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| Genetics, Psychology May Trigger ADHD Posted: 19 Apr 2010 06:03 AM PDT 1 minute ago 2010-04-19T15:19:01-07:00 Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Posted: 18 Apr 2010 11:41 PM PDT This write-up tries to go into the psychology of the cheated party. It is not easy to feel cheated. The aggrieved party is often in denial. To accept that one has been cheated is to accept that one is a fool. Therefore a funny dichotomy takes place. By batsman This is the case of the beautiful Hindraf love affair, a romantic but sad tale of love gone wrong. For those without a romantic bone in their body, they may look upon it as a classic lesson in psychology of relationships. For over 50 years, there was hope, trust and complete faith. Nothing came close to pure beauty of the relationship. But again for those without any romantic bones, they may look upon it as over 50 years of long term painful investments in the hope of suitable returns. The returns never came. Those who are familiar with dancing, it takes 2 to tango. Those who are familiar with relationships, both parties must have mutual respect and mutual trust. However, if one party has no respect for the other and is an irascible cheat, the stage for a tragedy of humongous proportions is set. If UMNO is a party of murderous romeos and cheats, then the die is cast for a tragedy of Shakespearean proportions. This write-up tries to go into the psychology of the cheated party. It is not easy to feel cheated. The aggrieved party is often in denial. To accept that one has been cheated is to accept that one is a fool. Therefore a funny dichotomy takes place. On the one hand, there is complete distrust and anger with everyone else. The cheated party turns into a porcupine with sharp spines ready to poke everyone in the eye. This is the result of trusting someone for over 50 years and finding he is a cheat. This is the result of the extreme pain of betrayal. The mind is ready to inflict equal pain on everyone else. Distrust of everyone else is also extreme and the cheated party now demands that anyone who claims to be a friend must prove it by committing suicide or some other extreme gesture. On the other hand, the hope that it is after all a misunderstanding lingers on. The cheated party is in denial and retains the hope that after all, there was no cheating and the prodigal lover will one day return into the arms of the ever hopeful and the ever loyal. This way dignity is retained and the ego does not suffer as much. But I think it is fat hopes. One must look at the character of the cheating party objectively to realize that there is no hope of reconciliation. The cheating is permanent and if ever there is reconciliation, it is just setting the stage for more cheating in future. After all, cheats who use C4 and judges and policemen who abuse their power can be said to have a permanently bad and sinful character. But the tragedy continues. The pain becomes a permanent fixation. The torture is continuous. This is because the cheated party has been badly traumatized and will not trust anybody anymore. All relationships whether with potential or not is badly influenced by the original cheating. The cheated party does not have the capacity to form meaningful relationships with new partners anymore. So the pain continues and the hurt continues. The future is bleak. So Hindraf – do you want to start a fresh life by putting the tragic past behind you or do you want the pain to continue by allowing your old master to continue to inflict pain upon you?
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| Posted: 18 Apr 2010 11:36 PM PDT This write-up tries to go into the psychology of the cheated party. It is not easy to feel cheated. The aggrieved party is often in denial. To accept that one has been cheated is to accept that one is a fool. Therefore a funny dichotomy takes place. By batsman This is the case of the beautiful Hindraf love affair, a romantic but sad tale of love gone wrong. For those without a romantic bone in their body, they may look upon it as a classic lesson in psychology of relationships. For over 50 years, there was hope, trust and complete faith. Nothing came close to pure beauty of the relationship. But again for those without any romantic bones, they may look upon it as over 50 years of long term painful investments in the hope of suitable returns. The returns never came. Those who are familiar with dancing, it takes 2 to tango. Those who are familiar with relationships, both parties must have mutual respect and mutual trust. However, if one party has no respect for the other and is an irascible cheat, the stage for a tragedy of humongous proportions is set. If UMNO is a party of murderous romeos and cheats, then the die is cast for a tragedy of Shakespearean proportions. This write-up tries to go into the psychology of the cheated party. It is not easy to feel cheated. The aggrieved party is often in denial. To accept that one has been cheated is to accept that one is a fool. Therefore a funny dichotomy takes place. On the one hand, there is complete distrust and anger with everyone else. The cheated party turns into a porcupine with sharp spines ready to poke everyone in the eye. This is the result of trusting someone for over 50 years and finding he is a cheat. This is the result of the extreme pain of betrayal. The mind is ready to inflict equal pain on everyone else. Distrust of everyone else is also extreme and the cheated party now demands that anyone who claims to be a friend must prove it by committing suicide or some other extreme gesture. On the other hand, the hope that it is after all a misunderstanding lingers on. The cheated party is in denial and retains the hope that after all, there was no cheating and the prodigal lover will one day return into the arms of the ever hopeful and the ever loyal. This way dignity is retained and the ego does not suffer as much. But I think it is fat hopes. One must look at the character of the cheating party objectively to realize that there is no hope of reconciliation. The cheating is permanent and if ever there is reconciliation, it is just setting the stage for more cheating in future. After all, cheats who use C4 and judges and policemen who abuse their power can be said to have a permanently bad and sinful character. But the tragedy continues. The pain becomes a permanent fixation. The torture is continuous. This is because the cheated party has been badly traumatized and will not trust anybody anymore. All relationships whether with potential or not is badly influenced by the original cheating. The cheated party does not have the capacity to form meaningful relationships with new partners anymore. So the pain continues and the hurt continues. The future is bleak. So Hindraf – do you want to start a fresh life by putting the tragic past behind you or do you want the pain to continue by allowing your old master to continue to inflict pain upon you?
