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Sheppard Pratt Health System, based in Towson, is Maryland's largest provider of mental health and special education services.
Sheppard Pratt Health System, based in Towson, is Maryland's largest provider of mental health and special education services.
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Little Falls Meeting celebrates 275 years in Fallston
This weekend, June 8 and 9, Little Falls Friends Meeting in Fallston will celebrate the 275th anniversary of its founding. Speakers, tours, exhibits and printed histories will be brought together to share with the community the remarkable Quaker...Tags: Quakerism, Culture, Civil Rights, Ceremonies, Hospitals and Clinics
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Alzheimer's support group meets second Thursday of the month
These groups meet regularly. Asperger's Syndrome — Second Thursday, 7:30-9 p.m. Support and education. Howard County Autism Society Resource Center, 10280 Old Columbia Road, Suite 215, Columbia. Elaine McAuliffe, 410-730-0068 or elainemcauliffe@...Tags: Howard County, Clarksville, Hospitals and Clinics, Autism, Parkinson's Disease
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Dr. Paul Lietman
Dr. Paul S. Lietman, a retired Johns Hopkins professor of medicine, pharmacology, molecular sciences and pediatrics, died of congestive heart failure April 20 at his Ruxton home. He was 79. "He was a gifted educator and was beloved by generations of...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, National Institutes of Health, Healthcare Provider, Hospitals and Clinics, Medical Research
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Planners begin countywide zoning review
The patch of green on Montgomery Road across from the Long Gate Shopping Center in Ellicott City stands out amid the asphalt, stores and homes. Behind a few small wood-frame houses and garages, these nearly eight acres could almost be a suburban park,...Tags: Joint Ventures, Rentals, Clarksville, Hospitals and Clinics, Prince George's County
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Mental illness and guns: the issue is suicide
Some years ago, I was called by one of my patients who had just suffered severe rejection in a love relationship. She told me that she was on her way to buy a gun but thought she might call me first. I suggested that she come see me before she purchased a...
Tags: Suicidal Behavior, Behavioral Conditions, Personal Weapon Control, Murder, Gun Control
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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: Health, Teaching and Learning, Behavioral Conditions, Hospitals and Clinics, Students
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No bond for Glen Burnie man accused of trespassing at North County High
A 25-year-old man arrested for trespassing in North County High School this month — and who was found to have a number of legal, high-powered weapons in his home — has been ordered held without bond. Justin Matthew Beaumont, of Glen Burnie,...Tags: Health, Behavioral Conditions, Glen Burnie, Firearms, Mental Health
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Michelle LeM. Flesher, artist
Michelle LeM. Flesher, a retired Towson artist who had been an art restorer and therapist, died Feb. 14 of heart failure at St. Elizabeth Hall Apartments at Stella Maris in Timonium. She was 87.
Born Michelle LeMay in Saginaw, Mich., she moved with her...Tags: Painting, Christianity, Hampden, Baltimore County, Ocean City
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Legislation would require participation in psychiatric bed registry
A Baltimore lawmaker plans to introduce legislation that would require all Maryland hospitals to participate in an online psychiatric bed registry meant to expedite care for the mentally ill. Del. Samuel I. "Sandy" Rosenberg said the registry can help...
Tags: Psychiatry, Howard County, Behavioral Conditions, Hospitals and Clinics, Northwest Hospital
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Man allegedly trespassed at school, had high-powered guns at home
Anne Arundel County police found a stash of high-powered weapons, including an AK-47 assault rifle and an Uzi carbine, at the home of a 25-year-old man who they said entered North County High School in Glen Burnie through a back door. Police said...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Health, Behavioral Conditions, Justice System, Trials
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Gilded Age for sale: F. Scott Fitzgerald's Baltimore house
If you want a taste of the Gilded Age, just plunk down $450,000, the asking price for a Baltimore townhouse once owned by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The author who gave us "The Great Gatsby" and other classics lived in Towson and Baltimore while wife Zelda...
Tags: Psychiatry, Literature, University of Baltimore, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Rentals
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F. Scott Fitzgerald's former Baltimore home for sale
It might lack the cachet of Long Island Sound, where novelist S. Scott Fitzgerald set "The Great Gatsby." But anyone with a spare $450,000 can live in a piece of literary history — specifically the 3,600-square-foot Bolton Hill town home where...Tags: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Schizophrenia, Long Island Sound, Bolton Hill
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