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Mentally ill people shouldn't have to commit a crime in order to get treatment
It was gratifying that The Sun endorsed Dr. David S. Helsel, the new CEO at the Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center, as "the right man to lead the institution on the long road to emotional recovery" ("Healing Perkins," Nov. 27). Yet I was stunned to...Tags: Glen Burnie, Hospitals and Clinics, Hospitals and Clinics, Behavioral Conditions
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Support groups around Howard County
These groups meet regularly. Caregivers support group — Fourth Thursday, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Winter Growth Adult Day Care Center, 5466 Ruth Keeton Way, Columbia. 410-964-9616. Family support group — Fourth Monday, 7:30 p.m. For family and...Tags: Linthicum, Cancer, Breastfeeding, Breast Cancer, Clarksville
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Parents push through wall of silence on suicide
Nearly a decade ago, not long after losing a daughter to suicide, a Baltimore County couple made a decision. They would turn their personal tragedy into a means of helping themselves, and others, by addressing mental illness in the open, without shame....Tags: Symptoms, Cancer, Heart Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Arts
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Those suffering from mental illness can be helped -- if appropriate care is made available
At a time when the government is debating which programs to cut to save money, the recent article about a Cockeysville couple coping with loss ("Parents push through the silence on suicide," Aug. 7) is particularly appropriate in explaining to the...Tags: Mental Health, Bipolar Disorder, Family, Chemical Industry, Pharmaceuticals
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Best Bets: Black Friday Art & Craft Market, Festival of Trees
Station North, 16 W. North Ave., and Load of Fun, 120 North Ave. — host the Black Friday Art & Craft Market, Nov. 25, 3-8 p.m., featuring original art and crafts by members of Charm City Craft Mafia, Baltimore Etsy Street Team and Station North...Tags: Pratt Street, Arts, Alzheimer's Disease, Entertainment Events, Behavioral Conditions
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Perkins patients can be the toughest to treat
As a new chief executive at Clifton T. Perkins investigates what led to two recent slayings at the state's maximum security mental hospital, he will confront a facility full of patients who have become increasingly hardened and troubled.
The system of...Tags: Symptoms, Justice System, The National (music group), Criminals, Murder
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Safety concerns raised after back-to-back patient killings at Perkins
After two patients were killed in the span of a week by fellow patients at the state's maximum-security mental hospital, mental health advocates say safety must be improved — but one warned against a clampdown. "It sounds counterintuitive, but...Tags: Symptoms, Justice System, Jessup (Anne Arundel, Maryland), Employees, Annapolis
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Treatment problems, fear found in state's high-security mental hospital, workers say
Workers at Maryland's maximum-security psychiatric hospital in Jessup, where two patients were slain recently, are calling on the state to address what they describe as problems in treatment and a pervasive climate of fear.
In the letter to state...Tags: Catonsville, Prosecution, Jessup (Anne Arundel, Maryland), Murder, Chemical Industry
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Letter: Demand for mental health housing far exceeds resources available
Regarding the story, "A Place to Call Home," by Kevin Rector, in the Oct. 26 edition of the Towson Times, I'd like to thank the Times and Mr. Rector for shining a light on the critical issue of housing and treatment options for the ever-growing number...Tags: Mental Health, Behavioral Conditions, Conservation, Family, Substance Abuse
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Advocates, union call for changes at mental hospital
Mental health advocates and labor union officials are calling for increased staffing and policy changes at the state's maximum security mental hospital — including a reassessment of how patients are paired as roommates — after one patient...Tags: Justice System, Jessup (Anne Arundel, Maryland), Employees, Health and Medical Professionals, Judges
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Trouble at Perkins
It may be some time before we know the exact circumstances surrounding the killing last week of a patient at Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center in Jessup. What we do know is that this was the second such tragedy to occur there in little over a year, and...Tags: Justice System, Employees, Murder, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (movie), Health and Medical Professionals
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Problems at Perkins will continue until Maryland broadens access to treatment for the severely mentally ill
Clifton Perkins Hospital Center, where two patients recently were killed by other patients, is one of several broken mental health facilities in Maryland ("Man indicated on murder charge in Jessup mental hospital death," Nov. 11). People typically wind up...Tags: Mental Health, Jessup (Anne Arundel, Maryland), Hospitals and Clinics, Murder, Behavioral Conditions
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