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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: Springfield, Mental Health, Culture, Social Sciences, Arts and Culture
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Mother speaks out about son accused of plotting to shoot up theater in Bolivar
Reporter and PhotographerSPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- He's a good kid-- that's what Tricia Lammers says about her son who's accused of planning to shoot up a movie theater in Bolivar last weekend. For the first time Tuesday, she spoke out about him and his struggle with mental illness. ...Tags: Movies, Chemical Industry, Pharmaceuticals, Arts and Culture, Walmart
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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: Symptoms, Police Arrests, Abusive Behavior, Prisons, Heart Attack
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New Allentown center offers help for people with mental illness
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 25 percent of adults in the United States are living with mental illness; however, the outlook for persons with mental illness today is much brighter than it was even a decade ago due to...Tags: Mental Health, Allentown, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Behavioral Conditions
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The New DSM – The Bible Of Psychiatry – Arrives Amid Debate
The Hartford CourantBinge eating and hoarding both get their own categories, while Asperger syndrome is no longer recognized as a diagnosis in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders — better known as the DSM-5 — which comes...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Separation of Church and State, Yale School of Medicine, Authors, Amazon.com Inc.
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L.A. County supervisor outlines a new jail proposal
Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky wants the board to consider tearing down part of the troubled Men's Central Jail and building a facility to house mentally ill and drug addicted inmates, which he says would offer all prisoners a better chance...
Tags: Mental Health, American Civil Liberties Union, Zev Yaroslavsky, Substance Abuse, Lee Baca
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Asperger's does not make a murderer
Regarding your article about the teen girl accused of plotting her father's murder with her boyfriend ("Troubled child on a dark path," May 19), I found the article filled with misleading information and misinformation. First, the article tells us she...
Tags: Mental Health, Health, Family, Autism, Ellicott City
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Complex gives adults with mental illness a place to live independently
The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill.Bob Malone lived in a "total dump." "It was simply terrible," the 60-year-old Clinton resident said of his previous apartment. "When it rained, the roof leaked and the floors flooded. The place was filled with mice and it would take the landlord three...Tags: Schizophrenia, Heart Problems, High Blood Pressure, Substance Abuse, Bipolar Disorder
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Despite need, no county mental health money used for housing
The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill.The chronically mentally ill are more likely to be chronically poor and homeless, advocates say, leaving them vulnerable to funding decisions of legislators and service providers that decide how limited public money is spent. As state dollars for...Tags: Schizophrenia, Business Enterprises, Finance, Bloomington, Government Health Care
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Research suggests investing in stable homes is wise spending
The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill.The chase for government dollars may be an arduous path, but studies show supportive housing for the mentally ill can save money in the long run. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), a New York study of 10,000 homeless people...Tags: Mental Health, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Health, Prisons, Rental Service
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Florida Gov. Rick Scott should be fired up to sign this reasonable gun bill
It's not often a Florida governor gets caught in the crossfire between gun enthusiasts and the National Rifle Association. Unfortunately, that's where Gov. Rick Scott finds himself, thanks to a reasonable gun-control bill awaiting his signature. HB 1355...
Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Politics, National Government, Executive Branch, Crime, Law and Justice
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Changes to psychiatric manual ignite debate over grief, mental illness and faith
St. Louis Post-DispatchEach year 90,000 parents in the U.S. confront the profound suffering that follows the death of a child or adolescent. Some of those rely on faith to help them through their grief. Others look to psychiatrists, who offer therapy or prescribe...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Separation of Church and State, Science and Technology, Insurance, Medical Specialization
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