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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: Mental Health, Pharmaceuticals, Behavioral Conditions, Bristol (Hartford, Connecticut), Crime, Law and Justice
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Jackson Jr.'s 'promise' turns pitiful
Even by the jaded standards of Illinois politics, former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.'s spending spree with his campaign cash sounds breathtakingly shameless, partly because it sounds so senseless. Back in the early 1980s, his father, the Rev. Jesse L....
Tags: Chicago Elections, Bruce Lee, Michael Jackson, Hospitals and Clinics, Depression
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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: Diseases and Illnesses, Hallmark Greeting Card, Firearms, Arthritis, Gun Control
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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: Medicaid, Medical Specialization, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Economy, Business and Finance, Nursing Homes
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Hundreds of inmates at Hampton Roads Regional Jail are diagnosed with serious mental illnesses
Hampton Roads Regional Jail houses several hundred inmates who have been diagnosed with mental illness. They include men and women, those who've committed "nuisance" crimes, such as trespassing, and those convicted of felonies, including assault. Many...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Pharmaceuticals, Prisons, Crimes, Schizophrenia
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Some mentally ill get jail; others get treatment
Worlds apart in their treatment of mental illness, the Hampton Roads Regional Jail in Portsmouth and Eastern State Hospital in James City County have overlapping populations. Some even go back and forth between the two institutions. Both house men and...
Tags: Medical Specialization, Renovation, Joe Brown, Schizophrenia, Employment Opportunities
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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: Bank Robbery, Hospitals and Clinics, Pharmaceuticals, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Prisons
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Daily calendar: March 12, 2013
TOPS No. 297: 8:30 a.m. weigh-in, 9 a.m. meeting, 502 S. Lincoln St. Brown County Commission meeting: 8:45 a.m., commission chambers, Brown County Courthouse Annex, 25 Market St. Alcoholics Anonymous: 1 and 8:30 p.m., Yellow House, 519 S. Arch St....Tags: Human Interest, Diabetes
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Tonight: ‘American Idol,’ ‘Survivor,’ Kim Novak on TCM
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelThe highlights Wednesday night: “American Idol” should have an easy time of it in the ratings because it's going against many reruns, notably “The Middle,” “Arrow,” “Modern Family” and “Criminal Minds&... -
The eternal disputes of the Dead Sea Scrolls
In June 1954, a small advertisement ran in the Wall Street Journal: "Biblical manuscripts dating back to at least 200 BC are for sale." The commercial offering was the start of a long and controversial path for the Dead Sea Scrolls, a cache of fragmentary...
Tags: Judges, United Nations, Christianity, University of Chicago, The Wall Street Journal
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Daily calendar: March 5, 2013
TOPS No. 297: 8:30 a.m. weigh-in, 9 a.m. meeting, 502 S. Lincoln St. Brown County Commission meeting: 8:45 a.m., commission chambers, Brown County Courthouse Annex, 25 Market St. Alcoholics Anonymous: 1 and 8:30 p.m., Yellow House, 519 S. Arch St....Tags: Human Interest, IHOP Corporation
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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: Michael Jackson, Behavioral Conditions, Crime, Law and Justice, Mental Illness, Punishment
Mar 27, 2013
|Story| Hartford Courant
Feb 24, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Mar 26, 2013
|Story| South Bend Tribune
Mar 22, 2013
|Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press
Mar 18, 2013
|Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press
Mar 18, 2013
|Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press
Mar 16, 2013
|Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press
Mar 11, 2013
|Story| Aberdeen News
Mar 6, 2013
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Mar 10, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Mar 4, 2013
|Story| Aberdeen News
Feb 20, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
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