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Former swim coach sentenced for child sex abuse
Kelley Currin recalled dancing with her longtime swimming coach, Rick Curl, as a teenage girl the night of his wedding some 30 years ago. She wore a pink dress, held on too long and whispered in his ear, "I hate you." She told Montgomery County...
Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Alcohol Addiction, Eating Disorders, Judges, Justice System
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Daughter, boyfriend indicted in Howard blogger's killing
A 14-year-old girl and her 19-year-old boyfriend arrested in the killing of her father in his Ellicott City home this month were indicted and charged as adults by a grand jury this week, according to court records. Morgan Arnold, a Mount Hebron High...
Tags: Court Preliminary, Trials, Asperger Syndrome, Health and Safety at School, Lawyers
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A sensitive portrait of a troubled child
Thanks very much and congratulations on Kevin Rector's very informative and sensitive article, "Girl charged in father's death struggled with mental health" (May 19). As educators and professional counselors, and as residents of the Mount Hebron area with...
Tags: Family, Health and Safety at School, Ellicott City
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Asperger's does not make a murderer
Regarding your article about the teen girl accused of plotting her father's murder with her boyfriend ("Troubled child on a dark path," May 19), I found the article filled with misleading information and misinformation. First, the article tells us she...
Tags: Family, Autism, Mental Illness, Behavioral Conditions, Learning Disability
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Girl charged in father's death struggled with mental health
Morgan Lane Arnold, an emotionally frail 14-year-old freshman, navigated the hallways of her Howard County high school each day filled with anxiety, unable because of a learning disorder to decipher the social cues, jokes and emotions of her peers. Her...
Tags: Gaming, Autism, Trials, Social Media, Learning Disability
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High school graduates encouraged to pursue occupational therapy [letter]
Editor: As summer approaches, many high school students are getting ready to graduate and head off to colleges across the nation. As a soon to graduate college student, who attended our own Fallston High School, I would like to suggest a major that is...Tags: Nursing Homes, Stroke, Teaching and Learning, Students, Schools
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NAMI coordinator Haynes honors memory of her sister
Ashley Haynes is working long hours out of a tiny cubicle these days, earning about half what she was a few months ago. And she couldn't be happier. As events and education outreach coordinator for National Alliance on Mental Health Illness in Maryland,...
Tags: Mental Illness, Behavioral Conditions, Inner Harbor, Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia
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Medicaid expansion good for Maryland
Thank you for your recent article on a study of Medicaid the New England Journal of Medicine that addressed the role of Medicaid in promoting mental health and protecting families from financial ruin ("Study: Medicaid has mixed record in improving health,...
Tags: Medicaid, Medical Research, Health Insurance, Government Health Care
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Anne Arundel County health briefs
Rabies prevention The Department of Health offers information on how to prevent the spread of rabies and what to do in the event of exposure. Rabies is most often seen in raccoons, bats, foxes and skunks. Information: 410-222-7168 or visit aahealth.org....Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Addiction, Lobbying, Breast Cancer, Health Treatments
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Baltimore Behavioral Health must repay retirement money
A federal judge has ordered a West Pratt Street clinic and its former chief executive to repay more than 60 current and former employees nearly $50,000 that the private company never deposited into their retirement accounts as required. U.S. District...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Pratt Street, Behavioral Conditions, Financially Distressed Companies, Trials
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At Loch Raven, Duncan says communities must confront school violence
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan told parents, students and educators in Baltimore County on Wednesday that while Americans might not agree on gun control legislation, they must work together so that children can grow up without fear of violence in...
Tags: Autism, Interior Policy, Students, Health and Safety at School, PTA
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Town hall meeting to focus on substance abuse, mental illness in children, teens
Amid growing concerns about the relationship between substance abuse and mental illness in children and adolescents, the Harford County Office on Mental Health will hold an educational town hall meeting for Harford County families and service providers. A...Tags: Family, Mental Illness, Behavioral Conditions, Harford County, Substance Abuse
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