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New director for Harford County Office on Mental Health named
The Board of Directors of the Office on Mental Health/Core Service Agency of Harford County has announced the appointment of R. Terence Farrell as the agency's executive director. Farrell comes to the agency with more than 30 years of human service and...Tags: Board of Directors, Mental Health, Health Insurance, Behavioral Conditions, Montgomery County (Maryland)
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Man shot in arm by sheriff's deputy now in critical condition
A man who police said was alert and talking after being shot in the arm by a city sheriff's deputy last week is now in critical condition at Johns Hopkins Hospital, according to a hospital spokesman. The wounded man's mother said her son is on life...Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Allergies, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Law Enforcement, Prisons
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Health
As the population of Howard County has grown, so have the health care resources available to residents. Over the past decade, Kaiser Permanente, the nation’s largest health maintenance organization, opened a 17,500-square-foot center in Columbia...Tags: Relief and Aid Organizations, Nursing, Physical Conditions, Allergies, Brain
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Mary Lacy Fetting, counselor, dies
Mary Lacy Fetting, a retired psychotherapist who counseled the homeless at the Franciscan Center as a volunteer, died of cancer Wednesday at her Guilford home. She was 82.
Born Mary Lacy in Baltimore, she was the daughter of James J. Lacy, an iron...Tags: Roman Catholicism, Elections, Diseases and Illnesses, Human Interest, Maryland
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Local schools see benefits from good behavior program
At Stevens Forest Elementary School in Columbia, fifth-graders delight when good behavior leads to rewards, from earning shiny trophies to playing Nintendo Wii with the principal at recess. In fact, they say they've had so much fun being respectful,...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Carroll County (Maryland), Reisterstown, Bullying, University of Oregon
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Dr. Betty W. Robinson, psychiatrist
Dr. Betty W. Robinson, a psychiatrist who had been director of inpatient services at the Walter P. Carter Center in downtown Baltimore and an associate professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, died June 19 of cancer at Gilchrist Hospice...Tags: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Anglicanism, Elections, Towson, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Nancy J. Brant, 99
MAY 10, 1911-MARCH 5, 2011 JEFFERSONVILLE, Pa. — Nancy J. (Harp) Brant, 99, of Jeffersonville, died peacefully March 5, 2011, at the Coatesville (Pa.) VA Medical Center’s hospice. She was the wife of the late Charles J. Brant Sr., who...Tags: Nursing, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Delaware County, U.S. Army, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Memo to Ruxton: The mentally ill are not a danger
I am responding to the uproar caused by the proposed Sheppard Pratt group home in Ruxton. Do the people who are outraged really know what being mentally ill entails? Do they assume that all people with these disorders are dangerous? Shame on them. And... -
Step-down facility in Ruxton is vital for mental health.
I am writing in support of the Sheppard Pratt facility that is proposed to extend the retreat treatment offered at that hospital. Many people are given good care in hospitals and in this area are thrust out on their own with inadequate support...Tags: Medical Services, Mental Health, Behavioral Conditions, Health, Hospitals and Clinics
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Ruxton project is all about money
After reading yet one more letter accusing the residents of Ruxton of prejudice, bigotry and outright snobbery, I am compelled to inject a little reality into the "soup" of emotion-based rhetoric. The proposed "retreat" on Labelle Avenue in Ruxton by...Tags: Homes, Health Insurance, Social Issues, Health, Hospitals and Clinics
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Transitional housing for those with mental illness works well
I have been a member of the board of a mental health organization that for many years has provided neighborhood housing for people who suffer from mental illness. Many people with mental illness live and work in their communities. Only people who are in...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Mental Illness, Health
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Mental illness is not contagious
I am personally dismayed at the Ruxton community response to a home that will house the mentally ill under the auspices of the recent purchase of said home by the Sheppard Pratt Health System. I can imagine that some Ruxton Community members may say...Tags: Homes, Health Insurance, Montgomery (Montgomery, Alabama), Behavioral Conditions, Mental Illness
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