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Dr. James Roncie Duke, a retired ophthalmologist and Johns Hopkins pathologist who was a collector of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald's works and lived in the novelist's Baltimore home, died of dementia complications Oct. 11 in Bolton Hill. He was 88.

Some of the officers have also faced lawsuits and resident complaints, leading city police to re-evaluate whether to continue the program.

Towson native and MSNBC anchor married his longtime partner in a New York ceremony.

Suzanne W. Reynolds, a psychotherapist and management consultant, died Sept. 21 of pancreatic cancer at the Ruxton home of a son. She was 70.

Center will offer training sessions and resources for therapists working with addicted gamblers

Recent acts of violence reveal need to advocate for mental health

As Baltimore County officials work to improve protocols for ensuring school safety following two incidents involving guns in the last month, experts say they should focus on providing more avenues through which students can report and teachers can adequately identify suspicious behavior.

Many parents dropping their kids off at Stemmers Run on Wednesday said they believe prevention of such crimes starts at home.

Hannah More School for children with disabilities to merge with Sheppard Pratt Health System enabling it to provide more services to students

Perry Hall High School will maintain a heightened police presence after a cafeteria shooting in which a student critically injured a classmate on the first day of school.

Dr. Rose C. Kurz, a retired psychiatric nurse and educator who had been a consultant to the Pan American Health Organization, died Aug. 3 from complications following surgery at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air.

Dr. Drew says he has minor condition called exercise bulimia upsetting doctors at The Center for Eating Disorders at Sheppard Pratt who say it could be first signs of an eating disorder

Crofton man accused of threatening workplace shooting remains in care of mental health officials while prosecutors assemble case

A Crofton man who owned a cache of weapons repeatedly threatened to "blow everybody up" at his former workplace and declared himself a "joker," police said.

Some hospitals allow patients to receive visits from their own pets as a means of improving the mood and possibly the health of those in their care

Harford County drug prevention symposium addresses issue of bullying in morning workshop

Alexander Kinyua, the 21-year-old accused of killing a man and eating his organs, has been formally indicted on charges of first-degree murder and assault and is being held at a state mental hospital.

Mental health providers Sheppard Pratt and Alliance Inc. form an affiliation

Two weeks before a Morgan State University student was arrested in the killing of a housemate, campus police received a report that he had a machete.

Coverage of Johns Hopkins, University of Maryland, St. Joseph's Hospital, Harbor Hospital, GBMC, Kennedy Krieger, Mercy Medical Center, Saint Agnes, Howard County General Hospital, Lifebridge Health

Interview with new CEO of Keswick Multi-Care Center, focusing on its relationship with Roland Park, a relationship that used to be stormy after the community stopped Ke4swick from buying Baltimore Country Club land for a retirement community.

Rudolph James Redd Sr., an engineer who spent his entire career with the Army's Research, Development and Engineering Command at Aberdeen Proving Ground, died April 27 of a cardiac arrest at his home in the Versailles Apartments in Towson. He was 88.

With eye-catching sculptures and other works, Hopkins joins a growing number of hospitals with art collections

With eye-catching sculptures and other works, Hopkins joins a growing number of hospitals with art collections

A Harford Community College student was making threats Monday morning.

Suicide rates and programs for help in Harford County.

Wood and other materials from two old barns in Ellicott City that were recently torn down will be treated and repurposed to build a new home....

Survery shows Facebook contributing to users negative feelings about themselves

A Towson attorney has filed suit to prevent Sheppard Pratt Health System from opening a residential group home in his Ruxton neighborhood and is demanding that the state rescind its license.

Dr. Michael Victor Edelstein, whose career at Sheppard Pratt Health System spanned nearly 40 years and whose hobby was fixing cars, died Monday of a heart attack at St. Joseph Medical Center. He was 66.

Meghan Cain, a sophomore at Notre Dame Prep in Towson, is the winner of Sheppard Pratt's statewide "Love Your Tree" poster competition — and her work will be printed on all of The Center for Eating Disorders' marketing materials this year — she used words cut out from Seventeen magazine as the foundation of her poster.

Loyola University Maryland has launched a new online counseling service for students who have suffered traumas, hoping to serve a generation that grew up communicating electronically as much as face-to-face.

Sheppard Pratt receives state approval

Ruxton residents must accept having a group home for mental patients in their neighborhood just as other communities have

Sheppard Pratt receives state approval

Curley and Tagget are Ellicott City residents who have lost children to suicide. They shared bits of their stories with Sarbanes before asking him to do what he could to help in the effort to promote suicide prevention.

Local Schools: Tying Behavior, Learning for Positive Results

A man who was shot in the arm by a Baltimore Sheriff's Deputy last week is now in critical condition after apparently suffering an allergic reaction to medication, according to his mother.