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Bill would defog requirements for compelling psychiatric help
The Honolulu Star-AdvertiserMental health advocates are cautiously optimistic about a proposed law that would clarify who can be ordered to get outpatient psychiatric help. Marya Grambs, executive director of Mental Health America of Hawaii, said the measure is designed to help...Tags: Health, Lawyers, Marketing, Judges, Pharmaceuticals
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Upson County Sheriff's Office hosts regional Crisis Intervention Training
The Thomaston Times, Ga.Upson County Sheriff's Office hosts regional Crisis Intervention Training slideshow Those who serve and protect never know what or who they will encounter when responding to a call; therefore going through training can be the best way to understand...Tags: Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, Law Enforcement, Judges, Thomaston
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Out of Darkness walk at JCC puts suicide prevention, depression in public eye
Watertown Daily Times, N.Y.A bright sun bathed the dozens of participants in the Out of Darkness suicide prevention walk on Sunday in Watertown, as they exchanged memories of lost loved ones and sought to lift the stigma of mental illness. About 50 people, many of them...Tags: Depression, Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning, Watertown, Students
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Mental health awareness walk to take place May 15
Watertown Daily Times, N.Y.People with mental health issues can become well again. That is the message organizers of the ninth annual Mental Health Awareness Walk want to get across during the May 15 event, which will go from the Dulles State Office Building, 317 Washington St.,...Tags: Health, Mental Health, Parkinson's Disease, Watertown, Physical Disabilities
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Gun legislation failure dismays survivor of Texas mass shooting
Irma Garcia pulled back her sweater to show me where the bullet entered her shoulder and spun her around. It then torpedoed through her body and exited near the middle of her back. "I still have problems with it," she said, standing to show me how the...
Tags: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Politics, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Psychology, Interior Policy
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Mailbag: Sea lion attack definitely a federal case
Reading Karen Klein's commentary had me fuming on Friday (Commentary, "Why bring NOAA into the sea lion killing?," April 5). In the editorial, the writer says, "Sad, but was it irresponsible? Criminally or civilly irresponsible?" I say yes! A sea lion...Tags: Autism, Crime, Law and Justice, Methamphetamine (drug), Car Safety Tips and Advice, Behavioral Conditions
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McAuliffe wants to expand Virginia mental health system
Democratic nominee for governor Terry McAuliffe wants to revamp and reinvest in Virginia's mental health system so that the state's jails and prisons no longer serve as warehouses for the mentally ill. In a policy proposal released to The Daily Press...
Tags: Schizophrenia, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Politics, Ken Cuccinelli, Health Insurance
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Unrepentant murderers stir our notions of moral justice
God SquadQ: In my local newspaper today, there were articles about Jared Loughner, who shot and killed 6 people and wounded 12 more in Arizona in 2011, and James Holmes, who shot and killed 12 people and wounded another 58 in a Colorado movie theater last year....Tags: Schizophrenia, Justice System, Lawyers, Bank Robbery, Criminals
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Rick Warren starts mental health petition after son's suicide
Pastor Rick Warren and his wife have launched a petition about mental illness after their son’s suicide. “Join Kay and I, and the Saddleback Family, in our effort to urge educators, lawmakers, healthcare professionals, and church...
Tags: Rick Warren, Mental Health, Barack Obama, Family, Behavioral Conditions
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Prosecutor can't show accused cannibal criminally responsible
Harford County's top prosecutor said Wednesday that he does not have enough evidence to show that Alexander Kinyua is criminally responsible for killing a family friend and eating his organs last year. A state psychiatric hospital previously found that...
Tags: Schizophrenia, Health, University of Maryland, College Park, Murder, Lawyers
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Did the system fail a soldier?
SHERMAN, Texas — Sgt. John Russell designed his new house here so there would be room for everyone: for him and his wife, Mandy, his wife's parents and his own. There was a doggie door for Louie and Queenie — "the little ones," he called...Tags: Iraq, Punishment, Dyslexia, Lawyers, Health Insurance
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The God Squad: Can we forgive insane killers?
Q: In my local newspaper today, there were articles about Jared Loughner, who shot and killed six people and wounded 12 more in Arizona in 2011, and James Holmes, who is linked to the fatal shooting of 12 people and wounding of an additional 58 in a...Tags: James Holmes, Justice System, Lawyers, Criminals, Bank Robbery
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Apr 11, 2013
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