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April 22 Letters: Background checks vote, Earth Day and the EPA, government spending
More controls John Bloom ("More guns in homes," April 17) describes his stepson as "an astute teenager" for his anti-government comment while watching coverage of the bombing in Boston. If a young man were to make the same sarcastic comment to me, I...Tags: Water Pollution, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Earth Day, U.S. Congress, Environmental Pollution
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Death row inmate files lawsuit claiming denial of mental health treatment
The Macon TelegraphA man sentenced to die for fatally shooting a Laurens County deputy in 1998 has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that because he is on death row he is not receiving the mental health treatment he needs. Deputy Kyle Dinkheller clocked Andrew Howard...Tags: Judges, Laws, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Chemical Industry, Behavioral Conditions
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Grim rise in suicides by baby boomers
The Sacramento BeeAs Dec. 24 ticked to a close in 2011, 65-year-old Michael Kelley walked into the dark of his backyard near Sacramento High School and hanged himself from a beam on the deck. The Vietnam veteran, who struggled with bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Heart Disease, Chemical Industry, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Human Interest
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The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.) Larry LaRue column
The News TribuneIt's been close to three years since Lon Cole was diagnosed with younger-onset Alzheimer's disease. "Let me tell you my one Alzheimer's joke," he said, a small smile on his face. "A man goes to the doctor and the doctor tells him he has cancer. He's...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Diseases and Illnesses, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Alzheimer's Disease, Poetry
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Mental health professionals object to NYSAFE Act's effects
Watertown Daily Times, N.Y.The recently passed New York Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement, or NYSAFE, Act has gun owners upset over its limits on guns and ammunition. But a component of the law that is supposed to prevent severely mentally ill people from using guns to...Tags: Judges, Mental Illness, Laws, Health and Medical Professionals, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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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: Psychology, Mental Illness, Behavioral Conditions, Shootings, Firearms
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Springfield VA clinic busiest in region
The Dayton Daily NewsWhen the Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic on Burnett Road expanded by almost 2,000 square feet in 2010, it wasn't for naught -- of the four clinics operated by the Dayton VA Medical Center, Springfield's is the busiest, clinic administrators say. "It'...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Health and Medical Professionals, Human Interest, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Nursing
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Coping with PTSD
The Salina Journal, Kan.The trash on the side of Interstate Highway 70 might go unnoticed to most people, but not Tyler Paulson. There was a time for Paulson when that bag of trash sitting on the side of the road would bring back memories of roadside bombs hidden in trash in...Tags: Vietnam War (1955-1975), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Behavioral Conditions, Iraq, Highway Transportation
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Friends, family say Raleigh man who died after Tasing incident battled PTSD after Gulf War
The News & ObserverThomas "Tommy" Sadler emerged in the public spotlight on April 10 as a naked man yelling obscenities in a church parking lot just before he died after a Raleigh police officer used a Taser stun gun to try to subdue him. Stan Williams, Sadler's morning...Tags: Green Bay Packers, Cleveland Browns, Colleges and Universities, Rentals, Raleigh
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VA to immediately evaluate, pay oldest disability claims
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced Friday a plan to immediately evaluate and pay the oldest disability claims, a move that advocates expect will bring relief to Maryland servicemen and women who face one of the largest backlogs in the...
Tags: Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland), Eric Shinseki, Politics, Barbara A. Mikulski, John Sarbanes
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Terrorists and the Constitution
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., proposes that if and when Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev is captured, he be held as an "enemy combatant" so he can be interrogated without the constitutional protections afforded to criminal suspects. He's talking about an American...Tags: Criminals, Crime, Law and Justice
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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: Medicaid, Conservation, Mental Illness, Behavioral Conditions, Schizophrenia
Apr 21, 2013
|Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press
Apr 22, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
Apr 22, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
Apr 22, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
Apr 21, 2013
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Apr 21, 2013
|Column| Los Angeles Times
Apr 21, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
Apr 21, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
Apr 21, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
Apr 19, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Apr 19, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Apr 15, 2013
|Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press
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