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Columbia mother solicits letters of support for son who threatened suicide
Hours after Karen Brocklebank's son posted pictures online late last month of his forearm marred with a series of self-inflicted cuts and a threat to kill himself on his 13th birthday, she sat in an uncomfortable emergency room chair, sleepless and in...
Tags: Bullying, Hospitals and Clinics, Behavioral Conditions, Social Media, Ken Ulman
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Sex abuse suspect had won trust of city parents, students as school employee
For Erica Hamlett-Nicholson's 11-year-old son, Shawn Nowlin was his most trusted confidant when the Hazelwood Elementary/Middle School fifth-grader suffered from depression caused by his parents' separation. For Duanelle Woodard's nephew, he was the...
Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Harford County, Behavioral Conditions, Corporate Officers, Johns Hopkins University
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Hopkins team explores the dark side of light
Scientists who study sleep understand that light has a dark side, because it can interrupt natural rhythms, causing the mood and learning problems that go with lack of rest. Johns Hopkins University researchers have taken the understanding a step...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Chemical Industry, Prozac (drug), Brown University, Behavioral Conditions
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Don't equate crime with mental illness
I am grateful to Mark Komrad for his expert commentary related to persuading a troubled loved one or friend into professional mental health treatment and The Sun for publishing it ("Helping them to get help," Dec. 19). I would like to emphasize a point...Tags: Mental Illness, Bipolar Disorder, Diabetes, Behavioral Conditions, Mental Health
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Doug Duncan tells supporters he's in for MoCo race
Former Montgomery County Executive Doug Duncan is preparing a run for his old job in 2014, potentially setting up a high-stakes political battle in Maryland's largest county. Duncan, who led Montgomery County from 1994 until he ran for governor in 2006,...
Tags: Elections, Roscoe G Bartlett, Montgomery County (Maryland), Primaries
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Grown-ups failed accused Perry Hall shooter
Meet the parents. Bonnie Gladden, the mother of the 15-year-old charged with shooting a fellow student at Perry Hall High on the first day of the new school year, has a ninth-grade education and was 19 years old and four months pregnant with a daughter...
Tags: Students, PTA, Behavioral Conditions, Teaching and Learning, Perry Hall High School
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'Mad Men' recap: Season 5 finale, 'The Phantom'
"My friend down there, she was wondering: Are you alone?" -- random blonde to Don Draper It was a somehow infuritatly quiet end to the season. Sorry to those who had Pete Campbell killing himself as a sure bet in your office pool. That didn't happen....
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Howard Johnson, Suicide, Manhattan (New York City), Abusive Behavior
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Death of Mike Flanagan, Orioles great, leaves shadows of doubt
"Did you ever notice Mike when he came off the mound after a good inning?" asks Alex Flanagan, widow of the Orioles Hall-of-Famer who committed suicide a year ago. "He always had his head down." That provokes a vivid memory of No. 46, the smart pitcher...
Tags: Detroit Tigers, Behavioral Conditions, American League, Suicidal Behavior, Cancer
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Flanagan story a warning about the risks of depression
In reading Dan Rodricks' article, "Shadows of doubt — the life and death of Mike Flanagan" (Aug. 18), I was deeply touched not only by Mr. Rodricks' sensitivity and understanding of major depression but also of his love and caring for Mike Flanagan....Tags: Suicide, Behavioral Conditions, Substance Abuse, Suicidal Behavior, Mental Health
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Boy's fatal stabbing sparks revenge killing
June 5, 2011
The body of 13-year-old Tywonde' Jones lay under a white sheet behind a decrepit vacant home in Northwest Baltimore.
He had been stabbed and slashed 228 times. One-hundred and eighty-eight were puncture wounds, some as deep as six inches,...Tags: Gang Activity, Reisterstown Road, Shootings, Harry Potter (fictional character), Punishment
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Mystery of missing man solved after 13 years
July 9, 2011 Henry Ackerman had plans — big, cross country, into-the-wild plans. It was 1998, and he was 48 years old, alone, sad and somewhat peculiar. He lived with threecats and a big, sandy-colored dog in an unkempt Baltimore County apartment...Tags: Bright Eyes (music group), Criminals, U.S. Army, Wars and Interventions, Medical Specialization
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Some memory changes in aging brain are normal
Dementia and its evil twin, Alzheimer's, may have moved ahead of cancer on the list of most feared diseases, especially among baby boomers, who have begun to believe it is their inescapable fate if they have the bad luck to live too long.
So we grasp...Tags: Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Hospitals and Clinics, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Medical Specialization
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