Treating high-profile patients can intensify the risk of what psychiatrists call countertransference — in this case, perhaps, blaming the patient for one's own financial woes.
This intensifies the risk that Guinea could fall victim to the sort of brutal war both Liberia and Sierra Leone have already suffered.
That intensifies the risk of an escalating capital-control war as each country tries to ward off flows that have been deflected by others.
"While the forecast is built on the market's expectation that the sovereign debt crisis in the euro zone will intensify, the risk of more severe economic weakness in the event of a broader euro zone banking crisis could easily wipe out industry profits," the organization said in a news release.
Fluoride has beneficial effects on teeth; however, low concentrations of fluoride intensify the risk of tooth decay.
Changing climatic conditions heavily impact drought stress as reduced precipitation and higher temperatures intensify the risk of growth depressions, loss of vitality or even dieback.
This last scenario, one with a widening of global imbalances, intensifies the risk of protectionist measures and retaliatory responses.
According to a literature review by the BBC, crossing your legs could increase blood pressure and intensify the risk of deep vein thrombosis.
The dynamic forces that I described above are going to intensify the risk of significantly increasing unemployment and social turmoil around the world in the decades ahead.
A "double segregation" based on race and class produces inequality, and intensifies the risk of children's exposure to health hazards, violence and other problems.
