MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'crises'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:39:55 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4309594&cid=t_178488_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fni34kGjT7tk%2F By Gerald P. O'DriscollThe New Year is likely to bring renewal of financial problems in the European Union. In Greece, the crisis was fiscal in origin and spread to Greek banks and banks in other countries that had lent to Greek banks and the Greek government. In Ireland, the crisis began with problem real-estate loans at Irish banks. That spread to European banks, mainly British, that had lent to Irish banks. In its year-end issue, the Economist reminds us of the 2008 banking crisis in Iceland.  The Icelandic government responded much differently in that crisis than did the Irish government to its banking crisis. Iceland let its banks go under and to some extent stiffed their creditors. It did so out of necessity. Banking assets there were 10 times the country’s GDP, while they ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4309594 Mon, 03 Jan 2011 20:46:26 +0100 4309594 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3876715&cid=t_178488_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F08%2F17%2Fwhere-do-friends-go-when-youre-coping-with-a-crisis%2F Have you ever noticed that when something bad happens to you or to someone close to you in your life (like a son or daughter, or a parent), some friends might offer help, while others disappear? This seemingly becomes more the case as we get older. I was reading this interesting essay in The New York Times today and stumbled upon an explanation for this behavior — the guy quoted in the article called it “stiff arming” or “pseudo-care.” A friend offers help to you in your time of need, but then disappears. Why do people do this? Are they afraid bad luck is “catching”? The author of this essay describes how both her daughters suffered serious health problems in the same year — one from a rare disease, and the other from anorexia. Then she notic... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3876715 Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:11:01 +0100 3876715 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3746808&cid=t_178488_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F07%2F12%2Fintroducing-life-as-youth-know-it%2F I’m pleased to introduce our new blog, Life as You(th) Know It, by C.Y. (“Yan”) Chow. It is a blog about dealing with everything youths today have to deal with — from college and study woes, to relationship issues, family crises, friendship drama and everything in-between. I believe teens and young adults often have the greatest need for mental health and psychology information and resources, but also face the greatest challenge in actually accessing such resources (for numerous reasons). Hopefully blogs such as this one help de-mystify the psychology and mental health of youth. Despite campaigns by both parents to become either an architect or lawyer, Yan is currently a final year BSc Psychology student at the University of Warwick in England. She aspires to write for ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3746808 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 11:39:01 +0100 3746808 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3687081&cid=t_178488_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fho5hebhIzCs%2F By Mark A. CalabriaA new AP-Gfk poll reveals that about two-thirds of the American public lack confidence that the financial regulation bill, currently being crafted by House and Senate conferees, will actually help avert future financial crises.  The public is right to be skeptical, as there is nothing in either the House or Senate bill that ends bailouts or ends “too-big-to-fail.”  In fact parts of the bill, such as the expansion of deposit insurance, will actually increase the likelihood of future crises.  (The IMF has an insightful working paper on the negative impacts of deposit insurance).  Perhaps the failure of Congressional efforts to end financial crises is the result of Washington’s unwillingness to recognize that government itself was the major driver of t... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3687081 Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:58:18 +0100 3687081 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3467736&cid=t_178488_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F-qJgsKzYZik%2F By Mark A. CalabriaPresident Obama seems to be slowly waking up to the fact that the American public has grown tired of the endless bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.  The public has also rejected the talking point that Fannie and Freddie were simply victims of a 100 year storm in the housing market.  So what’s Obama’s response?  To ask for public comment and have public forums. This strategy is clearly one of delaying and avoiding any reform of Fannie and Freddie while pretending to care about the issue.  Where was the public comment and forums on the Volcker rule?  Seemingly the standard is that fixing the real causes of the financial crisis should be delayed and debated while efforts like the Dodd bill, which do nothing to avoid future financial crises, should be r... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3467736 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 15:13:37 +0100 3467736 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3239555&cid=t_178488_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FIlqtPPZJIE4%2F By Mark A. CalabriaDespite still defending the Fed’s bailouts, Fed Governor Kevin Warsh gave a speech this morning offering a few insights about reforming our financial system that seem to be lost on both Obama and Bernanke. A few highlights: The mortgage finance system is owed far stricter scrutiny to gather a fuller appreciation of the causes of the crisis. The government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, for example, were given license and direction to take excessive risks. One has to hope that both Bernanke and Obama are listening.  