Sent by our reader Saertna: Dr. Hilary Knatz, states that “Denial, is a way of coping with unpleasant realities”. Denial, in the psychological/psychiatric vernacular, is a defensive strategy to minimize anxiety. It is defined and conceptualized in a number of ways. In classical Freudian terms, denial is a defense mechanism invoked by a person when there ...

European anti-torture investigators say FYROM should stop chaining up prison inmates and do more to fight corruption and inhuman conditions in its jails.   Human rights watchdog the Council of Europe sent FYROM a copy of its most recent report into torture in the former Yugoslav republic, and asked its government in a letter to comply with its recommendations. FYROM ...