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Campus nightmare
There is still much we do not know about Dayvon Green, the University of Maryland, College Park student who police say fatally shot one of his roommates, Stephen Alex Rane, and seriously wounded another outside their off-campus apartment before taking his...
Tags: College Baseball, Mental Health, Alexander Kinyua, Symptoms, Health
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Injured roommate in College Park shooting ran for his life
Dayvon Green, Stephen Rane and Neal Oa didn't know one another before becoming roommates last fall, sharing a modest split-level house in a subdivision across from the University of Maryland, College Park. But Oa came to regard Green as a friend, making...
Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Frederick County (Maryland), Science and Technology, Prince George's County, Injuries and Wounds
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Rubio co-sponsors mental-health bill
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelBy William E. Gibson, Washington Bureau WASHINGTON – In response to the Newtown massacre and other recent acts of gun violence, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio and several colleagues proposed a bill on Thursday to expand mental health services. The bipartisan... -
Boyle officials chime in on gun control debate
scollins@amnews.comWhile many people are scurrying around to buy guns in fear they’ll be banned soon, officials around Boyle County say there isn’t any reason to be paranoid about guns right now, but rather focused on safety. Last week, police departments all...Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Gun Control, Mental Health, Politics, Personal Weapon Control
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If someone in your family suffers from mental illness, read on . . .
People who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, schizophrenia and other mental illnesses need help -- but members of their family need coping skills as well. Starting Feb. 21, a series of classes will kick off in Hampton designed to...Tags: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Schizophrenia, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Behavioral Conditions
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Former lawyer gets 8 1/2 years for murder-for-hire plot
Special to the TribuneA former Algonquin attorney who tried to have a romantic rival and former client killed was sentenced today to 8 1/2 years in federal prison, attorneys in the case said. Jason W. Smiekel, 30, pleaded guilty in April to plotting to hire a hit man to kill...Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Punishment, Judges, Lawyers
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Beyond 'Maryland's Shame'
Conventional wisdom indicates that a host of mental health issues will be up for discussion during the General Assembly's 2013 legislative session. This is welcome news for the one in five Marylanders living with mental illness who are struggling to...
Tags: Health Treatments, Mental Health, Politics, Symptoms, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Over-Drugging Nursing Home Patients Must Stop
Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed too frequently in Connecticut nursing homes to keep patients who have dementia or mental illness under control. Lisa Chedekel of the nonprofit Connecticut Health Investigative Team has reported that some nursing...
Tags: Nursing Homes, Nursing, Drugs and Medicines, Chemical Industry, Pharmaceuticals
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St. Charles superintendent's focus now is students in need
After last week's tragic and deadly school shooting in Newtown, Conn., St. Charles schools Superintendent Donald Schlomann wants to do more than just make sure existing security measures are in place. Schlomann wants to embark on an effort to prevent...Tags: Mental Health, Suicide, First Aid, Health, Leukemia
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Letters: Jail isn't for the mentally ill
Re "Prison's revolving door," Editorial, Feb. 5 Crime and arrests in Los Angeles County continue to decline. On the countywide Criminal Justice Coordination Committee's website, the first annual report on public safety realignment shows recidivism rates...Tags: Schizophrenia, Crime, Law and Justice, Bipolar Disorder, Prisons, Behavioral Conditions
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Baltimore officer cleared of charges in shooting of man from inside police vehicle
A Baltimore police officer who last year shot a knife-wielding man through the windshield of his car while seated inside the vehicle has been cleared of criminal wrongdoing by the city state’s attorney’s office. The April 10, 2012 shooting...Tags: Justice System, Shootings, Crime, Law and Justice, Baltimore Police Department, Cheshire
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Judge: 3 experts on PTSD not needed in Hoffman Estates triple-murder trial
Special to the TribuneA Cook County judge today denied an effort by a defendant in a triple murder case in Hoffman Estates to have a trio of experts testify that he was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder when the slayings occurred. Judge Ellen Mandeltort said...Tags: Abusive Behavior, Hoffman Estates, Judges, Justice System, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
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