The silence of the Obama administration on fixing Fannie and Freddie is nothing short of shocking and irresponsible.  Any commitment to real reform has to include the GSEs. Granting new powers to resolve failing firms in th... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3239555 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:36:16 +0100 3239555 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2774605&cid=t_178488_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FVn4WjxzD5cw%2F Bloomberg News points out that President Obama needs a health-care crisis in order to impose a health-care “solution”: President Barack Obama returns to Washington next week in search of one thing that can revive his health-care overhaul: a sense of crisis…. “At the moment, except for the people without insurance, we’re not in a health-care crisis,” said Stephen Wayne, a professor of government at Georgetown University in Washington. “You do need a crisis to generate movement in Congress and to help build a consensus.” This administration has used Naomi Klein’s book The Shock Doctrine as a manual. Klein said in an interview that The Shock Doctrine is a political strategy that the Republican right has been perfecting over the past 35 years to use for variou... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2774605 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:07:50 +0100 2774605 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2648964&cid=t_178488_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F21KAs7jsxn4%2F There seems to be near universal agreement that the excessive use of debt among both corporations, particularly banks, and households contributed to the severity of the financial crisis.  However, other than the occasional refrain that banks should hold more capital, there has been little discussion over why corporations choose to be so highly leveraged in the first place.  But then such a discussion might lead us to the all too obvious answer — the federal government, via the tax code, encourages, even heavily subsidizes corporate leverage. Cato scholar and banking analyst Bert Ely has estimated that the subsides for debt have historically resulted in an after tax cost of debt of 3 to 5 percent, compared to an after tax cost of equity of 12 to 15 percent.  With differences of th... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2648964 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:53:32 +0100 2648964 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2190553&cid=t_178488_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F02%2F16%2Fhaving-problems-means-being-alive%2F You bet I was upset, and I let the store manager know it: the priceless reels of our old home movies, dating back more than fifty years, had been lost. Uncle Jack, Aunt Minna, Grandpa, and the cousins, gathered round the sizzling grille of my childhood summers — all lost. My wife and I had taken the film to a local pharmacy, which was supposed to have sent it to some photo lab for conversion to DVDs. Nobody could tell us where all that brittle celluloid had ended up. We found out about the lost movies a day after Continental flight 3407 went down, just a few miles from the small town in western New York where I grew up. And as the magnitude of the disaster became clear—as the stories of so many bright lives snuffed out unfolded — I began to feel slightly ashamed and foolish.... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2190553 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:00:17 +0100 2190553 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1377956&cid=t_178488_109_f&fid=34753&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.relaxedtherapist.com%2Faim-for-reliability-before-availability%2Frapport%2F Reliability is more important than availability in the long run. Clients who know when you are not available can make informed choices regarding alternative sources of support. I once worked with a client who rang her GPs so frequently and insistently that they established a rota for taking her calls. She bombarded every new therapist with telephone calls. I told her she could call me between 1030 and 1130 on Monday or Thursday and that if I was on another call, I’d call her as soon as I finished. She rang me twice the first week and two more times in the next six months. She also called her GPs and CPN less frequently. Many therapists feel a duty to respond to client’s crises. Who better to address a difficult situation: the therapist who has listened carefully to the client&#... The Relaxed Therapist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1377956 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:13:31 +0100 1377956 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1114058&cid=t_178488_158_f&fid=36018&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcaregiversbeacon.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F12%2Fwhat-about-starting-network-of.html When caregivers need help but don't know where to turn, a Caregivers' Hotline could be a source of quick referrals to resources. Similar to the mental health hotlines, this could be a number to call when caregivers need to find a support group, a counselor, a place to vent, or resources for the person the caregiver is assisting. This idea has come to me because during the holidays, when part of the people are having a great time, I've been contacted by caregivers who are overwhelmed with stress and need help.A Caregivers' Helpline, similar to other helplines, such as mental health helplines, could refer caregivers to resources in the same way. It could be a place to call for caregivers who are feeling they are in a crisis. Counselors could refer the caregivers to groups, caregiver counseli... The Caregiver's Beacon - Resources, Links, Ideas, News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1114058 Sun, 23 Dec 2007 21:52:00 +0100 1114058