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September 1999 What's New from The Family Clinic

9/22/99 9:30 p.m. Nicholas Hartley, M. ED.
Youth Violence: A reprint of Col. Dave Grossmans article and a review of his book.

9/21/99 9:30 p.m. Daniel T. Moore, Ph.D.
BiPolar Support Group seeks symptom remission.

9/6/99 7:07 p.m. Daniel T. Moore, Ph.D.
Warning Signs to Adolescent Violence.

9/4/99 6:08 p.m. Daniel T. Moore, Ph.D.
Introduction to the SOI.


Col. Dave Grossman's article on Youth Violence and a review of his latest book!

Added September 22, 1999

Hi, everyone! Sorry I've been gone so long (he says wondering if anyone but Dan noticed). I have been working to expand our Adolescent Offender Program and have little time to orate here. I am very excited about the future here at the Family Clinic as we are going to have guest writers posting articles in every speciality area you can imagine. We intend to make this site the center of thought in the behavioral arts and a place where ideas that you won't encounter in the popular press will be discussed freely blossoming or fading on thier own merit. The following is the begining of this venture.

Col. Grossman graciously gave us permision to reprint his article from "Christianity Today" here at the Family Clinic however, Christianity Today had so nicely formated the article on line that I decided to link to it instead. The link is at the bottom of this article because I want you to read this review of his book. As I mentioned earlier, Col. Grossmans arguments are compeling and worth a read, just listen to this review of his latest book "STOP TEACHING OUR KIDS TO KILL: A Call to Action Against TV, Movie & Video game Violence" by Lt. Col. Dave Grossman and Gloria DeGaetano.

A passionate and timely manifesto against violent imagery aimed at children in TV, films, and video games, by the authority cited by President Clinton after the Littleton Massacre and a nationally recognized educator and author in the field of media violence.

The FBI reports that the average law enforcement officer hits his target approximately one time in five. In Paducah, Kentucky, 14-year-old Michael Carneal, who had never fired a handgun before, shot a different child with each of his eight bullets, five of them head shots. How did he acquire such proficiency--and such awful ruthlessness? According to the authors, the answer lies in the many hours the boy had spent playing point-and-shoot video games. From his role as a psychology professor at West Point, Grossman knows firsthand the power such games have on honing skills and erasing inhibitions about killing.

In "Stop Teaching Our Kids to Kill," citing the findings of numerous studies, Grossman and DeGaetano make a compelling case that the recent wave of violence by children is directly linked to the desensitizing and bloody imagery found on TV and in films and video games--and offer a galvanizing call to action. At last, here are experts with some answers.

LT. COL. GROSSMAN is the author of "On Killing," a definitive text on the subject. He lives in Jonesboro, Arkansas. GLORIA DEGAETANO is a writer, educator and parent activist. She lives in Redmond, Washington.

Published by Crown Books (as division of Random House), to be released in September 1999.

Col. Grossman's book and a commentary by the author is avialable by clicking STOP TEACHING OUR KIDS TO KILL: A Call to Action Against TV, Movie & Video game Violence by Lt. Col. Dave Grossman and Gloria DeGaetano, ISBN: 0609606131 $20.00 hardcover (Canada: $31.00)Family & Relationships--Parenting (FAM034000)208 pages.

Col. Grossman has his own Web site at www.killology.com which contains some additional references on his other writtings and a vauge description of the consulting group which he leads. Check back here as I hope to get Col. Dave to post on our Discusion Forum and begin some professional debate and sharing of information on his theories of youth violence.

Col. Dave Grosman's Christianity Today article


Support Group for Manic Depressive or Bi-Polar Disorder

Added September 21, 1999

Last season, a friend of mine (who suffers from Manic Depression)told me of this great support group on the web. I checked them out and they looked real good. Yesterday, the group contacted the Family Clinic and asked if we could link to their site. When I checked them out, I couldn't believe it was the same support group my friend had told me about.

This web site's primary purpose is to help individuals with Manic Depressive Disorder get their symptoms into remission. They realized that they probably will never be cured of their disorder, but they can have their symptoms go away. They stress exercise, proper nutrition, support groups, medication, and other techniques that help Bi-Polar symptoms to go into remission. When symptoms are in remission, these individuals can live normal lives.

It costs $10.00 per month to join the support group. In our opinion it is money well spent. If you can control your symptoms, you will earn the money back in no time. They want you to pay for three months in advance. There are areas of the web site you can visit without being a member. If you have Manic Depression or know someone who has, check them out. Then get back with us and let us know what you thought. Just click on The Society for Manic Depression to visit their web page.


Teenage Violence Warning Signs

Added September 6, 1999

Our labor day was great! We swam in the river, swam in a cold swimming hole with a water fall and then attended a college football team where U.S.M. won over Tulane 48 to 14. Well, enough of our news.

Now to the subject at hand. School has started and we are seeing a lot of kids being locked up because they have threatened their teachers. Most of these children are impulsive and have no intension of carrying out these threats. Yet they are spending weeks in juvenile detention or stays at a inpatient hospital.

We wish more people would use common sense and stop all this non-sense. I know that adolescent violence is a serious topic. Too many children are violent. This violence will not go away by locking up impulsive kids who on an impulse threaten someone. This violence will not go away until we as a society do what we need do to get rid of the causes of this violence. As long as there is easy access to violent video games, violent TV shows, violent videos, violent music and unsupervised children, we will continue to have violence in school and on the streets. Unfortunately we are more concerned with the entertainment industry making money than we are of having a peaceful society. Anyway, I shouldn't get started on this topic. I could keep going for hours.

So for those who are interested, APA has done a nice job of talking about The Warning Signs of Adolescent Violence.

Also feel free to post your comments about violence or any other topic on our bulletin board. Hope your Labor Day holiday was as nice as ours.


SOI Services From the Family Clinic

Added September 4, 1999

Here it is Labor Day weekend and I get to do my favorite activity which is working or playing with my computer. For today's play I worked on Introducing the SOI. SOI stands for The Structure of Intellect, a theory developed by J.P. Guilford. Bob and Mary Meeker have devoted their lives to put into practical application Guilford's theory. The SOI is used in industry, schools, gifted programs, and home school programs. It is a test made for everyone!

Come take a look at An Introduction to SOI. The SOI is great on people who have problems with learning. It also shows where your strenghts and weaknesses are in relationship to ablilities in learning. The good news is that now 200 schools in the United States gives SOI test and instruction to every student. This means that thousands of children are being taught how to learn. The SOI will help raise the intellectual capacity of our future thinkers! Maybe they can make the world a better place.

What do you think? We want to know. If you have comments about our site, please let us know by contacting us via E-mail.