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Pitiful story of boy's slaying should melt 'cold' hearts
"The murder was committed in a cold, calculated and premeditated manner," said Assistant Cook County State's Attorney Maureen O'Brien, speaking last week to reporters about the recent stabbing death of a 14-year-old River Grove youth, allegedly at the...
Tags: U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, River Grove, Shootings, Autism Speaks, Murder
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READER SUBMITTED: NAMI Connecticut To Hold Annual Meeting And Awards Ceremony
StatewideNAMI Connecticut, the state organization of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is pleased to announce that it will hold its Annual Meeting on Thursday, June 20, 5:30 p.m. - 8 p.m., at The Studio at Billings Forge, 563 Broad Street, in...Tags: J Brendan Sharkey, Kevin Sullivan, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Arts and Culture, Guilford (New Haven, Connecticut)
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Santa Monica shooting brings calls for gun regulations
Local officials are calling for better systems to identify and treat mental health problems and for stronger gun-control lobbyists and legislation in the wake of last week's rampage that left five dead. Police on Thursday said that John Zawahri, 23,...
Tags: Politics, Periodicals, Crime, Law and Justice, Gun Control, Personal Weapon Control
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Bereaved Parents meets third Wednesdays
These groups meet regularly. Alzheimer's Caregiver Support Group — Third Wednesday, 5:30 p.m., at Lighthouse Senior Living at Ellicott City, 3100 N. Ridge Road, Ellicott City. 410-465-2288. Bereaved Parents, USA — Third Wednesday, 8 p.m....Tags: Ellicott City, Breast Cancer, Anglicanism, Pain, Prostate Cancer
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LETTER: 'Aspie' Doesn't Need To Be Fixed
I was very saddened and disappointed to read William Weir's article "Trinity Reveals Autism Find" [June 6, Connecticut]. First of all, the story implies that autism is an affliction that needs a "reversal of symptoms." As an individual on the autism...Tags: Autism, Vegan Diet
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Thanks to many, student with autism graduates from HCC [Letter]
On Tuesday, May 21, my son graduated from HCC, and I want to thank the many people who made his graduation possible. In 1994, he was diagnosed with pervasive developmental disorder: not otherwise specified, in Prince William County, Va. It became clear...Tags: Movies, Entertainment, Imperial and Royal Matters, Autism
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Broward judge blasts child welfare officials in boy's suspicious death
Blasting child welfare officials Friday, a Broward County Circuit judge said she would have intervened had she known a mother with a mental health history was being allowed her first unsupervised visit with her 4-year-old son. The boy, Antwan Hope, is...Tags: Pompano Beach, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Coral Springs, Interior Policy
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Panel focuses on pill abuse
"For me I feel like it's drugs for breakfast, drugs for lunch, drugs for dinner, drugs drugs drugs," Orange County Superior Court Judge John Adams said. "That's been my diet for 11 years on the bench." Adams, who hears felony arraignments at the...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Chemical Industry, Drug Trafficking, Crimes, Justice System
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Jesse Jackson Jr. lawyers fear he won't get mental health care in prison
— Lawyers for former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., who awaits sentencing July 3, say he needs ongoing mental health treatment for a mood disorder and assert he is unlikely to get suitable care if sent to prison. "It is unlikely that Mr. Jackson will be...Tags: Prosecution, Prisons, Bipolar Disorder, Symptoms, Culture
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Dr. Patrick Staunton, 1928-2013
Patrick Staunton traveled from impoverished western Ireland in the early 1950s and rose to a leadership role in the treatment of the mentally ill in Illinois, always mindful of his boyhood as the son of a country doctor who treated patients, delivered...
Tags: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Psychiatry, Mental Health, Park Ridge, Medical Specialization
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Lawyers fear Jackson Jr. will lack mental care in prison
Tribune reporterWASHINGTON — As former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. awaits sentencing on July 3, his lawyers filed a court document today saying that he needs ongoing mental health treatment and is unlikely to get suitable care if sent to prison. “It is...Tags: Prisons, Bipolar Disorder, Culture, Jesse Jackson, Jr., Health
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READER SUBMITTED: CT Senators Awarded For Awareness Of Mental Health
West HartfordMental Health America honored Connecticut U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy with the organization's Legislator of the Year Award on Thursday, June 6, during the Capitol Hill Day of its 2013 Annual Conference, Why Wellness Works:...Tags: Richard Blumenthal, Mental Illness, Mental Health, Health Insurance, Health
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