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Into thin air
RedEyeIt's been five years of waiting for Rose Mae Starnes, whose adoptive daughter vanished one day when Starnes was out of the house. Five years of anguish. "I would just hug her and kiss her," says Starnes, clutching tightly an eighth-grade graduation...Tags: Yasmin (drug), Kidnapping, FBI, Missing Persons
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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, Yale School of Medicine, Psychiatry, Asperger Syndrome, Behavioral Conditions
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St. Charles District 303 approves new contract, pay raises for teachers
After a period where salaries were frozen, St. Charles District 303 teachers have a new, three-year contract, complete with pay raises. The school board approved the contract Monday night after four months of negotiations. Teachers already had signed...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Chicago Public Schools
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New Mental Health Facility at Salem VA is almost done
WDBJ7 ReporterThe newest building at the Salem Veterans Affairs Hospital will treat the injuries you can't see. The $9.5 million dollar Mental Health Wing will treat veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and other psychological ailments. The 25,000 square...Tags: Salem (Salem, Virginia), Veterans Affairs, Health, Behavioral Conditions
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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 Illness, Ellicott City, Autism, Family, Health
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Schoolmates of suicide victims at higher risk
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Teens who have a classmate die of suicide are more likely to consider taking, or attempt to take, their own lives, according to a new study. The idea that suicide might be "contagious" has been around for centuries, senior...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Medical Procedures and Tests, Health Organizations, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Medical Research
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Director feared Michael Jackson 'could have hurt himself'
Michael Jackson tour director Kenny Ortega wrote in an email to the president and chief executive of AEG Live that the singer "could have hurt himself," according to court testimony. The email, in which Ortega said the singer was in frail mental health,...
Tags: Michael Jackson, Conrad Murray, AEG, Kenny Ortega, Propofol (drug)
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Living a normal life with a mental disorder
About 1 in 4 adults in this country is suffering from a diagnosable mental disorder. That's about 60 million people. Anxiety and depression lead the list. In the past, most people have not been willing to talk about it or get help. Doctors say...
Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Health, Behavioral Conditions
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Walking to raise money for Mental Health America of Roanoke Valley
The 9th annual Walk For Mental Health is Tuesday at Wasena Park in Roanoke. It's an effort to raise money for Mental Health America of Roanoke Valley. The walk starts at 6:30 p.m. It's part of national Mental Health Month.
Tags: Health, Behavioral Conditions
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Voice of the People, May. 21
Care options I appreciate the Chicago Tribune for paying attention to an issue that my family has been faced with for quite some time: caring for the mentally ill. My brother has been dealt a bad hand in life. He has wild mood swings that without the...Tags: Car Safety Tips and Advice, Israel, Diabetes, Chicago Tribune, Health and Medical Professionals
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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: Prisons, Zev Yaroslavsky, Substance Abuse, Mental Illness, American Civil Liberties Union
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Where to bury the truly awful
If you don't believe in souls or an afterlife, then a corpse is just a body — potentially a teaching tool, a source of lifesaving organs, but little more. In 1829, taking such thinking to the extreme, a radical British pamphleteer named Peter...
Tags: Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Dismemberment, Ethics, Authors, Values
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