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James Holmes' attorneys again challenge law on insanity pleas
CENTENNIAL, Colo. — With the stakes for their client literally life or death, defense attorneys for James E. Holmes on Thursday again challenged the constitutionality of Colorado's law governing insanity pleas. Holmes, 25, is accused in the July...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution, Psychiatrists, Justice System, Court Preliminary
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New Allentown center offers help for people with mental illness
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 25 percent of adults in the United States are living with mental illness; however, the outlook for persons with mental illness today is much brighter than it was even a decade ago due to...Tags: Allentown, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mental Health, Behavioral Conditions
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The New DSM – The Bible Of Psychiatry – Arrives Amid Debate
The Hartford CourantBinge eating and hoarding both get their own categories, while Asperger syndrome is no longer recognized as a diagnosis in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders — better known as the DSM-5 — which comes...Tags: Science and Technology, Drugs and Medicines, Mental Health, Authors, Health and Medical Professionals
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Research suggests investing in stable homes is wise spending
The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill.The chase for government dollars may be an arduous path, but studies show supportive housing for the mentally ill can save money in the long run. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), a New York study of 10,000 homeless people...Tags: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Mental Health, Behavioral Conditions, Health, Prisons
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Changes to psychiatric manual ignite debate over grief, mental illness and faith
St. Louis Post-DispatchEach year 90,000 parents in the U.S. confront the profound suffering that follows the death of a child or adolescent. Some of those rely on faith to help them through their grief. Others look to psychiatrists, who offer therapy or prescribe...Tags: Teachers, Science and Technology, Colleges and Universities, Health and Safety at School, Pharmaceuticals
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Jail fills mental health need, for better or worse
The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill.The McLean County jail's de facto role as Bloomington-Normal's largest provider of residential mental health services fits a trend seen across the country -- a troubling and unsatisfactory solution to the problem of helping those who are among the poorest...Tags: PATH, Lobbying, Mental Health, Pharmaceuticals, Family
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Lions LB Tulloch: Young knows he's ill
ReutersTroubled former Detroit Lions wide receiver Titus Young knows he has a mental illness, according to a former teammate. Lions linebacker Stephen Tulloch told the Detroit Free Press that Young once showed him paperwork explaining his disorder. "He's aware...Tags: Detroit Lions, Police Arrests, Shaun Hill, Crime, Law and Justice, Stephen Tulloch
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L.A. County supervisor outlines a new jail proposal
Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky wants the board to consider tearing down part of the troubled Men's Central Jail and building a facility to house mentally ill and drug addicted inmates, which he says would offer all prisoners a better chance...
Tags: Mental Health, Zev Yaroslavsky, Behavioral Conditions, American Civil Liberties Union, Substance Abuse
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Asperger's does not make a murderer
Regarding your article about the teen girl accused of plotting her father's murder with her boyfriend ("Troubled child on a dark path," May 19), I found the article filled with misleading information and misinformation. First, the article tells us she...
Tags: Mental Health, Behavioral Conditions, Autism, Family, Ellicott City
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Florida Gov. Rick Scott should be fired up to sign this reasonable gun bill
It's not often a Florida governor gets caught in the crossfire between gun enthusiasts and the National Rifle Association. Unfortunately, that's where Gov. Rick Scott finds himself, thanks to a reasonable gun-control bill awaiting his signature. HB 1355...
Tags: FBI, Rick Scott, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Personal Weapon Control
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Complex gives adults with mental illness a place to live independently
The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill.Bob Malone lived in a "total dump." "It was simply terrible," the 60-year-old Clinton resident said of his previous apartment. "When it rained, the roof leaked and the floors flooded. The place was filled with mice and it would take the landlord three...Tags: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Behavioral Conditions, Schizophrenia, Substance Abuse, Depression
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Despite need, no county mental health money used for housing
The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill.The chronically mentally ill are more likely to be chronically poor and homeless, advocates say, leaving them vulnerable to funding decisions of legislators and service providers that decide how limited public money is spent. As state dollars for...Tags: Government Health Care, Economy, Business and Finance, Mental Health, Health and Medical Professionals, Business Enterprises
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