A prison and a nursing home: any similarities?

Article Abstract:

Prisons and nursing homes share some striking similarities. In both institutions, the guards and nurse's aides, who are the staff members in most frequent contact with the inmates, have the least professional mental health training. Prisoners would rather be incarcerated for a crime than institutionalized for mental illness. Similarly, nursing home patients would rather be physically disabled than mentally impaired. Both prisoners and nursing home patients also complained about infrequent visits by family and friends, and about the quality of the food in their respective institutions.

Training, Nursing homes, Prisons, Nursing home patients, Correctional personnel

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"Crime: it's like when you have a cold and a runny nose. You can't stop it." (prisoners accepting responsibility for their crimes)

Article Abstract:

Prisoners, even when appearing initially to accept responsibility for their crimes, often actually avoid personal responsibility and describe themselves as victims when offering specific reasons for their actions. In an Oregon state prison survey, prisoners tended to blame others for their incarceration, rather than fault themselves. Group therapy, utilizing Yalom's curative factors methodology, can end prisoners' self-victimization and foster individual acceptance of criminal responsibility.

Health aspects, Methods, Surveys, Criminal rehabilitation, Rehabilitation of criminals, Criminal liability, Group psychotherapy, Group counseling

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Daimonic vs. demonic: any difference?

Article Abstract:

A study of etymology reveals that the word 'daimonic' can mean either good or evil, but it has gradually grown to be synonymous with demonic and to mean evil. Most normal adults report the most meaningful event in their lives to have been daimonic, or happy in the word's original meaning, while most mental patients or mentally ill offenders come to the opposite conclusion. Free will can make the daimon a more frequent guest than the demon.

Editorial, Analysis, Criminal psychology

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