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Burbank psych unit fills in a gap
A woman enters unlocked homes, looking in mirrors combing what she thinks are silk worms coming from her head. A man is holed up in a room full of guns as he fights voices in his head that are telling him to kill himself. Prior to the establishment of a...Tags: Suicide, Mental Health, Health, Health Insurance Cost, Behavioral Conditions
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Karagiosian trial: Attorney for Burbank police detective asks for $1M
Jurors in a trial brought by an Armenian American Burbank police detective who alleged he was harassed and faced discrimination were asked by his attorney Tuesday to award him $600,000 to $1 million. In his closing arguments in Los Angeles County...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Discrimination, Justice System, Health and Medical Professionals, Medical Specialization
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Dr. Daniel Offer, 1929-2013
Psychiatrist Daniel Offer ignored conventional wisdom and prevailing theories in conducting research that provided new insights into adolescent development and how adults remember the past. "He always said, 'You've got to get the data,'" said his wife,...
Tags: Dialysis, Israel, Germany, Health and Medical Professionals, Psychiatrists
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Do diet changes help ADHD children?
Dylan Jerrell was having a tough time in kindergarten. The energetic, outgoing Bigfoot fan was easily frustrated, and he responded to challenges with disruptive meltdowns. He wouldn't hit anyone, but he'd break down and cry or yell at his teachers....
Tags: European Union, Pharmaceuticals, Symptoms, Chemical Industry, Science and Technology
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DSM-5 is here: Are psychiatrists ready to stop arguing about it?
Finally. After many contentious years, the American Psychiatric Assn. has unleashed DSM-5, the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. If you know one thing about the DSM, it’s probably that this book is...
Tags: Tiger Woods, Symptoms, Science and Technology, Health and Medical Professionals, Harvard University
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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: Symptoms, Pharmaceuticals, Chemical Industry, Science and Technology, Internal Medicine
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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: Pharmaceuticals, Chemical Industry, Health and Medical Professionals, Oak Park, Diabetes
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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, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Health and Medical Professionals, Psychiatrists
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Predicting stubborn alcohol addiction: mood, motive may hold keys
It doesn't take stacks of research to demonstrate that medicating painful feelings with alcohol or drugs is a dangerous and ultimately futile strategy (although those studies do exist). But the relationship between emotional difficulties and alcohol...Tags: Depression, Substance Abuse, Medical Specialization, Behavioral Conditions, Medical Research
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Army sergeant pleads guilty, describes killing 5 fellow servicemen
JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. — U.S. Army Sgt. John Russell pleaded guilty Monday to second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of five fellow service members and the attempted murder of another in Iraq in 2009 after the government agreed not to...
Tags: Judges, Justice System, Health and Medical Professionals, Trials, Shootings
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Gilbert Caffall Morrison
Morrison, Gilbert Caffall, 82, passed away on March 14, 2013 at his home in Mission Viejo, California. Born February 28, 1931 in Beaumont, Texas to Ardis Emma Caffall and Frank William Morrison. He attended Southwestern University at Georgetown, Texas and...Tags: University of California, Irvine, University of Cincinnati, Colleges and Universities, Medical Specialization, Tulane University
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Prosecutor can't show accused cannibal criminally responsible
Harford County's top prosecutor said Wednesday that he does not have enough evidence to show that Alexander Kinyua is criminally responsible for killing a family friend and eating his organs last year. A state psychiatric hospital previously found that...
Tags: Judges, Justice System, Defendants, Morgan State University, Trials
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