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Defining catatonia remains challenging
The Medicine CabinetQ: What is catatonia? Can it be treated? A: Catatonia is a disorder of motor functioning. It was first described in 1874. By the turn of the 20th century, an influential psychiatrist named Emil Kraepelin had linked it to schizophrenia. As a result, it's...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Behavioral Conditions, Harvard Medical School, Drugs and Medicines, Psychiatry
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McAuliffe wants to expand Virginia mental health system
Democratic nominee for governor Terry McAuliffe wants to revamp and reinvest in Virginia's mental health system so that the state's jails and prisons no longer serve as warehouses for the mentally ill. In a policy proposal released to The Daily Press...
Tags: Mental Health, Ken Cuccinelli, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Prisons, Mental Illness
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Power Needed To Make Potentially Dangerous People Take Their Meds
Connecticut needs to help the tiny group of mentally ill people trapped in the revolving door of madness, homelessness, hospitalization and prison simply because they won't take their medication. This state should join the 44 others that allow so-called...
Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Mental Health, Judges, Mental Illness, Asthma
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Family of man shot by Martinsburg police officers seeks answers
richardb@herald-mail.comFamily members of Wayne Jones, who died March 13 from multiple gunshot wounds when five Martinsburg police officers tried to arrest him during an altercation, claimed at a news conference Wednesday that Jones was struck 15 times by police bullets. The...Tags: Shootings, Tampa, NAACP
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Tucson shooting: 3,000 pages of sought-after records made public
TUCSON -- More than two years after a gunman opened fire in Tucson killing six and seriously wounding former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, authorities on Wednesday released thousands of pages of records about the case that had previously been kept private....Tags: Gun Control, Gabrielle Giffords, Judges, National Rifle Association of America, Prisons
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Police reports in Tucson shooting rampage, including Giffords, released
PHOENIX (AP) — Hundreds of pages of police reports in the investigation of the Tucson shooting rampage that wounded former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords are being released Wednesday, marking the public's first glimpse into documents that authorities...
Tags: Gun Control, Shootings, Judges, Gabrielle Giffords, The Washington Post
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Those who suffer need treatment; most don't deserve indictment
This story was originally published February 10, 2013. The Virginia Tech shooter, Seung-Hui Cho, was diagnosed with severe social anxiety disorder as a teenager. In Aurora, Colo., the defense attorney for the accused shooter James Eagen Holmes,...Tags: Gun Control, Mental Health, Diseases and Illnesses, Hallmark Greeting Card, Barack Obama
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Who's responsible for mental health care? Jails, hospitals or community?
They've served their jail time or they've been released from hospital custody. Then what happens to those diagnosed with a mental illness? Without sufficient community support, many will cycle back into crisis care at a hospital or the criminal...
Tags: Mental Health, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Prisons, Behavioral Conditions, Health and Medical Professionals
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Mariel Hemingway urges change to help others find a personal best
Mariel Hemingway, makeup-free and in sweats, is gorgeous. That bone structure, her cheetah-like build and flowing hair have been familiar for decades. What's disarming is her forthright approach to a rough family history and her determination to live...
Tags: Depression, Movies, Climbing, Mental Illness, Manhattan (movie)
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A Woman-Lead Plaintiffs Firm Tackles Complex Cases
Simona A. Farrise founded Farrise Law Firm in 2007 with a broad mission: to make the seemingly impossible possible. An expert in complex litigation, Farrise has built a firm that helps clients through the most trying times of their lives. In the process,...
Tags: Mesothelioma, Judges, Defendants, Heart Attack, Legal Service
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Cocaine called 'major factor' in death of woman arrested by LAPD
L.A. NOWCocaine intoxication was a “major factor” in the death of Alesia Thomas, a woman who died shortly after she was forcibly taken into custody by several LAPD officers, according to the findings of an autopsy by the Los Angeles County...... -
Virginia jails house more mentally ill than hospitals
Diagnosed as bipolar and off his medications, the 20-year veteran firefighter was naked in an elevator when he was first arrested in South Carolina. Now a Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) trainer for police departments throughout Hampton Roads, Bryan...
Tags: Theft, Mental Health, Prisons, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Mental Illness
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