Health experts condemn attempts to ‘cure’ trans people

Health experts condemn attempts to ‘cure’ trans people

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2017/01/16/health-experts-condemn-attempts-to-cure-trans-people-in-wake-of-controversial-bbc-documentary/ A statement from the health bodies said: “We the undersigned UK organisations wish to state that the practice of conversion therapy has no place in the modern world. It is unethical and harmful and not supported by evidence. “Conversion Therapy is the term for therapy that assumes certain sexual orientations or gender identities are…

It looks like he was right all along

It looks like he was right all along

http://www.science20.com/news_articles/freud_was_right-212606 Mark Solms, Ph.D., is the Chair of Neuropsychology at the University of Cape Town and founder of the journal Neuropsychoanalysis, and at the upcoming National Meeting of the American Psychoanalytic Association on January 20th he will review three central psychoanalytic concepts about the human mind, all of them ideas first developed by Freud, and…

Post-traumatic stress disorder

Post-traumatic stress disorder

https://www.mentalhealth.org.nz/get-help/a-z/resource/45/post-traumatic-stress-disorder Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a psychological reaction to experiencing or witnessing a significantly stressful, traumatic or shocking event. This might be a car accident springfield il, a rape or other sexual abuse, an earthquake, or other natural disaster, or an attack. Any situation where there was a risk of being killed or injured,…

The African Empire That Invented Human Rights

The African Empire That Invented Human Rights

Did This Medieval African Empire Invent Human Rights? https://t.co/fhJxAQfWts pic.twitter.com/6hmVU1dfkK — Big Think (@bigthink) January 22, 2017 The spoken document which has also been called a “Constitution” contains a preamble and seven chapters. You can read them for yourself here. It speaks on social peace, the sanctity of human life, women’s rights, the right to…

NZ’s most vulnerable may get trumpled

NZ’s most vulnerable may get trumpled

http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/business/316907/nz’s-economic-growth-could-get-‘trumpled’ THe outlook for New Zealand’s economy is rosy but could turn sour if Donald Trump becomes the next president of the United States, according to ASB Bank. The bank’s latest quarterly economic forecasts indicate New Zealand has the strongest annual economic growth outlook among developed countries, with an annual growth rate of 3.5 percent…