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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: Behavioral Conditions, Jared Lee Loughner, Human Interest, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice
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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: Behavioral Conditions, Heart Attack, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Disease Prevention, Health Treatments
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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: Behavioral Conditions, Mental Health, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Family, Social Services
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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: Hospitals and Clinics, Behavioral Conditions, Sex Crimes, Sykesville, Mental Health
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Faith and Life: It's OK to cry it out
Why are we taught not to cry? Especially boys and men? Society often gives us the message that crying is weak, wrong, or uncomfortable for others. The truth is, crying is extremely wise. And adults need to cry to heal from grief, anger and many other...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Mental Health
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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: Medicaid, Behavioral Conditions, Magellan Health Services Incorporated, Laws, Mental Health
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Mental health experts testify in Biffle trial
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- While awaiting trial on two murder charges and a slew of other accusations, Brandon Biffle spent much of his time in the St. Joseph County Jail in the rubber room, where inmates on suicide watch are generally sent. He slept on the floor and...Tags: Medical Specialization, Behavioral Conditions, Mental Health, Medical Procedures and Tests, Health
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Second Amendment is suffering death by a thousand cuts
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." Our Second Amendment is experiencing the "death by a thousand cuts." Perhaps no single gun law will...
Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Gun Control, Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control, Politics
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Lynda Barry's Latest Book Makes 'Diary Of A Wimpy Kid' Seem, Well, Wimpy
The Freddie Stories By Lynda Barry (Drawn & Quarterly), 177 pages, $19.95. The arrival of any new collection of Lynda Barry's cartoons is cause for celebration. Barry, a cartoonist, painter and teacher, is best known for her syndicated comic strip...
Tags: Cartoons, David Lynch, Entertainment
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A healthy dose of data
The daily broadcast of medical reports, scientific studies and sociological statistics can cause your ears to ring. Sometimes a report will contradict the findings of another issued just days earlier. More often, compelling snapshots of the American...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Hospitals and Clinics, Behavioral Conditions, Science, Colleges and Universities
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Guns and mental illness
Bowing to pressure from some fellow Democrats in the legislature, Gov. Martin O'Malley has signaled a willingness to compromise on at least one element in the package of new gun restrictions he proposed in the aftermath of last year's school shooting in...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Government, Gun Control, Interior Policy, Andrew Cuomo
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The tricky question of involuntary commitment
Deciding to get a person with a serious mental illness into treatment is one of the most important steps families can take to protect a loved one's health and well-being. Unfortunately, it also can be one of the most difficult. Many mentally ill people...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Symptoms, Hospitals and Clinics, Government, Regional Authority
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