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THIS PAPER WAS DESIGNED TO TEST THE HYPOTHESIS THAT, THROUGH A KNOWLEDGE OF SOCIAL CHOICE, JEFFERSON AND/OR MADISON WAS IN A POSITION TO INDUCE EQUILIBRIA IN THE INSTITUTIONS THEY DESIGNED (THE PARLIAMENTARY RULES OF CONGRESS, AND THE STRUCTURE OF CHECKS AND BALANCES RESPECTIVELY). THE AUTHORS EXAMINED ALL THE KNOWN PRIMARY DOCUMENTS WHICH APPEAR TO BEAR ON THE QUESTION, AND NONE OF THEM SHOWS ANY HINT THAT EITHER JEFFERSON OR MADISON UNDERSTOOD THE SOICAL CHOICE COMPONENTS OF CONDORCET'S WORK. THEY FIND THAT THE HYPOTHESIS FAILS. THE CONSTITUTION, THE "FEDERALIST PAPERS" AND JEFFERSON'S "MANUAL" ARE ALL MASTERPIECES BUT THEY ARE NOT MASTERPIECES OF HERESTHETICS.

Purpose: Studies have found that writing with self-compassion about a stressful event helps promote mental health in college students and nonclinical populations. Using a randomized controlled trial, this study investigated whether a self-compassion writing intervention would lead to increases in self-compassion and proactive coping and reductions in mental health symptoms in a sample of individuals with mental illness. Method: Individuals with mental disorders were recruited and randomly assigned to a treatment condition in which participants wrote with self-compassion or a control condition where participants wrote about how they spent their time. Outcome measures were administered at pretest, after the 3-day intervention, and 1 month later. Results: Both the treatment and control groups showed significant improvements in self-compassion, proactive coping, mental health, and physical health. Discussion: Overall, the results suggest both self-compassion writing and writing about how one spends one's time may be beneficial for individuals with mental illness.