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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: Mental Illness, Personal Weapon Control, Government, Gun Control, Laws
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Protecting the victims of gun violence requires mental health background checks for firearms sales and keeping violent offenders behind bars
Regarding your editorial on President Obama's State of the Union plea for Congress to act on gun control, Marylander's deserve much more than a vote, they deserve true representation ("We deserve a vote," Feb. 17). The editorial highlighted the...
Tags: State of the Union Address, Personal Weapon Control, Barack Obama, Gun Control, Interior Policy
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Legislation would require participation in psychiatric bed registry
A Baltimore lawmaker plans to introduce legislation that would require all Maryland hospitals to participate in an online psychiatric bed registry meant to expedite care for the mentally ill. Del. Samuel I. "Sandy" Rosenberg said the registry can help...
Tags: Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, Hospitals and Clinics, Howard County, Sheppard Pratt Health System, University of Maryland Medical Center
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Hospitals team to find beds for psychiatric patients
Carl Edgell doesn't enjoy going to the hospital. But he doesn't want to hurt anyone, either. The 44-year-old homeless man has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. At times when he has felt that he has...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Glen Burnie, University of Maryland Medical Center, Nursing
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College, mental health and guns
After the unfortunate murder suicide at the University of Maryland College Park by a graduate student who used a handgun to commit his crimes, The Sun wrote an editorial urging college campuses to educate their students about the signs of mental illness...
Tags: Mental Illness, Pharmaceuticals, Personal Weapon Control, Gun Control, Teaching and Learning
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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: Mental Illness, College Baseball, Injuries and Wounds, Shootings, Teaching and Learning
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College Park roommate's gun ownership had worried slain student
In the days before police say he was fatally shot by his roommate Dayvon Green outside their College Park home, University of Maryland senior Stephen Rane had expressed concerns about Green having a mental illness and owning guns, according to a close...Tags: Mental Illness, Personal Weapon Control, Frederick County (Maryland), Prince George's County, Shootings
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In Annapolis, College Park shooting becomes part of the debate
The murder-suicide that left two University of Maryland students dead provided fresh fodder in Annapolis Wednesday for lawmakers debating whether to tighten Maryland's gun laws, with supporters saying the tragic incident gave them new resolve while...
Tags: Elijah E. Cummings, Government, U.S. Senate, Gun Control, Brian E Frosh
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College Park grapples with shootings
Andrew Hassl had just arrived home from work early Tuesday morning and was hanging out with his roommates on a residential street near the University of Maryland's College Park campus when they heard shots outside. As the roommates went to turn off...
Tags: Pharmaceuticals, College Baseball, Prince George's County, Gun Control, Teaching and Learning
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Suspected College Park shooter said to be quiet, studious
Though much remained unknown about the suspect in the shootings near the University of Maryland's College Park campus, a picture emerged Tuesday of a quiet, studious young man who had completed several high-profile summer internships with NASA. Dayvon...
Tags: Prince George's County, Teaching and Learning, NASA, Colleges and Universities, University of Maryland Eastern Shore
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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: Ken Ulman, Hospitals and Clinics, Suicide, Bullying, Howard County
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Bills to keep guns out of the hands of psychiatric patients pose risks
In December, a young man in Newtown, Conn., killed 20 small children and seven adults, including his mother, and then committed suicide. This tragic massacre has prompted legislators to reexamine firearms laws and quickly propose legislation that might...
Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Maryland General Assembly, Government, Autism, Gun Control
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