{"id":219,"date":"2014-04-15T17:53:21","date_gmt":"2014-04-15T17:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/momsnetwork.com\/workathomeblog\/?p=219"},"modified":"2014-04-25T18:06:42","modified_gmt":"2014-04-25T18:06:42","slug":"how-to-recognize-danger-in-the-workplace-at-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/momsnetwork.com\/workathomeblog\/2014\/04\/15\/how-to-recognize-danger-in-the-workplace-at-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Recognize Danger in the Workplace & at Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0Improved Prevention is a Group Effort, Says Former Doc & Personality Disorder Sufferer<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Shocking acts of public violence continue to dominate the news: Shootings at Fort Hood and the Washington Navy Yard \u2013 considered workplace incidents, a stabbing at a Pennsylvania high school.<\/p>\n

About 2 million employees are affected by workplace violence every year, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not simply a case of the 24-hour news cycle maintaining a captive audience with fear mongering,\u201d says retired physician Mohinder Goomar. \u201cIn addition to the reported cases of workplace violence, who knows how many go unreported? A prevalent common denominator is untreated mental illness,\u201d says Goomar, author of \u201cIt\u2019s Just My Opinion<\/a>,\u201d, which discusses his experience with dissociative identity disorder (DID), formerly known as multiple personality disorder.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause diagnosis and treatment of mental illness hasn\u2019t progressed much in recent decades, we need to encourage lay people to be vigilant toward those expressing tendencies that indicate the potential for violence due to mental illness.\u201d<\/p>\n

Goomar, who has personally suffered the destabilizing affects of dissociative identity disorder (DID), reviews indicators of mental illness, which may lead to violence.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0 Marginalized or bullied students\/coworkers.<\/strong>\u00a0Students interviewed at the Murrysville, Pa., high school, where 16-year-old Alex Hribal is accused of stabbing 21 people, have said Hribal is a shy person without violent tendencies. The FBI, however, has found evidence that he was bullied online. Human beings are social creatures which almost always require companionship for mental well-being, especially for the development of a juvenile. Be sensitive to those who are socially challenged; pressure from bullying can have catastrophic consequences.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0 A consistent and emphatic victimization position.<\/strong>\u00a0After pulling out a pistol and yelling what can be translated in English as \u201cGod is great!\u201d Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan pulled out a pistol and killed 13 unarmed people in Fort Hood. Later in court, when Hasan was representing himself, he justified his actions by saying he was defending a group of Taliban leaders in Afghanistan, including a man named Mullah Omar. Those who perpetrate terrible violence often do so citing justice from a victimized position.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0 Readily apparent indicators of paranoia and a history of violent reactions.<\/strong>\u00a0Aaron Alexis, the former Navy man who was discharged from the service for a violent altercation, was nonetheless allowed to work in the Washington Navy Yard as a contractor. He eventually shot and killed 12 people, and critically injured three. The FBI later said that he was under \u201cthe delusional belief that he was being controlled or influenced by extremely low frequency electromagnetic waves,\u201d or ELF. These are clear red flags of mental illness that were ignored.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0 An aggressively litigious nature.<\/strong>\u00a0The Guinness Book of World Records named Jonathan Lee Richards the most litigious man, having had court filings against Martha Stewart and New England Patriots football coach Bill Belichick, among many others. Having heard of his new title, he filed a suit against the record-holding institution. Richards also is a former federal prisoner. Outrageous legal action is another form of confrontation from those who constantly perceive grievances.<\/p>\n

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About Mohinder Goomar<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mohinder Goomar is a former medical doctor who, after emigrating from India, became board certified by the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology and became an American citizen. He was chairman of the surgery department at Saratoga Hospital, in New York, had a private practice for head and neck surgery. After experiencing mood swings and a distortion of judgment, Goomar was diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder (DID). He was rehabilitated at a facility and lost his medical license for two years \u2013 to be followed by reinstatement of the license. Due to his DID experience, he did not have his license reinstated. His book, \u201cIt\u2019s Just My Opinion<\/a>,\u201d\u00a0 details his experience.
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