Category Archives: Behavior

NYTimes: Mind Over Meds

Posted on April 26, 2010 by Site Staff

From The New York Times: Mind Over Meds How I decided my psychiatry patients needed more from me than prescriptions. One day several years ago, I was reaching the end of my first visit with a patient, J.J., who had … Continue reading →

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On Being Sane in Insane Places

Posted on December 25, 2009 by Ali Hashmi

‘Words are the physicians of the mind diseased.’ Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound A recent essay in the press described a case of Obsessive Compulsive disorder encountered in Azad Kashmir. The writer expressed her distress at the entirely ‘biological’ i.e. medical treatment … Continue reading →

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Dark Angel

Posted on June 28, 2009 by Ali Hashmi

Death is but a temporary fading We shall go on after taking a breath. -Meer Taqi Meer In the medieval morality play of the same name, the title character Everyman is visited by Death who informs him that it is … Continue reading →

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Murdering Millions

Posted on June 13, 2008 by Faisal Bari

Imagine the following situation. You do not need a second car, but you like the shape of the new Civic. Your old car is not too old, it does all you want it to do, it does not have any … Continue reading →

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Institutionalized and Systemic Corruption

Posted on April 18, 2008 by Faisal Bari

Corruption undermines development in a number of ways. It reduces the efficacy of institutions by making outcomes unpredictable, and dependent on connections and payments. It reduces the power and effectiveness of established and acknowledged rights, and makes the exercising of those rights more expensive. And it makes the ‘playing field’ uneven for players. All of the above lead to more uncertainty, higher costs of transactions, abortion of certain transactions, and consequently poorer growth outcomes. Continue reading →

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