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      - Medication madness : a psychiatrist exposes the dangers of mood-altering medications / by Breggin, Peter Roger,1936-(CARDINAL)517139; 
 Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-375) and index.What is medication spellbinding? -- The toothless watchdog growls -- Killing the pain-and almost the cop -- The man with too many complaints -- Young girl murderers in the making -- Doctors driven mad by medications -- Killing loved ones to save the world -- Drug-induced "happy faces" -- Not quite twelve years old -- Sleeping pill madness -- Tranquilized into violence -- A courtroom Christmas story -- A vicious addiction -- He wanted to do better in school -- Spellbound by Ritalin addiction -- Parents forced to drug their children -- This is not my daughter -- Dilemmas in the role of the medical expert -- Drug companies on trial -- Marketing myths and the truth about psychiatric medication -- Spellbound by drug withdrawal reactions -- Making drug withdrawal as safe as possible -- The tough question of personal responsibility -- Choose your last resort wisely.Medications for everything from depression and anxiety to ADHD and insomnia are being prescribed in alarming numbers across the country, but the "cure" is often worse than the original problem. The weight of scientific evidence and years of clinical experience eventually convinced psychiatrist Dr. Breggin that psychiatric drugs frequently cause individuals to lose their judgment and their ability to control their emotions and actions. Here he examines the issues surrounding personal responsibility when behavior seems driven by drug-induced adverse reactions and intoxication. This book is a frightening, dramatic look at the role that psychiatric medications have played in fifty cases of suicide, murder, and other violent, criminal, and bizarre behaviors. It serves as a cautionary tale about our reliance on potentially dangerous psychoactive chemicals to relieve our emotional problems and provides a positive approach to taking personal charge of our lives.--From publisher description. Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-375) and index.What is medication spellbinding? -- The toothless watchdog growls -- Killing the pain-and almost the cop -- The man with too many complaints -- Young girl murderers in the making -- Doctors driven mad by medications -- Killing loved ones to save the world -- Drug-induced "happy faces" -- Not quite twelve years old -- Sleeping pill madness -- Tranquilized into violence -- A courtroom Christmas story -- A vicious addiction -- He wanted to do better in school -- Spellbound by Ritalin addiction -- Parents forced to drug their children -- This is not my daughter -- Dilemmas in the role of the medical expert -- Drug companies on trial -- Marketing myths and the truth about psychiatric medication -- Spellbound by drug withdrawal reactions -- Making drug withdrawal as safe as possible -- The tough question of personal responsibility -- Choose your last resort wisely.Medications for everything from depression and anxiety to ADHD and insomnia are being prescribed in alarming numbers across the country, but the "cure" is often worse than the original problem. The weight of scientific evidence and years of clinical experience eventually convinced psychiatrist Dr. Breggin that psychiatric drugs frequently cause individuals to lose their judgment and their ability to control their emotions and actions. Here he examines the issues surrounding personal responsibility when behavior seems driven by drug-induced adverse reactions and intoxication. This book is a frightening, dramatic look at the role that psychiatric medications have played in fifty cases of suicide, murder, and other violent, criminal, and bizarre behaviors. It serves as a cautionary tale about our reliance on potentially dangerous psychoactive chemicals to relieve our emotional problems and provides a positive approach to taking personal charge of our lives.--From publisher description.
