is poverty a mental state?
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Poverty is a financial state.
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Probably becuase poverty is always a relative concept. Being the richer nations they probably still see Africa as the "Dark Continent" back from their sea-faring days.\n\nThat said...\n\nMost other countries probably have more than their share of poverty in their own country to be worried about poverty in another country.
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I'm from bangladesh. My point of view is when a deprived person have even a small achievement, he feels very happy. In bangladesh the difference between rich and poor is so high that poor can never wish for anything good for themselves. So they are happy with the little they have. People are happiest when they are happy with what they have. I think thats why Bangladesh people are happiest ( I'm one of them!)
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It seems pretty ridiculous, doesn't it? By the way, welfare is now called "Self Sufficiency". Really. My husband and I are foster parents, and we see people all the time who abuse drugs, keep having children, don't do anything productive, and get free medical insurance, food stamps, WIC, "Self Sufficiency", HUD housing, etc. Just doesn't seem right, does it?
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i know a couple of ppl who went off anti-dep and feel much better..like they wer using prodep..now..they r into yoga and meditation..they say its easy for them to attain zero state of mind..that is u releive urself from this worldly stuff...\n\nAfterall depression is a state of mind..something man made..so only the creator of such state can escape from it.
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Witness heart-breaking poverty,unemployment and practice voodoo?
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there is a global assessment test and the dsm, your orientation to reality or person place time and event as well as your ability to think  abstractly,reason, interpret reality, etc , alot of people with certain disorders can only deal with concrete thought, the assessments are comprehensive , the dsm, is a standardized dianostic tool based on certain criteria for each diagnosis, try doing a yahoo or google or wikipedia search on DSM for classifying mental ilnesses or going to  a pych site, you might be ablre to find a sample copy of questions used to assess one's mental status
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Terror is a mental state... I think Americans have lost it so they r perpetuating their deep-seated fears all over the world.  I tell you there is far greater humanity out here in third world despite all your wars and all the lunatics you have set lose here.  In terms of human quality people are any day better here than how you people come across over internet and through various other media.  Try it live in some country, mingle with the local population and you will feel the warmth.\n\nI agree there is poverty but we are certainly not mentally sick like you guys are.
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The falling of many Middle Class People to being below the Poverty level, without changing anything in their lives has always amazed me.  Of course the amount of people in your family has to do with the level of the Poverty being set.  Think about the fact that many people are actually living the same life as they always have, same job, same home, same family and have fallen under the poverty level and not known about it. I think that would be an interesting place to start.  I believe that we think of poverty as having nothing and the government sets levels that makes many who live decent lives fall under poverty levels.  By this it is like the calling of Beverly Hills as an economically disadvantaged city because of the lack of jobs per capita in that city.  Well it is that way because the land is mainly used for individual residences and that is the way they want it, yet under government guidelines it falls into that category.  What I am saying is that you need to start with placing an actual definition of poverty and then look at the people who don't fit the category and then question why?
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I beleive in it. Some people are really Mentally unstable, However there are people who play the system. I have a friend who acts like she is Bi polar and she is not. Ive know her for years and she was on Welfare for years. Well her kids are older so Welfare told her she had to get a job and she is lazy and really ds not have job skills. She acted like she was having suicidal thoughts. Its all a scam. Well, Long story short she got it. She now gets disability wich is alot more than welfare was giving her and gets disability for 2 of the kids. She made them get tested for ADD or something like that. Its ridiculous. They put those kids on meds and they dont need it. She is playing the system.
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The state of your mind?
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Poverty means going without the essentials.  Some people don't have food, clothing, indoor plumbing, running water, heat, reliable transportation, etc.
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No, but it's a character flaw if you consistently exploit it.\n\nHowever, an inability to understand the moral consequences of manipulating others can be a sign of mental illness.
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Yes.  But only in specific cases with certain illnesses.  I don't want to hear that crap about road rage or whatever the fancy name is nowadays.  Schizophrenia?  Absolutely.  That is a severe mental disorder where your perception of reality is extremely disoriented.  Depression?  Hell no.  Everyone gets depressed.  I was diagnosed with depression (bipolar actually) several years back.  Am I bipolar.  Nope.  It was my life situation that gave me the symtoms. Am I depressed now? Nope.  The only symptom I have is social anxiety.  Is that a reason to commit a crime?  Hell no. I know what is right and what is wrong.   However, when you have schizophrenia, autism, brain damage, or retardation, you don't always understand. Your perception of reality is very skewed, and nine times out of ten, you don't understand the wrongness of your actions, neither the consequnces.
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A lot of people think it is but it doesn't have to be.  To some extent persoality plays a part and so does your environment.  If you grow up with parents whom are depressed and have a negative perspective on life it is easy to grow up thinking about life in the same sort of ways.  On the other hand you could have very positive parents and family and still end up being depressed.  In psychology there is a disagreement between whether persoanlity is based more on how we are brought up (nuture) or our genetics etc (nature).  Personally  after completing my degree I believe its a combination of lots of different factors. (Friends, Family, School, Life Experiences, and events etc.)  oops sorry I'm rambling, hope this is helpful.
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Logical levels of abstraction and specification exist in the realms of the social, mental and physical -> so yes such concepts are a smothering by politically minded people, but also concepts are maintained by those without time to consider such things or minds...... its also worth stating that biological, psychological and social differences do exist and are studied by psychologists, neurologists, sociologists and the like -> however these studies are usually stopped in this politically crazy era in order to stop 'socially sensititve implications' occuring and thus causing mindless racisism and homophobia - obviously we cant go into every element but i think these are key concepts
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Education is a component of socioeconomic status (SES), which in turn is a large predictor of health behavior choices.  \n\nSome models posit that the stress associated with low SES leads to behaviors to reduce that stress: namely, smoking, drinking, and overeating.  Thus, the poor are doubly cursed: they have few resources, and they engage in behaviors that lead to poorer health.\n\nOther observers believe that low SES has a direct impact on health (the so-called 'relative deprivation' theory).  \n\nMost health researchers believe that smoking cessation promotion, while worthwhile, is not likely to improve the health of the less well educated.  This is an aspect of the 'fundamental cause' theory that suggests that the poor will always be less healthy than the affluent, because the affluent will always be better able to translate resources into health.