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| Psychology, psychiatry and politics Posted: 19 Apr 2010 01:03 AM PDT  An email with a three-page JPEG attachment made it to numerous addresses last week. The attached document bore the letterhead of the Department of Psychology of Ateneo de Manila University. It was the Psychiatric Evaluation Form of a patient by the name of Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III. The recommendation was signed by Jesuit priest Carmelo "Tito" Caluag.Even as the form was supposedly from 14 years ago, its contents are unflattering— indeed, even damaging—to one who leads surveys of the presidential race. A major depressive disorder, profuse salivation, a deep sense of foreboding and feeling that the world was coming to an end and teenage experimentation with marijuana are not exactly the things Filipinos would be delighted to read about in their leader's profile. Controversy sparked when officials of network ABS-CBN said that two people affiliated with Nacionalista Party presidential bet Manuel Villar, Aquino's main rival, fed it the report. The network, however, refused to name its sources. Aquino's camp, the Liberal Party, dismissed the document as a hoax, even as Aquino himself admitted that some things mentioned there were "part truths." Ateneo and Caluag likewise branded the report fake. Arnulfo Lopez, a clinical psychologist, agrees that the report is bogus. First off, how can a university's psychology department issue a psychiatric report? A psychiatrist is a medical doctor. They prescribe medicine for severely disturbed people. These doctors are found in hospitals – certainly not in schools. On the other hand, a psychologist is somebody with at least a masters degree in psychology. A clinical psychologist is much more specialized, having a PhD in, well, clinical psychology. The job of a clinical psychologist is diagnosis and treatment, not through medicine but through psychotherapy. The alleged report on Aquino appears based on interview and observations alone. Lopez says this offers another proof that the document was faked. A psychological evaluation report is thorough, arising from pre- and post-interviews as well as a battery of tests. It contains basic information about the patient, the reason for referral (for therapy, for industrial purposes, for nullity of marriage) as well as the description of the tests taken, the test results and the analysis of these results. There are two major types of psychological tests: the psychometric tests, the more basic ones, include those to identify the person's intelligence, personality, achievement and emotional profile. These are level-B tests, i.e., can be administered and evaluated by anybody with a bachelors' degree in psychology. The projective tests are more sophisticated, disguised. They cannot be faked. They belong to level-C tests (administered by psychologists—that is, anybody with at least a graduate degree) and include, among others, the Draw-a-person test, Rorschach inkblot test, thematic appreciation test, Bender-Gestalt visual motor test, and the like. The clinical psychologist then uses the interviews, test results and diagnosis as bases for making recommendations, say for instance to prospective employers in industrial settings, on whether or not the person applying for the position is psychologically fit for the job. These can also be used to recommend a client for psychiatric treatment or psychotherapy. The comprehensive process of testing and diagnosis enables the psychologist to unearth tendencies and inclinations of the applicant, no matter how hidden they might appear to be. In fact, the battery of tests can reveal whether a patient has had any history or habit of substance abuse even if he denies it during the interview. Lopez adds that patients normally do not volunteer information about their drug use so easily to a professional, the way Aquino supposedly admitted his "experimentation" to the "psychiatrist." *** Desperate political maneuvers and part-truths aside, is it, by itself, a sound idea to have public officials submit themselves to a psychological (not psychiatric) evaluation? Absolutely, Lopez says. Governance is about exercising one's judgment and how an official uses his or her judgment hinges on his psychological well-being. An evaluation is an ideal tool for deciding whom to vote for—whether for president or for councilor in a little-known district. It could be a great help in deterring disordered individuals from occupying positions of power. "At itataya ko ang pangalan ko [I will stake my name], there are many in government today who appear to have severe psychological and personality disorders." The catch is this: Can it be done properly? Lopez warns that the psychological evaluation must be thorough, and in the case of political candidates, must be conducted as a consensus of at least three reputable, independent clinical psychologists. It must be free from political influence (political lord throws his weight around and says about his child/wife/sibling/protege: "Ipasa mo na yan!). In no way should the evaluation be based on a mere interview and the use of checklists. It should be composed of a thorough clinical interview and administration of a battery of psychological tests—both psychometric and projective. This is why even psychologically unstable individuals are able to obtain permission to own guns. They claim to have undergone a "psychiatric evaluation" but a closer look into the procedure they underwent reveals that a mere interview and a checklist were used to assess their hidden aggression and tendencies to commit violence. It is reasonable for Filipinos to demand that their candidates present some proof that they are psychologically fit to take on the challenge. But is such a proposal doable in the way that would achieve the intended results? And who will shoulder the costs of the evaluation? The services of experts do not come cheap, and paying for a psychological evaluation—especially one that may just unearth their secrets or tendencies—may not be palatable, even affordable, to most candidates. So maybe the next set of lawmakers will have the good sense to introduce these lofty intentions in an actual bill that would also happen to have the safeguards and other practical details. Unless, of course, it's just that—an idea interesting enough to talk about now but is not worth following through at all. (Lopez says he is not a rabid supporter of the senator from Tarlac. He tells me he has honestly not yet decided whom to vote for. He describes himself as—and this for the sake of ballot secrecy—"half-[candidate A] and half-anybody but [candidate B].") adellechua@gmail.com Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
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