Homeless Guy’ Shows Where Our Sympathies Lie
A 31-year-old panhandler in Brazil, Nunes received a burst of Internet fame when a tourist snapped a picture of him and dubbed him the “Ridiculously Photogenic Homeless Guy”. Continue reading »
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The Problem with U.S.’s Mental Health Care System Isn’t Overdiagnosis
In a field like psychology, which is so imprisoned by the mores of the culture where it is developed, we in the United States benefit from at least a lot of cultures to pull from. Continue reading »
Commentary / Health / Law
Twelve Years Ago, Portugal Decriminalized All Drugs. This Is What Happened.
Critics of the move feared that it would prompt a boom in drug addiction, and some suggested that it would cause an increase in tourism. Neither happened. Continue reading »
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What Happens to the 1 in 88 Kids with Autism when They Grow Up? If They’re Lucky, Maybe They Can Live Here.
The community boasts amenities like a music room, a one-acre garden, an exercise studio and a teaching studio. And did I mention that it was in the heart of wine country? Continue reading »
Stereotypes about Eating Disorders Hurt More than They Help
We need to combat the popular misconception that eating disorders are mostly a concern for upper-class white girls. Continue reading »
Commentary / Environment / Food / Health / Housing / Poverty
We Should Be Doing More to Help Public Housing ‘Go Green’
It may seem that going “green” might be the last thing on the minds of the tenants who live in New York City’s housing projects. Continue reading »
To Stop Use of Child Soldiers, We Need to Look at the Arms Trade: Amnesty International
Today (February 12) is the International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers.
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