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Walk the Walk raises awareness of mental health in Chambersburg
roxann.miller@herald-mail.comOne in four individuals will experience mental illness in their lifetime. Nearly 30 years ago, A. Kenneth Wuertenberg suffered his own bout with mental illness. “I had a break from reality,” he said. “My behavior became more erratic...Tags: Franklin County (Pennsylvania), Substance Abuse, Mental Health, Diseases and Illnesses, Human Interest
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James Holmes' attorneys again challenge law on insanity pleas
CENTENNIAL, Colo. — With the stakes for their client literally life or death, defense attorneys for James E. Holmes on Thursday again challenged the constitutionality of Colorado's law governing insanity pleas. Holmes, 25, is accused in the July...Tags: Justice System, Prosecution, Laws, Trials, Prisons
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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: Crime, Law and Justice, Malcolm X, Jesse Jackson, Jr., Punishment, Mayo Clinic
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Health professionals split over allowing psychologists to prescribe drugs
Week in and week out for the last five years, Marlin Hoover has boarded a plane for New Mexico, where he sees patients Monday through Wednesday. Then, the psychologist flies home Thursday to treat patients at his southwest suburban office in Tinley Park....
Tags: Chemical Industry, Diabetes, Mental Health, Hinsdale, Psychologists
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New Allentown center offers help for people with mental illness
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 25 percent of adults in the United States are living with mental illness; however, the outlook for persons with mental illness today is much brighter than it was even a decade ago due to...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mental Health, Allentown, Behavioral Conditions
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Stress in trauma's wake: Genes play a major role
Ten years after terrorists hijacked four American jetliners and killed nearly 3,000 people, there's growing evidence that people with a previous history of depression, or who have been traumatized before, are far more vulnerable to developing post-...Tags: Genes and Chromosomes, Social Issues, Juvenile Delinquency, Stress, Steven Kazmierczak
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Mental health groups call on President Obama to recognize military personnel who commit suicide
The American Psychiatric Assn. on Tuesday urged President Obama to reverse a long-standing policy of withholding condolence letters to the families of U.S. servicemen and women who commit suicide. "A reversal of this policy to allow condolence letters to...Tags: Medical Services, Iraq, Disasters and Accidents, Mental Health, Los Angeles Times
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The New DSM – The Bible Of Psychiatry – Arrives Amid Debate
The Hartford CourantBinge eating and hoarding both get their own categories, while Asperger syndrome is no longer recognized as a diagnosis in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders — better known as the DSM-5 — which comes...Tags: Depression, Mental Health, Autism, Science and Technology, Separation of Church and State
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L.A. County supervisor outlines a new jail proposal
Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky wants the board to consider tearing down part of the troubled Men's Central Jail and building a facility to house mentally ill and drug addicted inmates, which he says would offer all prisoners a better chance...
Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, Prisons, Mental Health, Substance Abuse, Lee Baca
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Asperger's does not make a murderer
Regarding your article about the teen girl accused of plotting her father's murder with her boyfriend ("Troubled child on a dark path," May 19), I found the article filled with misleading information and misinformation. First, the article tells us she...
Tags: Ellicott City, Mental Health, Health, Family, Learning Disability
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Florida Gov. Rick Scott should be fired up to sign this reasonable gun bill
It's not often a Florida governor gets caught in the crossfire between gun enthusiasts and the National Rifle Association. Unfortunately, that's where Gov. Rick Scott finds himself, thanks to a reasonable gun-control bill awaiting his signature. HB 1355...
Tags: Regional Authority, Government, Interior Policy, Justice System, Politics
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DAKOTAS-COLD APRIL ND has coldest April on record; SD 2nd coldest (Information in the following story is from: WDAY-TV, http://wday.com) FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The National Climatic Data Center says April this year was the coldest on record for the...Tags: South Dakota State University, Medical Procedures and Tests, U.S. Postal Service, Teaching and Learning, Boneless Lean Beef Trimmings
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