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    Oct 26, 2011 |Story| HB Independent

  1. Mailbag: H.B. greater than sum of its parts

    Huntington Beach has been halved, and two halves do not make a whole! The California Citizens Redistricting Commission has cut our city in half, with two state senators representing our bifurcated city ("Redistricting changes 2012 electoral battles," Aug....

    Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Heart Disease, Hospitals and Clinics, Cancer, Scott Evans Dekraai

    2. May 24, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. James Holmes' attorneys again challenge law on insanity pleas

    CENTENNIAL, Colo. — With the stakes for their client literally life or death, defense attorneys for James E. Holmes on Thursday again challenged the constitutionality of Colorado's law governing insanity pleas. Holmes, 25, is accused in the July...

    Tags: James Holmes, U.S. Supreme Court, Prisons, Laws, Murder

    3. May 22, 2013 |Story| Allentown Morning Call

  3. 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: Behavioral Conditions, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Allentown, Mental Health

    4. May 21, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. 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 of rehabilitation while potentially saving the county millions of dollars.
    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: Behavioral Conditions, Lee Baca, Prisons, Substance Abuse, American Civil Liberties Union

    5. May 21, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  5. 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.
    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: Family, Autism, Learning Disability, Behavioral Conditions, Health

    6. May 20, 2013 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  6. 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.
    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: Rick Scott, Personal Weapon Control, Executive Branch, Florida Legislature, National Rifle Association of America

    7. May 18, 2013 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  7. More guns used in suicides than homicides

    When people think of gun violence, they typically think of a masked robber or a disturbed young man with an assault rifle and hundreds of rounds of ammunition.
    When people think of gun violence, they typically think of a masked robber or a disturbed young man with an assault rifle and hundreds of rounds of ammunition. In truth, the most common victim of fatal gun violence is a distraught man who, alone in a...

    Tags: Rick Scott, Suicide, Orlando, Judges, Depression

    8. May 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Mental illness in youth: a common struggle

    Go to a busy street in your community and count the next 25 adolescents who walk, bike, skateboard, stroll or saunter past. Odds are that two of those 25 kids (8.3% to be exact) would own up to having experienced 14 or more days in the last month that he or she considered "mentally unhealthy," according to a comprehensive report on the mental health of American youth issued Thursday.
    Go to a busy street in your community and count the next 25 adolescents who walk, bike, skateboard, stroll or saunter past. Odds are that two of those 25 kids (8.3% to be exact) would own up to having experienced 14 or more days in the last month that...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, Autism, Learning Disability, Depression, Social Sciences

    9. May 17, 2013 |Story| Glendale News Press

  9. Op-ed: The importance of mental health in schools

    More than a month after the shooting rampage in Newtown, Conn., mental health professionals stated that psychological disorders often emerge before people enter high school; however, only a small percentage of students ever receives necessary intervention...

    Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Family, Health Treatments, Psychology, Personal Weapon Control

    10. May 16, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  10. La Leche League of Columbia meets fourth Friday

    These groups meet regularly. Bereavement Support Group — Fourth Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. This group is for adults who are mourning the loss of a loved one. All are welcome. St. Francis of Assisi Parish, Room 105, 8300 Old Columbia Road, Fulton. 410-792-...

    Tags: Breast Cancer, Behavioral Conditions, Christianity, Anglicanism, Howard County

    11. May 7, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Another way on California's prisons

    Gov. Jerry Brown has made it clear how unhappy he is about having to produce a plan to reduce the inmate population of California's prisons by another 9,000. Under the 2011 realignment law, the state has already lowered the prisoner count by 43,000 by diverting many would-be new prisoners to county jails and many would-be parole violators to county supervision. Besides, the governor has argued, the whole point of the court-imposed population cap — 137.5% of capacity — is to resolve serious problems with inmate medical and mental health care, and hasn't that already been done with an enormous new commitment of resources and treatment?
    Gov. Jerry Brown has made it clear how unhappy he is about having to produce a plan to reduce the inmate population of California's prisons by another 9,000. Under the 2011 realignment law, the state has already lowered the prisoner count by 43,000 by...

    Tags: Jerry Brown, U.S. Supreme Court, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Executive Branch, Prisons

    12. May 7, 2013 |Story| Daily American

  12. Officials trying to stop cycle of repeat jail visits

    It is hard for inmates to break the cycle of crime — and returning to jail. 
    Daily American Staff Writer
    It is hard for inmates to break the cycle of crime — and returning to jail.  Somerset County Jail Warden Greg Briggs said at the March jail board meeting that Somerset County has a 41 percent recidivism rate of inmates sent to state prison who...

    Tags: Somerset County (Pennsylvania), Behavioral Conditions, Prisons, Court Preliminary, Substance Abuse

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