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Guns and mental health
WSBT-TVAnyone buying a gun has to go through an extensive background check, but one thing that's not checked is mental health. The FBI does the background checks. Those checks reveal whether someone has a criminal history. But unless a mental issue has...Tags: Mental Health, Rentals, Personal Weapon Control, Politics, FBI
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School resumes for Newtown students as new details surface in investigation
(CNN) -- Across this devastated town, students returned to schools Tuesday, marking the beginning of a new reality. With their sense of normalcy shattered after last week's massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary, students at other schools are seeing more...Tags: Elections, Politics, FBI, U.S. Congress, Sandy Hook Elementary School
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Psychiatric help is out there, but there's not enough to go around
WSBT-TVSOUTH BEND- The aftermath of what happened in Newtown, Connecticut is shedding more light on mental health in our country. The mental health of the shooter, Adam Lanza, is being investigated as to a possible motive of why he did this. We're digging...Tags: Asperger Syndrome, Human Interest, Mental Illness, Mental Health, Adam Lanza
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Disabled parents face bias, loss of kids: report
Millions of Americans with disabilities have gained innumerable rights and opportunities since Congress passed landmark legislation on their behalf in 1990. And yet advocates say barriers and bias still abound when it comes to one basic human right: To be...
Tags: Politics, Pension and Welfare, Justice and Rights, Breastfeeding, Mental Illness
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Prescription Addiction: A growing epidemic
WSBT-TV ReporterIt’s a shocking statistic impacting lots of local families – last year in St. Joseph County, more people died from accidental drug overdoses than in car accidents. Many of those deaths were caused by prescription drugs. It’s a...Tags: Pain, General Practitioners, Morphine (drug), Health and Safety at School, Prescription Drugs
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Family Spokesman: George McGovern dead at age 90
WALTER R. MEARS,Associated PressSIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — George S. McGovern, a proud liberal who argued fervently against the Vietnam War as a senator from South Dakota and suffered one of the most crushing defeats in presidential election history against Richard Nixon in 1972,...Tags: Spiro Agnew, Parties and Movements, Elections, Pilsen, Politics
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Missing LaGrange man safely found
LAGRANGE – A missing 65-year-old LaGrange area man has been found safe and sound. John Auer had last been seen on a 10-speed bicycle Tuesday (Sept. 4). Police say Auer suffers from bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and depression and is known to...Tags: Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder
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UPDATE: No prison time for former Notre Dame coach in standoff
SOUTH BEND — Objecting to being labeled “a victim,” the wife of Corwin Brown stood solidly beside her husband and told a judge that he did not deserve to go to prison. “It wouldn’t be good for him,” Melissa Brown...
Tags: Mental Illness, Lawyers, Football, Abusive Behavior, National Football League
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Missing South Bend teenager found safe and sound
For the last two days, police and family members of Sarah "Callie" Cox have been asking for the public's help in finding the missing South Bend teen who left home Friday afternoon. WSBT got word early Sunday afternoon from Sgt. William Redman of the St....
Tags: Redman, Autism, Bipolar Disorder
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IU scientist developing anti-suicide nasal spray
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana University School of Medicine scientist has been awarded $3 million to develop a nasal spray intended to combat suicidal thoughts among soldiers. The U.S. Army awarded the research grant to associate professor of...
Tags: Suicidal Behavior, Biology, Indiana University, U.S. Army, Science and Technology
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UPDATE: Corwin Brown pleads guilty, but mentally ill, in confinement case
SOUTH BEND TRIBUNESOUTH BEND — Speaking softly, Corwin Brown offered mostly simple yes or no answers to a judge’s questions Thursday, as he pleaded guilty, but mentally ill, to confining and battering his wife last year. The former professional football...Tags: Judges, Mental Health, Court Preliminary, Abusive Behavior, Football
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Gov. Snyder order creates Michigan Autism Council
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Rick Snyder has signed an order establishing an Autism Council within the state Department of Community Health. The governor's office said Thursday's order is a step to implement Michigan's Autism Spectrum Disorders State...Tags: Regional Authority, Executive Branch, Government, Politics, Autism
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