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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, Behavioral Conditions, Learning Disability, Autism, Mental Health
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What is NAMI?
The National Alliance on Mental Illness, the largest grassroots mental health organization in the country, offers "education, support and advocacy for persons with mental illnesses, their families and the wider community," according to its mission...Tags: Behavioral Conditions
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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: Bipolar Disorder, Behavioral Conditions, Mental Health, Schizophrenia, Inner Harbor
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La Leche League of Columbia meets fourth Friday
These groups meet regularly. Bereavement Support Group — Fourth Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. This group is for adults who are mourning the loss of a loved one. All are welcome. St. Francis of Assisi Parish, Room 105, 8300 Old Columbia Road, Fulton. 410-792-...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Howard County General Hospital, Anglicanism, Minority Groups, Howard County
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Bereaved Parents meets third Wednesdays
These groups meet regularly. Alzheimer's Caregiver Support Group — Third Wednesday, 5:30 p.m., at Lighthouse Senior Living at Ellicott City, 3100 N. Ridge Road, Ellicott City. 410-465-2288. Bereaved Parents, USA — Third Wednesday, 8 p.m....Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Diseases and Illnesses, Behavioral Conditions, Minority Groups, Pain
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Parkville man charged in fatal stabbing of mother, wounding of sister
The call came into the Baltimore County emergency dispatch center just after midnight. An unidentified woman asked police respond to a home in Parkville. She didn't say why. When officers arrived in the first minutes of Sunday, they found 26-year-old...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Prosecution, Prisons, Trials, Witnesses
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Moving beyond gun control
Gun control doesn't stop bombings, and it doesn't prevent violent people from buying nails, BBs or pressure cookers. While I am supportive of gun control — and applaud Maryland for being one of the few states taking a strong stance on gun possession...
Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Behavioral Conditions, Mental Health, Health and Safety at School, Gun Control
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Prosecutor can't show accused cannibal criminally responsible
Harford County's top prosecutor said Wednesday that he does not have enough evidence to show that Alexander Kinyua is criminally responsible for killing a family friend and eating his organs last year. A state psychiatric hospital previously found that...
Tags: Dismemberment, Hospitals and Clinics, Defendants, Behavioral Conditions, Trials
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Seriously mentally ill people can't wait another year for lawmakers to change the standard for involuntary commitments
Regarding your recent editorial on making it easier for families to commit a mentally ill relative to a mental institution against their will, Maryland's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and some state delegates apparently are missing the urgent...Tags: Bipolar Disorder, Family, Behavioral Conditions, Randallstown, Schizophrenia
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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, Behavioral Conditions, Harford County, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Mental Health
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Sun wrong on involuntary commitment bill
The Sun's April 5 editorial ("The tricky question of involuntary commitment") misses two critical points about the bill to clarify mental health civil commitment standards in Maryland, and it misstates another. The bill's key component — making...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Symptoms, Mental Health
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Assaults on staff are focus of scathing report at Catonsville psychiatric hospital
In-patient units at Spring Grove Hospital Center in Catonsville have become troubled environments where serious assaults on hospital staff are common, according to a scathing new report from a consultant for the Maryland health department. The chaos...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Criminals, Behavioral Conditions, Defendants, Trials
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