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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: Crime, Law and Justice, Methamphetamine (drug), Bath Salt Drugs, Autism, 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: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Environmental Issues, Prisons, Schizophrenia
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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: Criminals, Jared Lee Loughner, Bank Robbery, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges
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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: Barack Obama, Rick Warren, Behavioral Conditions, Family, Mental Health
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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: Court Preliminary, Crime, Law and Justice, Alexander Kinyua, Hospitals and Clinics, Trials
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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: Crime, Law and Justice, Dyslexia, Hospitals and Clinics, Health and Medical Professionals, Wars and Interventions
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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: Jared Lee Loughner, Criminals, Crime, Law and Justice, Bank Robbery, Judges
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Help is available for college students struggling with mental illness
As someone who has struggled with mental illness for over 20 years, I could closely relate to Kevin Rector's article about students having difficulty finding and getting mental health services at their colleges and universities ("Students struggle for...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Hospitals and Clinics, Behavioral Conditions, Students, Sheppard Pratt Health System
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CDC: Smoking more common among people with mental illness
Adults with mental illnesses are more likely to smoke cigarettes and less likely to quit than people without mental illnesses, said a recent report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Thirty-six percent of the mentally ill smoke,...
Tags: Heart Attack, Disease Prevention, Behavioral Conditions, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Human Rights
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District 303 summit to tackle mental health as school security topic
The St. Charles community will soon begin discussions surrounding mental health – something social service leaders the say is a unique and necessary step. After the school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., District 303...
Tags: Social Services, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Behavioral Conditions, Health and Safety at School, Family
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Assaults on staff are focus of scathing psychiatric hospital report
In-patient units at Spring Grove Hospital Center in Catonsville have become troubled environments where serious assaults on hospital staff are common, according to a scathing new report from a consultant for the Maryland health department. The chaos at...Tags: Criminals, Crime, Law and Justice, Hospitals and Clinics, Trials, Sex Crimes
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Avon-based Magellan Protests Loss Of Arizona Contract Worth $3 Billion To $5 Billion
The Hartford CourantMagellan Health Services Inc. said Wednesday it is protesting its loss of a state-awarded contract in Arizona worth $3 billion to $5 billion to manage a behavioral health system in the Phoenix region. The Avon-based specialty health insurer has had the...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Behavioral Conditions, Health Insurance, Mental Health, Abusive Behavior
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