Welcome to the 58th edition of Mental Health Resources News October 26, 2000

The Election Issue

~ Mentally Disabled Can't Vote
~ Great Presidents Stubborn & Disagreeable 
~ Which Candidate do you Really Like?
~ Elsewhere on About.com: Vote Out Loud
~ Featured Forum Threads

---- Mentally Disabled Can't Vote -----

"Of the 50 states in our nation, 44 contain constitutional laws and statutes that bar individuals with emotional or cognitive impairment from voting," said Kay Schriner, research fellow at the Fulbright Institute of International Relations. "The only other group of Americans who face such disenfranchisement are convicted felons." Read more at:

http://mentalhealth.about.com/library/sci/1000/blvote1000.htm

----- Great Presidents Stubborn & Disagreeable -----

New research suggests that the greatest presidents were stubborn and disagreeable. Over 100 presidential experts filled out personality tests based on their knowledge of the U.S. presidents. The results may surprise you. Read
more at:

http://mentalhealth.about.com/library/weekly/aa090400a.htm

---- Which Candidate do you Really Like? ----

The 2000 presidential campaign rolls on. Candidates are using all sorts of tactics to get your vote. Who do you want to be the next president? Are you sure? Researchers at Yale University and the University of Washington have developed an intriguing psychological test that purports to measure your "unconscious candidate preference." Does it really matter who you unconsciously prefer for president? Is it likely that you are going to find yourself in the voting booth voting unconsciously for a candidate that you don't consciously favor? I doubt it. Find out more and take the test at:

http://mentalhealth.about.com/library/sci/1000/blmars1000.htm

---------------- Elsewhere on About.com: ----------------
Vote Out Loud

Find out the latest information on the candidates, discuss issues, and participate in polls. This section of About has news and perspective from Guides in many topic areas. 

http://voteoutloud.about.com/

---------------- Featured Forum Threads --------------

Visit the Mental Health Resources Forum to discuss mental health issues.
This is the best place to ask your question and get a multitude of answers.
You can also help others with questions that they have. Some interesting
recent discussions include:

Mentally Disabled Can't Vote

Share your opinions on this complex issue. Is it fair that people with mental disabilities can't vote in many states? How disabled should one be to lose this right?

http://forums.about.com/ab-mentalhealth/messages?lgnF=y&msg=719.1

Stubborn & Disagreeable Presidents 

"By your measure, Bill Clinton is a good President--open to new ideas and excitement, extraverted, risk taking, enthusiastic, etc. I think if we as a Nation can get past his indiscretions, he will be included among the greatest Presidents in history. He was not stubborn, though. He didn't cling to bad ideas for the country. He was willing to change, a virtue in my book, although some people treated that quality as a moral problem."

http://forums.about.com/ab-mentalhealth/messages?lgnF=y&msg=668.1

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Leonard Holmes, Ph.D.
Mental Health Resources
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