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Monday Fitness Kids Challenge, 3:30 p.m. at Roosevelt Gardens Park, 2841 NW 11th St., Fort Lauderdale. Free. Call 954-327-3888. Flamingo Gardens Orchid Society, 7:30 p.m. at Taft Street Baptist Church, 7241 Taft St., Hollywood. Free. Call 954-680-4585....Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Lupus, Parkinson's Disease, Libraries
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A Look at Racial Disparities in Connecticut's Criminal Justice System
At least 29 people in Connecticut have died in the past seven years after deadly encounters with cops: 18 shot to death; probably 11 more after being hit by police Tasers. Almost 59 percent of those fatal incidents involved blacks or Latinos,...
Tags: Social Issues, American Civil Liberties Union, Mental Health, Murder, Middletown
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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: Mental Health, General Practitioners, Hinsdale, Illinois General Assembly, Don Harmon
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Commentary: Deal with inmates' mental health problems
The state penal system leaves a bad taste in my mouth, and you should have the same reaction as well. California's mental health system and protocols leave a bad taste in my mouth too. Combine the two and stir. You have what can collectively be...Tags: Mental Health, Behavioral Conditions, Health
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Five killings at Camp Liberty in Iraq: Calculation or despair?
JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, WASH. — The court-martial of Army Sgt. John Russell concluded Saturday with a military judge asked to decide whether the 14-year Army veteran was deluded by depression and despair as he shot five fellow service members in...Tags: Mental Health, Lawyers, Murder, Justice System, Judges
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LETTER: Blinkered Perception Of Mentally Ill
As the sibling of a person who has managed schizophrenia for 40 years, I'm disappointed by Dr. Larry Davidson's op-ed "Mental Illness Fallacies Counterproductive" [April 27, courantopinion.com]. The problem isn't that psychotic people sometimes refuse...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Schizophrenia
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Latest Indiana news, sports, business and entertainment
OBIT-STARKER Grammy-winning cellist Janos Starker dead at 88 BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Grammy Award-winning cellist Janos Starker has died after months of declining health. He was 88. Alain Barker, a spokesman for the Jacobs School of Music at...Tags: Interior Policy, Teaching and Learning, Homelessness, Shootings, Prosecution
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Seminar gives insight into mental illness
Although more than 20 years have passed since Lois Knoke's first traumatic break, her voice cracked and her eyes watered as she described her darkest days living with a mental illness. "Picture a heart monitor going flat. Now picture that as my mind,"...Tags: Diabetes, Pharmaceuticals, Behavioral Conditions, Bipolar Disorder, Hospitals and Clinics
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Mother's quest to find treatment for son highlights mental health system's limitations
When Chris Marciano was 4 years old, he would have a blistering tantrum whenever music came on the radio. By the second grade, his teacher described him as "not with us." At age 11, he was kicked out of school. "The pediatrician said he was just...
Tags: Cocaine, Suicide, Trials, Bipolar Disorder, Pat Quinn
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Commentary: We must help those with mental illness
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Let's take a moment this month to consider some facts: 1 in 5 children have a diagnosable mental health disorder. One in 4 adults experience a mental health disorder in a given year, and a staggering 1 in 17 adults...Tags: Mental Health, American Legion, Iraq War (2003-2011), Behavioral Conditions, Bipolar Disorder
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Ill. chief justice: Follow FOID law on mental health issues
Tribune reporterSPRINGFIELD — The chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court, citing “gun-related tragedies” and the state’s debate over concealed carry, emphasized in a memo to judges throughout Illinois this week that the state must be notified...Tags: Gun Control, Mental Health, Interior Policy, Justice System, National Rifle Association of America
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State chief justice: Follow law on mental health reporting
— The chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court, citing "gun-related tragedies" and the state's debate over concealed carry, emphasized in a memo to judges throughout Illinois this week that the state must be notified when they determine a...
Tags: Gun Control, Interior Policy, Mental Health, Justice System, National Rifle Association of America
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