- Subjects: Psychotropic drugs; Brain; Forensic psychiatry; Liability for emotional distress; 
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      - Fired, laid off or forced out : a complete guide to severance, benefits, and your rights when you're starting over / by Busse, Richard C.(CARDINAL)462504; 
 Discharge as an at will employee. What is a wrongful termination? Debunking myths about your employment rights -- Strategies to survive a disciplinary action. Are you really on a termination track? How employee discipline works. How to survive employee discipline -- How to diffuse potentially volatile situations. Strategies for executives. Strategies for mid-level managers. Strategies for first line non-union supervisors. Strategies for non-management employees -- How to use human resources to survive an abusive work environment. Your need to report. Using judgment in reporting harassment. Your objective : to change the subject -- Strategies to preempt or prevent an anticipated termination. Preempt it by proposing that you resign. Demonstrate submission to authority. Enlist third party assistance. Assume a legal posture. Engage in a political war -- Managing an imminent termination. Ten things to do. Ten things to avoid doing -- Handling the termination itself. The termination meeting. Post-termination winding up. The exit interview. Your "final check" and benefits. Post-termination filings to protect your rights. The effect of termination on your receipt of benefits -- Ten more "do's" and "don'ts" if you have been terminated. Ten "do's" if you have been terminated. Ten "don'ts" if you have been terminated -- Negotiating a severance agreement. How to get more severance. What should your severance agreement contain? -- All about lawyers. How to find a lawyer. Engaging your lawyer -- What makes a termination unlawful? How our legal system works. Public policy "wrongful discharge." Statutory "wrongful discharge." Employment contracts -- Other legal claims available to terminated workers. Intentional infliction of severe emotional distress. intentional interference with economic relations. Invasion of privacy. Defamation. Misrepresentation -- Termination of special group members. Termination of union workers. Termination of government employees -- Evaluating your termination case. How can I tell if I have a case? What if my case has problems? Is there any chance something could happen to help my case? Are there any other factors that can help? -- Top ten mistakes employers make during employment that lead to liability for wrongful discharge -- Deciding whether to pursue your case. Your need for litigation. Your support from others for litigation. Your health. The effect on your marketability -- What to expect during litigation. The prefiling stage. The trial stage. The appeal stage -- Things you can do to help your lawyer win -- Common questions about case settlement -- Special rights and benefits legislation of interest to terminated employees. Unemployment compensation. Health insurance legislation (COBRA and HIPPA). Retirement legislation (ERISA). Notice of plant closure legislation (Warn Act). Employee leave legislation (FMLA) -- Twelve steps to build your workplace power.Posttermination filings to protect your rights. The effect of termination on your receipt of benefits. Termination tips -- Immediately after your termination. Remain calm. Ask probing questions. Remove all personal belongings at your earliest opportunity. Relinquish all keys and ID badges when requested. Record what was said in the termination meeting. Request a copy of your personnel file. Let your family and friends take care of you. If you need it, seek emotional counseling. Seek legal advice only from a knowledgeable lawyer. As soon as you are able, look for other work. Do not start cutting your own deal. Do not release your employer without consulting a lawyer. Do not write a letter of protest to the company. Do not start writing letters to your congressional delegation. Do not engage in physical harm. Do not remove anything that does not belong to you. Do not refuse to return property belonging to the employer. Do not immediately file an internal, nonunion grievance. Do not sign a confession. Do not try to handle it alone. Termination tips -- Negotiating a severance agreement. How to get more severance.The contents of your severance agreement. Severance tips list -- All about lawyers. How to find a lawyer. Engaging your lawyer -- Unlawful terminations. Public policy wrongful discharge. Wrongful constructive discharge. State statutory solutions. Discrimination laws. Opposition and retaliation statutes. Employment contracts -- Other legal claims. Intentional infliction of severe emotional distress. intentional interference with economic relations. Invasion of privacy. Defamation. Misrepresentation -- Termination of special group members. Termination of union workers. Termination of government employees -- Evaluating your termination case. Evaluating whether you have a case. Evaluating the problem of your case. Evaluating your case when the employer covers its tracks. Factors affecting your case. Other factors that can help -- Mistakes employers make. Top ten complaints -- Deciding whether to pursue your case. Your need for litigation. Your support from others for litigation. Your health. The effect on your marketability -- What to expect during litigation. Prefiling stage. Trial stage. Appeal stage --Things you can do to help your lawyer win. Provide requested information in a timely manner. Stay in communication with your lawyer. Treat your lawyer as a member of your team. Be flexible with your schedule. Follow your lawyer's advice. Do not shoot the messenger. Try to control your relatives. Do not fall in love with your case. Do not pull any surprises. Keep the faith. Ways to help your lawyer win -- Common questions about case settlement -- Special rights and benefits legislation. Unemployment compensation. Health insurance legislation : Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA). The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA). Retirement