[.ca] Bully in Sight: How to Predict, Resist, Challenge and ... (ISBN 0952912104)

Financial scams minute compared to treatment of seniors:
Having already identified the victims from the schoolyard to the nursing home, the financial scams of vulnerable victims are nothing compared to the potential of emotional and physical abuse that is possible and predictable in America's forseeable future. Much like the abuse in Iraq that has come to light, many refuse to acknowledge the harm that abuse may cause and the extent of its lasting effects. Destined to be one of the most prominent features of America's human relations wars, at home and abroad, the aging of America and the opportunity to perform the ostracism and exclusionary bias embedded in its long cultural history is undeniable if not checked before it begins, or if begun, before it takes on the enormous human toll that can, and may be, the avalanche of despair that may take hold due to the distortion of demographics that has influenced it since WWII. A wise world will take heed and plan for these problems as preventative measures much like preparing for the coming storm that may well be blind and deaf to protest when it hits.

The Bully in Sight:
I read this completely eye-opening book with amazment. First of all, it really defined a silent epidemic most workplaces are having to deal with. Secondly, it really outlined definitions, places to turn, and what to expect from abusive workplaces. I would highly recommend this not only to those in an abusive workplace, but for anyone trying to help someone who's been through this ugly phenomenon.

BULLIES - FAMILY / WORKPLACE / SCHOOL / NEIGHBORHOOD:
Excellent compliments to this book are: Emotional Blackmail: When People in Your Life Use Fear, Obligation and Guilt to Manipulate You by Susan Forward and Donna Frazier; Why Is It Always About You?: The Seven Deadly Sins of Narcissism by Sandy Hotchkiss and James Masterson; The Angry Heart: Overcoming Borderline and Addictive Disorders by Joseph Santoro and Ronald Cohen; The Narcissistic Family: Diagnosis and Treatment by Stephanie Donaldson-Pressman and Robert Pressman; Understanding the Borderline Mother: Helping Her Children Transcend the Intense, Unpredictable and Volatile Relationship by Christine Ann Lawson; Living with the Passive-Aggressive Man by Scott Wetzler; Malignant Self Love: Narcissism Revisited by Sam Vaknin and Lidija Rangelovska (Editor); Children of the Self-Absorbed: A Grown-Up's Guide to Getting Over Narcissistic Parents by Nina Brown; Treating Attachment Disorders: From Theory to Therapy by Karl Heinz Brisch and Kenneth Kronenberg; Toxic Coworkers: How to Deal with Dysfunctional People on the Job by Alan Cavaiola and Neil Lavender. And if you want to pursue the subject even further, you may be interested in reading The Narcissistic / Borderline Couple: A Psychoanalytic Perspective On Marital Treatment; Parenting with Love and Logic: Teaching Children Responsibility by Jim Fay and Foster Cline.