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Keno Should Come With More Help For Gambling Addiction
Connecticut can't stop its addiction to gambling. The legislature is adding keno to a mix that includes lotteries, scratch games and off-track betting, not to mention the many offerings of mega-casinos Foxwoods and the Mohegan Sun. Though this page...Tags: Addiction, Gambling, Dannel P. Malloy , Lifestyle and Leisure, Lotteries
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Fighting Through The Stigma About Mental Illness
The Hartford CourantI have obsessive-compulsive disorder or OCD. I suffer from mainly obsessive OCD, which is characterized by repetitive intrusive thoughts. The symptoms of a person with the purely obsessive form of OCD are very different from those associated with...Tags: Depression, Mental Illness, Pharmaceuticals, Chemical Industry
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Friends, relatives of suicide victims are bound in grief
Hope was the theme of the day, but unremitting pain was the backdrop when friends and family members of suicide victims gathered in a Culver City park on Saturday for their annual summer potluck. "Survivors After Suicide" they call themselves. It's a...Tags: Human Interest, Depression, Suicide, Mental Health
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NAB to Launch Mental Health Campaign
VarietyNational Assn. of Broadcasters CEO Gordon Smith appeared at the White House with President Obama on Monday to announce a new campaign to change attitudes about mental illness through TV ads and social media. Smith was among those attending the National...Tags: Health, Elections, Television Industry, Media Industry, Politics
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Critics Challenge New Gambling Initiatives
The Hartford CourantDemanding that the state do more to combat addiction as lawmakers craft a budget with new revenue from keno, problem gambling advocates disrupted a press conference at the state Capitol on Monday aimed at boosting support for another form of betting,...Tags: Addiction, Justice System, Casino and Gambling Industry, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Mental Health
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Stress, anxiety and pain disturb Americans' sleep, survey finds
If you suspect you’re not getting enough sleep, you’re probably right: A new survey says 83% of Americans don’t get a good night’s sleep on a consistent basis. Why not? Stress and anxiety were cited as the top reason by 48% of...
Tags: Harris Interactive Incorporated, Personal Income, Sleep Deprivation, Anxiety, Stress
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Road to addiction may start with legitimate injury
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND — For Scott Mangus, it started innocently enough. Mangus, a LaPorte native, was in a motorcycle crash in 2004 while spending his college spring break in Thailand. Doctors there prescribed him a narcotic pain medicine for his injuries,...Tags: Addiction, Health, Pain, Police Arrests, Chemical Industry
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Heroin's grip hard to overcome
South Bend TribuneFor a heroin addict, finding the next hit isn’t about satisfying a craving — it’s about managing the constant pain, feeling good enough to roll out of bed. “After awhile, it’s not about getting high at all,” said Al...Tags: Addiction, HIV, Pain, Suboxone (drug), Methadone (drug)
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Feds investigating prisons' treatment of mentally ill
The U.S. Department of Justice said Friday it will investigate Pennsylvania prisons statewide after finding a soon-to-close facility in Cambria County violated the rights of mentally ill inmates through prolonged and extreme isolation. Federal...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Centre County, American Civil Liberties Union, Health Treatments, Justice System
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Obama to highlight mental health issues after school shooting
ReutersBy Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON, June 3 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will highlight the issues faced by Americans with mental health problems at a White House conference on Monday, following his promise to start a "national conversation" on the...Tags: New York City, Politics, Family, Glenn Close, Mental Health
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White supremacist sentenced to 10 years for setting fire to black neighbors' home
Brian James Moudry was just 14 and had been in and out of psychiatric care when he began doodling Nazi drawings and discussing white pride in letters to his physically abusive father, according to court records. Diagnosed with severe schizophrenia that...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Rentals, Prosecution, Trials, Justice System
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School to help those with hidden abilities
Name: Lori Cabrera Age: 49 Residence: Parkland Birthplace: New York Family: Husband, Dr. Rafael Cabrera; children, Gabrielle, 18, Chloe, 16, and Aaron, 16. Career: Former nutritionist Organization: Unicorn Village Academy, a Boca Raton-...Tags: ABC (tv network), Education, Human Interest, Tampa, Autism
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