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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: University of Maryland, College Park, Morgan State University, Kujoe Bonsafo Agyei-Kodie, Defendants, Laws
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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: Health and Medical Professionals, Sykesville, Defendants, Justice System, Mental Illness
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Maryland's public psychiatric hospitals are broken
Your article about the dangerous conditions at Spring Grove Hospital was an accurate description of what has been happening in our public psychiatric hospitals ("At mental facility, staffers besieged," March 3). I was a staff psychiatrist at Spring...
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Psychiatrists, Defendants, Medical Specialization, Justice System
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Dr. Gerald D. Klee, psychiatrist
Dr. Gerald D. Klee, a retired psychiatrist who was an LSD expert and participated in its experimentation on volunteer servicemen at several military installations in the 1950s, died Sunday of complications after surgery at the University of Maryland St....Tags: University of Maryland, College Park, Psychiatrists, Medical Procedures and Tests, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Medical Specialization
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Occupational therapists serve vital role
I am an occupational therapy student at Towson University, and I wanted to express my opinion concerning Kevin Rector's article, "Hospitals join to find beds for mental patients" (Feb. 19). Throughout the article, I saw reference to health professionals...
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Health and Safety at Work, Towson University, Hospitals and Clinics
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Margaret H. Abbott, genetics researcher
Margaret Hawkins Abbott, a retired Johns Hopkins Medical School genetics researcher who investigated families with inherited conditions for nearly five decades, died of dementia complications Feb. 1 at Keswick Multi-Care Center. She was 89 and lived in...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, University of Maryland, College Park, Genetics, Colleges and Universities, Alzheimer's Disease
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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: Sheppard Pratt Health System, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Johns Hopkins Hospital, Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, St. Joseph 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: Health and Medical Professionals, Bipolar Disorder, Medical Specialization, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Glen Burnie
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The terrorist mentality is rooted in hatred, not despair
Reporter Mary Carole McCauley quotes writer Adam Lankford as saying terrorist attacks are motivated not by politics or religion but by despair ("Inside the mind of a suicide bomber," Feb. 10). I am sick and tired of hearing this misleading despair...
Tags: Terrorism, Health and Medical Professionals, Psychiatrists, Medical Specialization, Islam
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Treatment not helping kids with attention deficit disorder
Young children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder continue to suffer from severe symptoms even with treatment, a study led by Johns Hopkins Children's Center researchers has found. The study, published online Feb. 11 in the Journal of the...
Tags: Symptoms, Colleges and Universities, Medical Specialization, Social Sciences, Pharmaceuticals
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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: Health and Medical Professionals, Psychiatrists, Laws, Interior Policy, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting
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Accused school shooter had troubled childhood, witnesses say
Robert W. Gladden Jr.'s difficulties at school, including reports that he bullied peers, and his troubled home life emerged during Wednesday's daylong hearing to determine whether the teen charged in the Perry Hall High School shooting should be tried...
Tags: Daniel Borowy, Prozac (drug), Perry Hall, Justice System, Perry Hall High School
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