legislation (ERISA). Notice of plant closure legislation. Employee leave legislation. Basic provisions. FMLA and the ADA -- Steps to build your workplace power. Discharge as an at will employee. What is a wrongful termination? Debunking myths about your employment rights -- Strategies to survive a disciplinary action. Are you really on a termination track? How employee discipline works. How to survive employee discipline -- How to diffuse potentially volatile situations. Strategies for executives. Strategies for mid-level managers. Strategies for first line non-union supervisors. Strategies for non-management employees -- How to use human resources to survive an abusive work environment. Your need to report. Using judgment in reporting harassment. Your objective : to change the subject -- Strategies to preempt or prevent an anticipated termination. Preempt it by proposing that you resign. Demonstrate submission to authority. Enlist third party assistance. Assume a legal posture. Engage in a political war -- Managing an imminent termination. Ten things to do. Ten things to avoid doing -- Handling the termination itself. The termination meeting. Post-termination winding up. The exit interview. Your "final check" and benefits. Post-termination filings to protect your rights. The effect of termination on your receipt of benefits -- Ten more "do's" and "don'ts" if you have been terminated. Ten "do's" if you have been terminated. Ten "don'ts" if you have been terminated -- Negotiating a severance agreement. How to get more severance. What should your severance agreement contain? -- All about lawyers. How to find a lawyer. Engaging your lawyer -- What makes a termination unlawful? How our legal system works. Public policy "wrongful discharge." Statutory "wrongful discharge." Employment contracts -- Other legal claims available to terminated workers. Intentional infliction of severe emotional distress. intentional interference with economic relations. Invasion of privacy. Defamation. Misrepresentation -- Termination of special group members. Termination of union workers. Termination of government employees -- Evaluating your termination case. How can I tell if I have a case? What if my case has problems? Is there any chance something could happen to help my case? Are there any other factors that can help? -- Top ten mistakes employers make during employment that lead to liability for wrongful discharge -- Deciding whether to pursue your case. Your need for litigation. Your support from others for litigation. Your health. The effect on your marketability -- What to expect during litigation. The prefiling stage. The trial stage. The appeal stage -- Things you can do to help your lawyer win -- Common questions about case settlement -- Special rights and benefits legislation of interest to terminated employees. Unemployment compensation. Health insurance legislation (COBRA and HIPPA). Retirement legislation (ERISA). Notice of plant closure legislation (Warn Act). Employee leave legislation (FMLA) -- Twelve steps to build your workplace power.Posttermination filings to protect your rights. The effect of termination on your receipt of benefits. Termination tips -- Immediately after your termination. Remain calm. Ask probing questions. Remove all personal belongings at your earliest opportunity. Relinquish all keys and ID badges when requested. Record what was said in the termination meeting. Request a copy of your personnel file. Let your family and friends take care of you. If you need it, seek emotional counseling. Seek legal advice only from a knowledgeable lawyer. As soon as you are able, look for other work. Do not start cutting your own deal. Do not release your employer without consulting a lawyer. Do not write a letter of protest to the company. Do not start writing letters to your congressional delegation. Do not engage in physical harm. Do not remove anything that does not belong to you. Do not refuse to return property belonging to the employer. Do not immediately file an internal, nonunion grievance. Do not sign a confession. Do not try to handle it alone. Termination tips -- Negotiating a severance agreement. How to get more severance.The contents of your severance agreement. Severance tips list -- All about lawyers. How to find a lawyer. Engaging your lawyer -- Unlawful terminations. Public policy wrongful discharge. Wrongful constructive discharge. State statutory solutions. Discrimination laws. Opposition and retaliation statutes. Employment contracts -- Other legal claims. Intentional infliction of severe emotional distress. intentional interference with economic relations. Invasion of privacy. Defamation. Misrepresentation -- Termination of special group members. Termination of union workers. Termination of government employees -- Evaluating your termination case. Evaluating whether you have a case. Evaluating the problem of your case. Evaluating your case when the employer covers its tracks. Factors affecting your case. Other factors that can help -- Mistakes employers make. Top ten complaints -- Deciding whether to pursue your case. Your need for litigation. Your support from others for litigation. Your health. The effect on your marketability -- What to expect during litigation. Prefiling stage. Trial stage. Appeal stage --Things you can do to help your lawyer win. Provide requested information in a timely manner. Stay in communication with your lawyer. Treat your lawyer as a member of your team. Be flexible with your schedule. Follow your lawyer's advice. Do not shoot the messenger. Try to control your relatives. Do not fall in love with your case. Do not pull any surprises. Keep the faith. Ways to help your lawyer win -- Common questions about case settlement -- Special rights and benefits legislation. Unemployment compensation. Health insurance legislation : Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA). The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA). Retirement legislation (ERISA). Notice of plant closure legislation. Employee leave legislation. Basic provisions. FMLA and the ADA -- Steps to build your workplace power.
