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Michael Jackson paranoid, anxious, obsessive, director says
Five days before he died, Michael Jackson was in such a sorry mental state that the director of his ill-fated “This Is It” concert series said he needed a psychiatric evaluation. Kenny Ortega sent the June 20, 2009, email to Randy Phillips,...
Tags: Michael Jackson, Los Angeles International Airport, Health and Medical Professionals, AEG, Conrad Murray
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DSM-5 is here: Are psychiatrists ready to stop arguing about it?
Finally. After many contentious years, the American Psychiatric Assn. has unleashed DSM-5, the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. If you know one thing about the DSM, it’s probably that this book is...
Tags: Harvard University, Psychiatry, Arts and Culture, Behavioral Conditions, Health and Medical Professionals
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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: Arts and Culture, Psychiatry, Depression, Medical Specialization, Rituals
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UW-Madison researchers journey deep into the brain via the science of imaging
The Wisconsin State JournalThe brain, with its tangled bundles of neurons and strangely named regions, has been called the most complex structure in the universe. And its workings have remained largely mysterious, hidden deep within the folds of gray matter. Until now. At UW-...Tags: Science, Psychiatry, Family, John F. Kennedy, Dwayne Johnson
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Judge to hear insanity defense challenge in Colorado theater shooting case
ReutersBy Keith Coffman DENVER, May 16 (Reuters) - The judge who will hear the capital murder case against accused Colorado theater gunman James Holmes has agreed to hear arguments on the constitutionality of Colorado's insanity defense law in death penalty...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Criminal Laws, The Dark Knight Rises (movie), Arts and Culture, Laws
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Psychiatrists unveil their long-awaited diagnostic 'bible'
ReutersBy Sharon Begley NEW YORK, May 15 (Reuters) - The long-awaited, controversial new edition of the bible of psychiatry can be characterized by many numbers: its 947 pages, its $199 price tag, its more than 300 maladies (from "dependent personality...Tags: Science, American School for the Deaf, Asperger Syndrome, Psychiatry, Arts and Culture
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Rachel Patron: Attitudes toward women change, but process is slow
 Not Guilty, Your Honor!    Thus responded Ariel Castro of Cleveland to the charges that he had kidnapped three young girls, kept them as sex slaves for ten years in the basement of his home, raped them, starved them, beat them, put them in chains with...Tags: Abusive Behavior, Religion and Belief, Islam, Health and Medical Professionals, Juvenile Delinquency
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In a year, Hennepin Health improves care for poor, keeps costs down
Star TribuneLike many of Hennepin County's poorest residents, Alfred McClary suffers from multiple chronic health problems that require lots of attention to manage. "I've got so many medications here," the 60-year-old Minneapolis resident said recently. He takes as...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Hospitals and Clinics, Chemical Industry, Homelessness, Health and Medical Professionals
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Sgt. John Russell sentenced to life for killing 5 at Baghdad clinic
The News TribuneAn Army judge on Thursday handed down the toughest sentence he could give to a soldier who murdered five fellow service members at a Baghdad combat stress clinic. Sgt. John Russell will serve life without parole for shooting to death two care providers,...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Hospitals and Clinics, Criminal Laws, Laws, Military Justice
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Voice of the People, May. 18
Mental-health medicines This is in response to "Psychologists seek prescription power; Health professionals split over contentious bill now up to House" (News, May 12) and "Rx: Slow down; Psychologists and mental health medicines" (Editorial, May 13)....Tags: Internists, Psychiatry, Malpractice, Medical Specialization, Pharmaceuticals
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Health professionals split over allowing psychologists to prescribe drugs
Week in and week out for the last five years, Marlin Hoover has boarded a plane for New Mexico, where he sees patients Monday through Wednesday. Then, the psychologist flies home Thursday to treat patients at his southwest suburban office in Tinley Park....
Tags: Oak Park, Psychiatry, Behavioral Conditions, Chemical Industry, General Practitioners
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Psychiatrist: Zappala's proposal to use county jail to house violent mentally ill not ideal
The Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewConverting part of the Allegheny County Jail into a psychiatric ward for violent mentally ill patients could make more problems than it solves, says the top psychiatrist in Allegheny County's behavioral health unit. District Attorney Stephen A....Tags: Pittsburgh, Hospitals and Clinics, Behavioral Conditions, Prisons, Health and Medical Professionals
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