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Arizona tragedy's real issue: Mental illness and guns
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsI suppose I know why I wrote my previous blog entry, "Did inflammatory speech fuel Arizona rampage?" By the headline alone, I knew it would generate a lot of online discussion, get a lot of hits. But histrionic political discourse......Tags: Schizophrenia, Television Industry, Satellite and Cable Service, Health and Medical Professionals, Radio
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An award for David (and parents), not me
Mayo on the Side: Broward news columnist Michael Mayo | Sun-Sentinel BlogsJournalists sometimes trade in misery. It???s part of the job. We cover wars, natural disasters and massacres. Sometimes, if we do a really good job telling the story, we get recognized with prizes and awards. Ambivalence doesn???t begin to describe......Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Behavioral Conditions, Illnesses, Health, Crime, Law and Justice
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How much weight does Jesse Jackson Jr.'s illness deserve in the scales of justice?
If you think that Jesse Jackson Jr.'s mental illness explains away all his bad behavior, you may need treatment for an excessively mushy heart. If you think his mental illness explains absolutely nothing, you are suffering from a heart made of nails....
Tags: Punishment, Bipolar Disorder, Jesse Jackson, Jr., Michael Jackson, Malcolm X
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Daughter refuses to be with bipolar brother
Dear Amy: My husband and I have a son and a daughter in their 30s. Some years ago these two had a falling out in which my son became violent. My husband and I did not learn of this until two years after it happened. Our son had another incident while at...
Tags: Bipolar Disorder, Behavioral Conditions
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Gym members sweat their dilemma
Dear Amy: Some friends and I are members of a pretty no-nonsense gym. The majority of members are hard-core athletes who train for upcoming marathons, while the rest of us are more "well-upholstered" Midwesterners trying to get fit. There is a problem...
Tags: Family, Mental Health, Behavioral Conditions, Eating Disorders, Bethlehem (Northampton, Pennsylvania)
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Gun legislation failure dismays survivor of Texas mass shooting
Irma Garcia pulled back her sweater to show me where the bullet entered her shoulder and spun her around. It then torpedoed through her body and exited near the middle of her back. "I still have problems with it," she said, standing to show me how the...
Tags: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Behavioral Conditions, Firearms, Shootings, U.S. Senate
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Dawn Turner Trice: Making the most of postpartum depression
When Chicago clinical psychologist Susan Benjamin Feingold had postpartum depression more than two decades ago, not many people were taking the illness seriously. Some doctors were even telling women all they needed to do for their "baby blues" was to eat...Tags: Headaches, Symptoms, Health and Medical Professionals, Psychiatry, Psychologists
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Connecticut school shooting prompts discussions on mental health
The tragic school shooting in Newtown, Conn. is prompting new discussions on how to properly handle the issue of mental illness among young people. People around the nation read a widely circulated essay titled "I am Adam Lanza's mom." Blogger Liza Long...
Tags: Psychiatry, Mental Health, Family, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Health and Safety at School
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Athletes Who Use Guns Must Use Their Influence In Wake Of Newtown Massacre
The Hartford CourantSome of the best hunters and anglers in the world are to be found on the rosters of American professional sports teams. Some of the best hunters and anglers in the world are to be found enshrined in Cooperstown, Canton and Springfield. They are...Tags: Lobbying, Massacres, National Football League, Personal Weapon Control, Adam Lanza
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The need to find a lasting good
It's four days in and I'm still trying to wrap my mind around what happened inside that elementary school in Newtown, Conn., last week. Like people all over the country, I spent much of the weekend glued to the news on TV, absorbing each painful...
Tags: Piers Morgan, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Human Interest, Behavioral Conditions, Autism
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Groping for explanations when there aren't any
As a parent, the only photo I could bear to look at from that slaughter at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut on Friday was that picture of a little boy and a little girl. The children were facing the school, their backs to a wooded lot nearby....
Tags: Radio, Explosions, Emergency Incidents, Behavioral Conditions, Entertainment
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Shooting Raises Vexing Mental Health Issues
The Hartford CourantDespair at the massacre of innocents at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown will spur action from political leaders. It will also remind us of our limitations. There will be changes in laws regulating the manufacture, sale and use of guns....Tags: Psychiatry, Hospitals and Clinics, Medical Specialization, Behavioral Conditions, Lawyers
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