- Subjects: Psychology, Industrial.; Employees; Unemployment; 
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      - Auto accident personal insurance claim how to evaluate and settle your loss / by Baldyga, Daniel G.; 
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- Subjects: Handbooks and manuals.; Automobile insurance claims; Insurance claims; 
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      - Mastering the market cycle : getting the odds on your side / by Marks, Howard,1946-author.; 
 Introduction -- Why study cycles? -- The nature of cycles -- The regularity of cycles -- The economic cycle -- Government investment with the economic cycle -- The cycle in profits -- The pendulum of investor psychology -- The cycle in attitudes toward risk -- The credit cycle -- The distressed debt cycle -- The real estate cycle -- Putting it all together: the market cycle -- How to cope with market cycles -- Cycle positioning -- Limits on coping -- The cycle in success -- The future of cycles -- The essence of cycles -- Afterword.We all know markets rise and fall, but when should you pull out, and when should you stay in? The answer is never black and white, but is best reached through a keen understanding of the reasons behind the rhythm of cycles. Confidence about where we are in a cycle comes when you learn the patterns of ups and downs that influence not just economics, markets, and companies, but also human psychology and the investing behaviors that result. If you study past cycles, understand their origins, and remain alert for the next cycle, you will become keenly attuned to the investment environment as it changes. You'll be aware and prepared while others get blindsided by unexpected events or fall victim to emotions like fear and greed. By following Marks's insights--drawn in part from his iconic memos over the years to Oaktree's clients--you can master these recurring patterns to have the opportunity to improve your results.--back cover. Introduction -- Why study cycles? -- The nature of cycles -- The regularity of cycles -- The economic cycle -- Government investment with the economic cycle -- The cycle in profits -- The pendulum of investor psychology -- The cycle in attitudes toward risk -- The credit cycle -- The distressed debt cycle -- The real estate cycle -- Putting it all together: the market cycle -- How to cope with market cycles -- Cycle positioning -- Limits on coping -- The cycle in success -- The future of cycles -- The essence of cycles -- Afterword.We all know markets rise and fall, but when should you pull out, and when should you stay in? The answer is never black and white, but is best reached through a keen understanding of the reasons behind the rhythm of cycles. Confidence about where we are in a cycle comes when you learn the patterns of ups and downs that influence not just economics, markets, and companies, but also human psychology and the investing behaviors that result. If you study past cycles, understand their origins, and remain alert for the next cycle, you will become keenly attuned to the investment environment as it changes. You'll be aware and prepared while others get blindsided by unexpected events or fall victim to emotions like fear and greed. By following Marks's insights--drawn in part from his iconic memos over the years to Oaktree's clients--you can master these recurring patterns to have the opportunity to improve your results.--back cover.
- Subjects: Investments.; Business cycles.; Finance, Personal.; Asset-liability management.; Risk-taking (Psychology); Risk behaviors.; 
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