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Some colleges tighten restrictions on prescribing ADHD medications
Reporter and PhotographerYou're cut off-- some colleges say abuse of drugs used to treat ADHD is so rampant they'll rarely prescribe it for students, and when they do it's only after extensive analysis by a doctor and a signed contract promising not to share the pills. Most of...Tags: Science and Technology, Pharmaceuticals, Drugs and Medicines, Social Sciences, College of William and Mary
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What's Going Around: Seasonal affective disorder
lmatter@kspr.com, tnguyen@kspr.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo. - The lack of exposure to sunlight in the winter months can not only affect our moods, but can also lead to a disorder. It's called Seasonal Affective Disorder, better known as SAD. And doctors say it can be serious. "Because of the...Tags: Depression, Psychologists, Health and Medical Professionals, Seasonal Affective Disorder, Light Therapy
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Mental illness definition broadens; experts fear 'pathologizing everyday life'
ReporterSPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Three people in three weeks: a young man from Bolivar as charged with threatening to shoot up a local movie theater; another man then vowed to finish the job; and, this week, a man from Springfield told staff at Mercy Hospital he would...Tags: Arts and Culture, Bipolar Disorder, Psychiatry, Social Sciences, Mental Health
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KSPR SPECIAL REPORT: The Rise of Heroin in the Ozarks
mmoloney@kspr.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Southwest Missouri has the unofficial title as the methamphetamine-making capital of the country. Busts, smurfing arrests, and meth-based legislation seem to dominate the news. Yet it's the harder stuff—heroin—police are...Tags: Methamphetamine (drug), Health, OxyContin (drug), Addiction, Drug Trafficking
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Police Chief and Sheriff Support 'Wet Shelter' For Intoxicated Individuals, People with a Mental Illness who are Otherwise Booked in Jail for Petty Crimes
Reporter, PhotographerTop law enforcement officials say a type of shelter known as a "wet shelter” is needed to create space in the overcrowded Greene County Jail for serious, violent offenders. They want to open a secure facility to hold people who are homeless,...Tags: Criminals, Symptoms, Abusive Behavior, Crime, Law and Justice, Health and Medical Professionals
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Neighbors of Possible Murder, Suicide: `Terrible Smell Made Us Call Cops, Couple had History of Domestic Violence'
Reporter, Reporter, Photographer, PhotographerNeighbors say a terrible smell made them call police to the scene of a possible murder suicide. Police found a man and a woman dead inside a duplex bedroom in the 1400 block of west Mt. Vernon. “The stench just came up through the basement and went...Tags: Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, Arts and Culture, Murder, Suicide
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Seacat says his wife was depressed in interview with KBI
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsTestimony in the trial of Brett Seacat wrapped up for the weekend. Seacat is charged with killing his wife Vashti and setting their Kingman home on fire in April 2011. Friday, jurors watched four hours of a seven hour interview Seacat did with the...Tags: Depression, Suicide
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READER SUBMITTED: First Annual 5K In Meriden A Great Success
MeridenOn the morning of Saturday, May 11th, hundreds got together at Hubbard Park in Meriden, Connecticut to exercise for a great cause. The event - titled the CHC Meriden 5k: Race for Mental Health - was presented by the Community Health Center, Inc. and...Tags: First Aid, Meriden, Arts and Culture, Family, United Way
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St. Charles District 303 ends mental health summit early
St. Charles District 303 talks on mental health as related to school security wrapped up early, and organizers soon will turn to crafting recommendations from the sessions for the school board and community. This year's Summit 303 – an annual...Tags: Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Health and Safety at School, Health, Environmental Issues, Conservation
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