Click Here to Read: The Elephant in Sigmund Freud’s Consulting Room by Rebecca Coffeyon her Bejeezus Out of Me blog on the Psychology Today on November 17, 2017.
Category: Editorials
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Blaming Mental Health Won’t Solve Gun Violence Says APsaA
Statement of the APA President in Response to Texas Church Shootings
Calling it a ‘mental health problem’ distracts from finding real solutions to gun violence, Putente says
WASHINGTON – Following is the statement of APA President Antonio E. Puente, PhD, in response to the shootings at a Texas church that left at least 26 people dead and 20 others wounded, and President Trump’s assertion that the attack was a “mental health problem”:
“The vast majority of people with mental illness are not violent. A complex combination of risk factors, including a history of domestic violence, violent misdemeanor crimes and substance use disorders, increases the likelihood of people using a firearm against themselves or others.
“Firearm prohibitions for these high-risk groups have been shown to reduce gun violence. The suspect in this case, Devin Patrick Kelley, exhibited several of these red flags. Continue reading Statement of the APA President in Response to Texas Church Shootings
Engulfed By Madness: Abnormal Times Defy Normal Explanations
This former surgeon general says there’s a ‘loneliness epidemic’ and work is partly to blame
Click Here to Read: This former surgeon general says there’s a ‘loneliness epidemic’ and work is partly to blame By Jena McGregor in the Washington Post on October 4, 2017.
Former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek H. Murthy says he thinks “of loneliness as an epidemic because it affects a great number of people in our country but also because one person’s loneliness can have an impact on another person.” (Charles Dharapak/AP)