One more abomination. As if the government does not have enough control over civilian lives. This is an abuse that will end any kind of freedom for humans. The arbitrary nature of psychiatric diagnoses will be applied for controlling human activity based upon their use of words. Evaluations by computer analysis of medical files, and information collected by government control freaks.
[From article]
A new executive order from President Obama directs all government agencies to use psychological science and data to help connect more Americans to government programs.
The order instructs government agencies to use “behavioral science”— a tactic used by Obama’s political campaigns to harness data from their supporters to target them effectively.
The program has already existed in an experimental form, but now Obama has formally established the federal “Social and Behavioral Sciences Team,” ordering them to to use psychology and experimental behavior data to make government more user-friendly.
An example of these techniques used during Obama’s campaign was that it was better to affirm a positive message rather than denying a negative message.
According to reports, behavioral science was used to advise the campaign to focus on Obama’s Christianity instead of trying to deny the notion that he was a Muslim. Other tactics included encouraging supporters to act for the campaign in small ways before asking them to commit to bigger goals.
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The program, however, will likely lead more government agencies to using and storing data from randomized research trials on everyday Americans to understand their behavior.
Obama’s executive order codifies his government experiment into law, allowing every agency to target individuals for greater service and success.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/09/15/obama-issues-executive-order-government-use-behavioral-data/
OBAMA ISSUES EXECUTIVE ORDER FOR GOVERNMENT USE OF BEHAVIORAL DATA
by CHARLIE SPIERING
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In hiring him, Google, which is in the process of reorganizing into a new company called Alphabet, lands a first-rate research scientist and administrator with an exhaustive knowledge of brain and behavioral sciences. He has also recruited some of the top researchers into the brain sciences from other fields.
“Tom’s leaving is a great loss for all of us,” said Dr. E. Fuller Torrey, the executive director of the Stanley Medical Research Institute, a nonprofit that supports research into severe mental illnesses. “He refocused N.I.M.H. on its primary mission — research on the causes and better treatments for individuals with serious mental illness.”
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Moment-to-moment mental tracking has also become a commercial reality, he said, and that technology could help identify, and more precisely address, the sources of depression and anxiety, including social interactions or sleep disruption. “The idea is to use the power of data analytics to make behavioral studies much more objective than they have been before,” he said.
Google Life Sciences is already developing a contact lens that tracks glucose levels for diabetes management, and a heart activity monitor worn on the wrist. Dr. Insel’s ideas for mood and language tracking are, for now, just that — ideas. The company has not yet decided on where first to invest in mental health.
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When he steps down in November, Dr. Insel, 63, will have been the longest-serving director of N.I.M.H since Dr. Robert H. Felix, the agency’s founder, who left in 1964. Dr. Insel’s tenure spanned four presidential terms,
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/16/health/tom-insel-national-institute-of-mental-health-resign.html?_r=0
Head of Mental Health Institute Leaving for Google Life Sciences
By BENEDICT CAREY





