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US report: Foster kids get high rate of psych meds
Federal health officials are failing to monitor how state agencies are doling out powerful psychotropic drugs to foster children, according to a comprehensive investigation released Thursday showing foster kids are being prescribed the drugs at rates 2....Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Government Health Care, Chemical Industry, Health Insurance, Psychiatrists
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Study shows Medicaid kids are denied medical care
CHICAGO (AP) — Children on public insurance are being denied treatment by doctors at much higher rates than those with private coverage, according to an undercover study that had researchers pose as parents of sick kids seeking an appointment with a...Tags: American Academy of Pediatrics, Government Health Care, Dermatologists, Medical Services, Health Insurance
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Man who allegedly threatened Donnelly ruled unfit for trial
Tribune Staff WriterA federal judge ruled on Tuesday the Granger man charged with threatening U.S. Rep. Joe Donnelly and his South Bend office staff unfit to stand trial. Brett Keiling, 46, was arrested Jan. 24 after he called Donnelly’s downtown office and...Tags: Health, Celebrities and Bad Behavior, Pharmaceuticals, Behavioral Conditions, Justice System
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Mother battles Michigan over daughter's medication
DETROIT (AP) — Frustration over her physically impaired daughter's medical care led Maryanne Godboldo to lash out at what she considered state interference and into a 12-hour standoff when Detroit police came to take the girl away. When it ended,...Tags: Wisconsin, Behavioral Conditions, The Associated Press, Bronx (New York City), Michigan
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Memorial to buy Madison Center
SOUTH BEND -- Memorial Hospital says it's buying part of Madison Center's assets to avoid a gap in quality mental healthcare in this community. For $3 million, Memorial will take over three buildings and the programs provided there - including inpatient...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Human Interest, Mental Health, Medical Specialization, Medical Services
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Parents say son accused of threatening South Bend congressman needs help, not jail
GRANGER — Brett Keiling, 46, who is charged with threatening U.S. Rep. Joe Donnelly and his office staff, is a mentally ill man who badly needs help rather than incarceration, according to his elderly parents.
"When he was a child, I thought I...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, California, Chemical Industry, St. Joseph County (Indiana), Crimes
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Voice of the People, May. 18
Mental-health medicines This is in response to "Psychologists seek prescription power; Health professionals split over contentious bill now up to House" (News, May 12) and "Rx: Slow down; Psychologists and mental health medicines" (Editorial, May 13)....Tags: Physiology, Behavioral Conditions, General Practitioners, Psychologists, Chemical Industry
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Psychiatrists unveil their long-awaited diagnostic "bible"
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - The long-awaited, controversial new edition of the bible of psychiatry can be characterized by many numbers: its 947 pages, its $199 price tag, its more than 300 maladies (from "dependent personality disorder" and "voyeuristic...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Psychologists, Lifestyle and Leisure, Psychotherapy, Flu
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Multiple concussions tied to more suicidal thoughts
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who've sustained multiple brain injuries throughout their life were more likely to report suicidal thoughts than people with one or no concussions, according to a new study of deployed U.S. military personnel....Tags: Behavioral Conditions, U.S. Military, Medical Specialization, Junior Seau, University of Utah
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Is grief a mental illness? Psychiatrists, critics face off over revised diagnostic guidebook
AP Medical WriterCHICAGO (AP) — In the new psychiatric manual of mental disorders, grief soon after a loved one's death can be considered major depression. Extreme childhood temper tantrums get a fancy name. And certain "senior moments" are called "mild...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Psychologists, Chemical Industry, Authors, Psychiatrists
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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: Springfield, Don Harmon, Physiology, Behavioral Conditions, General Practitioners
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Trial date set for Jefferson County psychiatrist on sex assault charges
richardb@herald-mail.comAn Oct. 15 trial date has been set for a Jefferson County psychiatrist who was indicted by a county grand jury in April on felony sexual assault and abuse charges in a case involving a 15-year-old girl, Assistant Prosecutor Hassan Rasheed said Wednesday....Tags: Assault, Justice System, Psychiatrists, Crime, Law and Justice, Sex Crimes
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