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Defining catatonia remains challenging
The Medicine CabinetQ: What is catatonia? Can it be treated? A: Catatonia is a disorder of motor functioning. It was first described in 1874. By the turn of the 20th century, an influential psychiatrist named Emil Kraepelin had linked it to schizophrenia. As a result, it's...Tags: Boston, Craig Miller, Parkinson's Disease, Diseases and Illnesses, Drugs and Medicines
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Daily Calendar: April 2
TODAY TOPS No. 297: 8:30 a.m. weigh-in, 9 a.m. meeting, 502 S. Lincoln St. Brown County Commission meeting: 8:45 a.m., commission chambers, Brown County Courthouse Annex, 25 Market St. Alcoholics Anonymous: 1 and 8:30 p.m., Yellow House, 519 S. Arch...Tags: Christianity, Religion and Belief, Lutheranism, IHOP Corporation, Human Interest
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Daily Calendar: April 1
MONDAY Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 a.m., 1 and 8:30 p.m.; Big Book Meeting at 7 p.m. (closed), Yellow House, 519 S. Arch St. 605-225-1292. Gamblers Anonymous: 5:30 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 502 S. Lincoln St. Alcoholics Anonymous Sixth Sense:...Tags: Christianity, Religion and Belief, Anglicanism, Lutheranism, IHOP Corporation
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Daily Calendar for March 31-April 2
Check ahead: Due to the holiday, please call ahead to check for cancellations of meetings and events. TODAY • Alcoholics Anonymous Sixth Sense: 10 a.m. spirituality meeting (closed/nonsmoking), 422 Fifth Ave. S.E. (west door); Rich, 605-229-...Tags: Christianity, Religion and Belief, Anglicanism, IHOP Corporation, Abusive Behavior
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From homeless to headlining
Julian St. John's portrait "Crucifix Dreamz" looks lonely and haunted, not unlike the circumstances that created it. The image, mostly in blue pen, features a bearded man with ringed, blood-shot eyes staring almost vacantly at the viewer. Over his white...
Tags: Learning Disability, Arts and Culture, Grace F. Napolitano, Chemical Industry, Family
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Power Needed To Make Potentially Dangerous People Take Their Meds
Connecticut needs to help the tiny group of mentally ill people trapped in the revolving door of madness, homelessness, hospitalization and prison simply because they won't take their medication. This state should join the 44 others that allow so-called...
Tags: Bristol (Hartford, Connecticut), Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Schizophrenia, Chemical Industry
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Daily calendar: Feb. 19, 2013
Check ahead: Inclement weather might cause some of these events to be postponed or canceled. Please call ahead. TOPS No. 297: 8:30 a.m. weigh-in, 9 a.m. meeting, 502 S. Lincoln St. Brown County Commission meeting: 8:45 a.m., commission chambers, Brown...Tags: American Red Cross, Abusive Behavior, Human Interest
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Those who suffer need treatment; most don't deserve indictment
This story was originally published February 10, 2013. The Virginia Tech shooter, Seung-Hui Cho, was diagnosed with severe social anxiety disorder as a teenager. In Aurora, Colo., the defense attorney for the accused shooter James Eagen Holmes,...Tags: Eating Disorders, Arthritis, Diseases and Illnesses, Mental Health, Politics
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Who's responsible for mental health care? Jails, hospitals or community?
They've served their jail time or they've been released from hospital custody. Then what happens to those diagnosed with a mental illness? Without sufficient community support, many will cycle back into crisis care at a hospital or the criminal...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Health Treatments, Health and Medical Professionals, Criminals, Government Health Care
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Hundreds of inmates at Hampton Roads Regional Jail are diagnosed with serious mental illnesses
Hampton Roads Regional Jail houses several hundred inmates who have been diagnosed with mental illness. They include men and women, those who've committed "nuisance" crimes, such as trespassing, and those convicted of felonies, including assault. Many...
Tags: Suicide, Crime, Law and Justice, Chemical Industry, Bon Secours, Crimes
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Hutchinson drops out of race to replace Jackson
The already volatile special election campaign to replace Jesse Jackson Jr. in Congress saw its biggest upheaval Sunday when state Sen. Toi Hutchinson dropped out and endorsed former state Rep. Robin Kelly in a move to unite against former U.S. Rep....
Tags: Assault, Jesse Jackson, Jr., Elections, Sandi Jackson, Matteson
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Some mentally ill get jail; others get treatment
Worlds apart in their treatment of mental illness, the Hampton Roads Regional Jail in Portsmouth and Eastern State Hospital in James City County have overlapping populations. Some even go back and forth between the two institutions. Both house men and...
Tags: James City County, Health Treatments, Health and Medical Professionals, Mental Health, Medical Specialization
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