Thursday, April 19, 2007
Compassionate Conservative
The World Health Organization predicts that "depression will become one of the most common disabling disorders in the world by 2020, second only to heart disease."
The roots of these disorders: rising expectations from media saturation, and reduced satisfaction from loss of collective family and community life, says Kalle Lasn, help to explain shootings, drug use, domestic violence, obesity, rage, cynicism and the hopelessness enveloping our culture.
Facing a budget deficit caused by his refusal to sue Enron for recovery of several billion dollars owed the state, Governor Schwarzenegger has targeted mental health programs serving adults suffering from schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and severe anxiety for elimination.
The roots of these disorders: rising expectations from media saturation, and reduced satisfaction from loss of collective family and community life, says Kalle Lasn, help to explain shootings, drug use, domestic violence, obesity, rage, cynicism and the hopelessness enveloping our culture.
Facing a budget deficit caused by his refusal to sue Enron for recovery of several billion dollars owed the state, Governor Schwarzenegger has targeted mental health programs serving adults suffering from schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and severe anxiety for elimination.
