You could conclude from some of the new guidebooks for college students, for those about to enter college and those just getting out, that the process of acquiring a higher education these days is harmful to the attention span.
When prescribed loosely, meds provide little benefit, risk harmful side effects, distract attention from solving the real life problems, and reduce people's trust in their own resilience and the help they can receive from family and other social supports.
This is a harmful practice that merits attention.
Unhealthy thought patterns maintain and perpetuate harmful thoughts and divert attention from making efforts to achieve their aspirations.
Capitalising on existing informal support networks while discouraging norms promoting harmful practices and giving attention to the poorest is likely to improve family health in this context.
The first was Silent Spring by Rachel Carson, which drew attention to the harmful effect of pesticides such as DDT on the environment, and especially bird life.
His was among the earliest voices calling attention to the harmful effects of cigarette smoking and obesity and he produced seminal research establishing the long-term benefits of a low-fat, lowcholesterol diet.
In recent years, there has been growing attention to the harmful consequences of many drug control laws, policies and enforcement practices on those living in poor or marginalised communities.
"In an effort to step up the focus of attention on this harmful technique and its effect on people, landscape and ecosystems in Britain, residents of Sussex, Falkirk, Belfast, the Fylde, the Ribble Estuary and the Vale of Glamorgan have come together as a UK-wide deputation to ask for action, not words, on this crucial subject," the group, Britain & Ireland Frack Free, said in a statement.
