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Dearth of mental health treatment options leads to emergencies
Bryan Johnson didn't know he had bipolar disorder until he ended up at the emergency room, where he assaulted a police officer. His family had taken him to the University of Maryland Medical Center because he was acting strangely, staring into the...
Tags: Baltimore County, Bryan Johnson, University of Maryland Medical Center, Health Treatments, Gun Control
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O'Malley offers details of agenda
Gov. Martin O'Malley on Friday proposed restricting mental health patients' access to firearms as part of a broad gun-control package and called for expanding early voting to ease long lines on Election Day. The governor, in releasing his full...
Tags: Gun Control, Personal Weapon Control, Republican Party, Anthony G. Brown, Regional Authority
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Dr. Ellen G. McDaniel, psychiatrist
Dr. Ellen G. McDaniel, whose distinguished career in psychiatry spanned more than 40 years and influenced patients, medical students and even juries, died of lung cancer Thursday at her home in Highland. She was 71. The former Ellen Garb was raised in...Tags: Saint Agnes Hospital, Montgomery County (Maryland), Colleges and Universities, Judges, Defendants
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Shortchanging the children
America's children seem to be shortchanged on almost every issue we face as a society. Not only are we failing to protect our children from deranged people wielding semi-automatic guns, we're not protecting them from poverty. The rate of child poverty...
Tags: Marketing, Poverty, Gun Control, Family, Lobbying
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Nonbinding vote on elected school board, reassigning Orphans Court on Leopold's legislative agenda
A nonbinding referendum on whether residents want an elected county school board and elimination of the county's Orphans Court are among Anne Arundel County Executive John R. Leopold's legislative priorities for this General Assembly session. "We should...
Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Judges, Government, Justice System, Budgets and Budgeting
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Getting help for the mentally ill
Though none of us yet knows much of Adam Lanza's backstory, it doesn't take a mental health professional to suspect that a man who killed his mother before killing so many children and adults was likely suffering from a severe mental disorder. Although...
Tags: Psychiatry, Sheppard Pratt Health System, Behavioral Conditions, Psychiatrists, Mental Illness
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Push to ban more assault weapons expected in Annapolis
Legislation to ban assault weapons like the Bushmaster semi-automatic rifle used in the Newtown school massacre will be revived in Annapolis when the General Assembly convenes next month, according to leading lawmakers pushing to make the change. The...
Tags: Baltimore County, Gun Control, Montgomery County (Maryland), Personal Weapon Control, Justice System
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Howard County forms task force to address school safety
Howard County Executive Ken Ulman announced Monday, Dec. 17 the formation of a joint task force comprised of school, public safety and mental health professionals to address school safety in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy in...
Tags: Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Ken Ulman, Renee Foose, Teaching and Learning, Health and Safety at School
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Maryland leaders call for tighter gun controls in wake of Conn. school shooting
Maryland's senior lawmaker, Sen. Barbara Mikulski, said Monday the National Rifle Association must come to the table to discuss the tighter gun controls, as she works with President Barack Obama and her colleagues in Congress in the wake of the deadly...
Tags: Laws, Gun Control, Bridgeport (Fairfield, Connecticut), Personal Weapon Control, National Rifle Association of America
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Federal workers in Md. won't get coverage for autism treatment
Autistic children of federal workers in 22 states begin receiving insurance coverage this month for a key behavioral treatment, under a decision by the Office of Personnel Management. Maryland, home to the third-largest population of federal workers...
Tags: Autism Speaks, Health Treatments, Behavioral Conditions, Family, Physical Therapy
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Helping Eradicate Homelessness
Providers of homeless services, community volunteers, police and the Harford County Government will come together Thursday, Jan. 24, in a coordinated effort to conduct a one-day count of homeless people living in Harford County. Like many communities,...Tags: The Salvation Army, Family, Business Enterprises, Employment Opportunities, Homelessness
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