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Leading mental health researchers are warning that some of the most important health consequences of climate change will be on mental health. The researchers say that climate change has the potential to have significant negative effects on those with pre-existing serious mental illness, but that there is also likely to be an increase in the overall burden of mental disorder worldwide.
RICHMOND A state panel has revised its report on the 2007 mass shootings at Virginia Tech, modifying accounts of how long it took the school to alert the campus. The panel also added details about Seung-Hui Cho's (sung-wee joh) troubling behavior and information from his mental-health records. Cho killed 32 before fatally shooting himself.
BOSTON - The Boston Police Department and the state Civil Service Commission are locked in a dispute over the mental health evaluations of some job applicants. The Boston...
LIVERPOOL, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwire - 12/01/09) - A man with mental health problems has won his right to pursue a compensation claim against Merseyside Police, after being sprayed in the face with CS gas by a police officer. David Johnston, a 38 year old man with a history of mental illness that includes schizophrenia, was informed on November 20th 2009 that he could pursue his right to seek ...
A Rochester man who led police on a high-speed pursuit, causing several motorists to swerve out of the way, then tried to get police to shoot him, has been found not guilty by reason of mental illness.
Instituting student mental health screenings is one way to improve the initiative further.
LEBANON, Ohio - Southwest Ohio authorities say former NBA player Kirk Snyder has been transferred to a mental health facility after being ordered back to jail for allegedly removing an electronic monitor. Snyder pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity in April to felonious assault and aggravated burglary charges stemming from a home break-in. The 26-year-old was wearing the device while ...
Your 18-year-old daughter Brook doesn't seem herself lately. She's lost a lot of weight, is snapping at everyone and spending way too much time napping, rather than going out with friends as she normally would. When you tell her you're concerned, Brook admits her life seems to be spinning out of control. You both think she might need some type of therapy, but you don't know what to do next. If a ...
The man charged in the abduction of Elizabeth Smart has a narcissistic personality disorder but has been competent to stand trial since his 2003 arrest, a psychiatrist testified Thursday. Competence - Elizabeth Smart kidnapping - Narcissistic personality disorder - Mental Health - Health
Police in Burlington say a woman is being held for a mental health evaluation after she allegedly assaulted two staff members at a school.
It was standing room-only in the chapel at Florida State Hospital as the mental health facility celebrated an achievement which drew the Department of Children and Families’ highest-ranking official to the party.
WOODSTOCK – The case of a Wonder Lake woman accused of striking a police officer and threatening to let her pit bull loose has been transferred to McHenry County’s Mental Health Court.
Mary Grimm used a local cafe as her office and received words of encouragement from cafe employees to write "The Tootsie Roll Lady: A Memoir of Mental Illness, Alcoholism and Faith," a book about finding hope and her personal struggles between 1998 and 2005.
EUREKA -- The Art For Life Studio's holiday art show will take place today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the conference room at Humboldt County Mental Health Services, 720 Wood St.
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. - Army brigade leaders at Fort Campbell have begun monthly meetings of officers, doctors and counselors to catch early signs of emotional or mental stress among their troops and intervene before soldiers hurt themselves or others.
AP Photo/Brian Branch-PriceA 2006 file photo of New Jersey Public Advocate Ronald Chen.When college students appear suicidal, school administrators face a difficult judgment call. Do they steer them toward mental health treatment, or remove the students from campus, hoping to...
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