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USC steals 2 star brain researchers from UCLA
In a major case of academic poaching involving crosstown rivals, USC has lured away two prominent neuroscientists from UCLA with a promise to expand their internationally renowned lab that uses brain imaging techniques to study Alzheimer's disease,...
Tags: National Institutes of Health, Political Fundraising, Students, Politics, Rice University
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L.A. Now Live: USC lures away some of UCLA's top science minds
In a major case of academic poaching among cross-town rivals, USC is announcing Friday that it is hiring away prominent UCLA neuroscientists and moving an internationally renowned lab that uses brain imaging to research such diseases as Alzheimer’s,...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Science and Technology, University of California, Los Angeles, Autism, Education
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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: Health Treatments, Crime, Law and Justice, Pat Quinn, Behavioral Conditions, Mount Greenwood
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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, Bipolar Disorder, American Legion, Health, Crime, Law and Justice
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Teva to market Alexza agitation treatment in the U.S.
ReutersTEL AVIV, May 8 (Reuters) - Teva Pharmaceutical Industries and Alexza Pharmaceuticals reached an exclusive U.S. license and supply agreement for Adasuve inhalation powder for the treatment of agitation associated with schizophrenia or bipolar I disorder...Tags: Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited, Trials, Bipolar Disorder, Anxiety, Symptoms
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LETTER: Condition Obscures Mental Illness
Op-ed writer and psychiatry professor Larry Davidson writes that he is opposed to assisted outpatient treatment because he is not aware of data "that indicate that persons with psychotic disorders refuse treatment because they have a neurological...Tags: Symptoms, Mental Illness, Behavioral Conditions
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Costa Mesa man who died in home blast was paranoid of the government
The contents of a long, rambling essay written by a Costa Mesa man who likely blew himself up in an apparent suicide are concerning police, authorities said Monday. The 17,000-word essay, titled “The Pricker: A True Story of Assassination,...
Tags: Explosions, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Emergency Incidents, Mental Illness, Behavioral Conditions
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Man who died in home blast wrote of 9/11, John Lennon conspiracies
A Costa Mesa man who police believe blew himself up inside his home wrote extensively about his fear of government. He wrote that the government was behind the killing of Nicole Brown Simpson and John Lennon, the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and the...
Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Mental Illness, Boston Marathon, Behavioral Conditions, Sports
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Judge delays ruling in competency for suspected downtown shooter
Chief Judge Belvin Perry will rule by next week about whether accused downtown Orlando shooter Jason Rodriguez is competent to stand trial. Several reports documenting 43-year-old Rodriguez's mental health were submitted and more than half a dozen...
Tags: Lawyers, Trials, Shootings, Justice System, Orange County (Florida)
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LETTER: Neurological Basis For Denying Mental Illness
In response to Dr. Larry Davidson's op-ed "Mental Illness Fallacies Counterproductive" [April 28, http://www.courantopinion.com], it is embarrassing that a professor of psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine can publicly claim that "there are no...Tags: Yale University, Mental Illness, Behavioral Conditions
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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: Mental Illness, Behavioral Conditions
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Latest Indiana news, sports, business and entertainment
INDIANA MEDICAID Medicaid expansion in Pence's hands after session INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Gov. Mike Pence is now playing the waiting game with federal officials reviewing Indiana's request to expand Medicaid using its Healthy Indiana Plan medical...Tags: Shootings, Government, Crime, Law and Justice, DeKalb, Politics
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