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...mind or in the body or both, are usually caused by some combination of genes, environment, behavior and chance. Despite the comforting modern notion that severe psychological illnesses are simply due to an unfortunate genetic inheritance, it is the exceedingly rare mental condition that is caused only by genes. (Rett syndrome is one example.) Rather, if you take something like generalized anxiety disorder (300.02), there may be a variety of causes that set it off: genes that cause excessive activity in the fear-producing part of the brain called the amygdala, a stressful job that stimulates that activity, engaging...
...mural panels in front of Dunster back in their proper order. As much fun as we might have trying to sound out what they say now ("Lev-duns-ma-rett?"), the aesthetic effects are less than pleasing. If the construction must continue, at least we could have something coherent to look at when we stare out our windows at 7 a.m., cursing the day jackhammers were invented...
...attack Iraq is a shrewd political maneuver designed to change the target of the war on terrorism from the cunning, elusive and charismatic bin Laden to the oppressive, lackluster and immobile Saddam. This new focus provides a cover for our failure to catch the real terrorist leaders. JOEL RETT Olympia, Wash...
...tell him to please believe that the majority of us wish our Congress and other public officials had the same moral character he has. How greedy can people be? Everyone knows the stock market is overinflated, but these whatchamacallits hate for anyone to rain on their parade. A. ANTHONY RETT Green Valley, Ariz...
...perfect baby because she didn't cry," says Dan, an insurance agent in suburban Dallas. Their contentment faded as the months passed and Stacey did not develop properly. She didn't babble and laugh like their friends' babies and couldn't pinch with her individual fingers. The tentative diagnosis: Rett's syndrome, a rare genetic disorder in which the brain stops growing. Devastated, the Stantons took Stacey back to the agency and have not seen her since. "We made a commitment to her, but we were not able to live up to that commitment," says Rhonda. "She turned...