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In Theory: Do the media glamorize suicide?
French sociologist Emile Durkheim wrote, "No fact is more readily transmissible by contagion than suicide." According to writer Giles Fraser, the media play a part in this transmission. In an article in the British newspaper The Guardian, Fraser argues...
Tags: Schizophrenia, Gun Control, Murder, Ethics, Suicide
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In Theory: Has technology made it too easy to sin?
The Internet may have brought about a technological revolution in terms of information, entertainment and socializing, but it's also brought about newer temptations for people, according to a survey by Christian research organization the Barna Group....Tags: Ethics, Arts and Culture, LinkedIn Corp., Human Interest, Entertainment
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Caltech to study how people make decisions, mental illness
When people make decisions based on watching or coordinating with other members of society, what is going on in their brains? A new center at Caltech will study the neurobiology behind social decision making. A $9-million grant by the National...
Tags: Schizophrenia, Health and Safety at School, Autism, Mental Illness, Google+
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In Theory: How can we lower the rate of military suicides?
Although the U.S. military's presence in Afghanistan is winding down, with combat troops scheduled to be withdrawn by the end of 2014, suicides in the U.S. military have risen sharply this year. In the first 155 days of 2012, 154 service members have...Tags: U.S. Military, Gun Control, Health, Suicide, U.S. Army
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Dr. Patrick Staunton, 1928-2013
Patrick Staunton traveled from impoverished western Ireland in the early 1950s and rose to a leadership role in the treatment of the mentally ill in Illinois, always mindful of his boyhood as the son of a country doctor who treated patients, delivered...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Park Ridge, Republic of Ireland, Psychiatry, Health
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Lawyers fear Jackson Jr. will lack mental care in prison
Tribune reporterWASHINGTON — As former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. awaits sentencing on July 3, his lawyers filed a court document today saying that he needs ongoing mental health treatment and is unlikely to get suitable care if sent to prison. “It is...Tags: Jesse Jackson, Jr., Social Sciences, Health, Arts and Culture, Culture
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Voice of the People, Jun. 14
The ongoing war on terror Unlike conventional wars, it is not the goal of terrorists to kill as many Westerners as possible. Rather, it is their goal to terrorize us into adopting cultural norms that mirror theirs. Like most extremists of any ilk,...Tags: Jesse Jackson, Jr., Shootings, Bipolar Disorder, Crime, Law and Justice, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Deployment to war doesn't figure in majority of military suicides
Nate Evans had three children depending on him and held down a good job running a hyperbaric chamber at a hospital. But what he really wanted was to go to war. In 2008, as the U.S. death toll in Iraq and Afghanistan approached 5,000, Evans became a...
Tags: Suicide, Iraq, U.S. Army, Mental Health, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Our View: Betty Jo McNeece change means obsolescence
The county of Imperial is really headed in the right direction with Betty Jo McNeece Receiving Home, as it continues to find ways to make it obsolete. That is not a backhanded compliment or a facetious statement; it’s the truth about the need to...Tags: Health, Mental Health, Family, Substance Abuse
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A rose garden to remember dad
South Bend TribuneA rose garden for dad. Christine Sopczyn-ski, of South Bend, has been elated about her rose garden on Westmoor Street, near Kennedy School. Chris said the garden was started by her father, Ben, in the mid-1940s. Her father was an accomplished rosarian and...Tags: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Lobbying, Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., Lincoln Center, Human Interest
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Pitiful story of boy's slaying should melt 'cold' hearts
"The murder was committed in a cold, calculated and premeditated manner," said Assistant Cook County State's Attorney Maureen O'Brien, speaking last week to reporters about the recent stabbing death of a 14-year-old River Grove youth, allegedly at the...Tags: Murder, Shootings, Jarmes R. Clapper, Autism, Ron Wyden
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Santa Monica shooting brings calls for gun regulations
Local officials are calling for better systems to identify and treat mental health problems and for stronger gun-control lobbyists and legislation in the wake of last week's rampage that left five dead. Police on Thursday said that John Zawahri, 23,...
Tags: Gun Control, Health, Mental Health, Crime, Law and Justice, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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