Social indicators - Deathly consequences of unsafe drinking water greater than natural disasters and conflict
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Source: Markham's Behavioral Health - March 23, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: David G. Markham Source Type: blogs
Social indicators - U.S. has low life expectancy compared to other first world countries and continues to drop
Most Americans think that the United States is exceptional. On most social indicators, however, the U.S. has relatively low rankings for first world countries. One such social indicator is life expectancy and the United States comes no where close to the top ten countries.There are many reasons for the U.S. low rankings in life expectancy as compared to these other countries. The several that come first to mind are our terrible health care system, our gun policy, our drug problems, infant child mortality, systemic racism, wealth inequality, and our diverse population.The life expectancy in the U.S. hasactually droppe...
Source: Markham's Behavioral Health - March 22, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: David G. Markham Source Type: blogs
Social indicators - U.S. has low life expectancy compared to other first world countries and continues to drop
Most Americans think that the United States is exceptional. On most social indicators, however, the U.S. has relatively low rankings for first world countries. One such social indicator is life expectancy and the United States comes no where close to the top ten countries.There are many reasons for the U.S. low rankings in life expectancy as compared to these other countries. The several that come first to mind are our terrible health care system, our gun policy, our drug problems, infant child mortality, systemic racism, wealth inequality, and our diverse population.The life expectancy in the U.S. hasactually droppe...
Source: Markham's Behavioral Health - March 22, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: David G. Markham Source Type: blogs
Physical, emotional, and verbal abuse in families
Editor's note:This is a sad and accurate story of abusive patterns of behavior that develop in some families. This video and story comes from the UK. Here in the US, the narrator and older female sibling can and perhaps should call Child Protective Services who will investigate. In New York State where I live these reports can be made anonymously.The father, the perpetrator of abuse, does not need punishment but mental health help or perhaps a combination of services from the mental health system and the criminal justice system. In many jurisdictions domestic violence laws first utilized by the police in a complaint driven...
Source: Markham's Behavioral Health - March 21, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: David G. Markham Source Type: blogs
How internet "echo chambers" lead to faster radicalization on Marketplace Tech
The audio clip lasts about 6 minutes. Molly Wood is the moderator of Marketplace Tech. Fathali Moghaddam is a professor psychology at Georgetown University. Molly Wood: What are the things that move people, ultimately, to violence?Fathali Moghaddam: It's a slow process sometimes, but it can also be rapid. The key issues are that individuals feel that they are being mistreated, that there is injustice in the world. Particularly nowadays, through the internet, an echo chamber has developed and isolation takes place, so this group radicalizes. The radicalization takes place in relation to other groups. It's what I call m...
Source: Markham's Behavioral Health - March 20, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: David G. Markham Source Type: blogs
Alcoholism and its affects on families.
Alcoholism and its effects on families learned the hard way contributing to a loss of innocence in a young teenage girl. Editor's note:An apparently well meaning mother keeps the secret of her father's drinking problem from her for reasons that aren't detailed in this video. It is a good example of the "don't talk" rule in dysfunctional families. (Source: Markham's Behavioral Health)
Source: Markham's Behavioral Health - March 19, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: David G. Markham Source Type: blogs
Teacher who made a difference to a third grader with Asperger's.
Sometimes it takes an understanding person to make a difference. Did you or do you have a teacher who you got alot out of? (Source: Markham's Behavioral Health)
Source: Markham's Behavioral Health - March 18, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: David G. Markham Source Type: blogs
Why our memories can't be trusted.
(Source: Markham's Behavioral Health)
Source: Markham's Behavioral Health - March 14, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: David G. Markham Source Type: blogs
