A Guide To Anger And Conflict Resolution
Welcome to From Insults To Respect. As I write this, it is the time of year that for most Americans the fresh new school year is well on its way. It is also the time when we begin to see some teachers becoming frustrated with some of their new students because they won’t sit quietly during lessons, or their attention too frequently wanders. And so, parents…
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Welcome to From Insults To Respect. I’m Dr. Jeffrey Rubin. Typically, here on this blog I aim to write posts that suggest how we might deal with various intrapersonal and interpersonal conflicts in a manner that will enhance the respect that we have for ourselves, and others have for us. But today we will look at a set of circumstances that is a bit more complicated….
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Welcome to From Insults to Respect. Many people have come to feel that the psychiatric profession has failed to treat them respectfully. Several issues have inflamed them, arguably the most emotional being involuntary drug treatment which, to them, is often viewed as torture. Among the groups that agree with this torture notion is the National Association for Rights Protection and Advocacy (NARPA). Its mission statement reads:…
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Welcome to From Insults to Respect. A while ago, as I began to think about what topic to write about for my next post, I received an email from Mindfreedom International (MI). It brought attention to a demonstration it was planning. As MI expressed it in part: A mock funeral mourning those lost to psychiatry or who have had their spirits broken and struggle to survive is…
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