Psychiatry News

Re B (A Child) – Social Engineering or Proportionate Response to Risk of ...
Family Law Week
The mother had had significant difficulties in her early life and had been abused physically, mentally and sexually by her step-father, with whom she had had a relationship and a child. ... The mother had been assessed by a psychiatrist as a very ...

Four gifts that will make dad's day on Fathers Day
Daily Caller
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Broward judge sharply questions state workers for allowing boy to return to ...
MiamiHerald.com
One month later, Simmons was involuntarily committed to a psychiatric hospital under the Baker Act after her mother found her smothering her then-2-year-old son with a pillow, records say. After two calls to the Department of Children & Families' abuse ...

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The Genetics of Post-Traumatic Stress
Toronto NewsFIX
Although larger studies and additional research are needed, understanding how interactions between genetics and environment affect mental health is important for unraveling the biology of psychiatric disorders and developing better treatments.

Lock & lead: Women hold top positions in Cass and Clay jails
In-Forum
The women have seen quite a few changes over the years, both said. Mental health issues are becoming a bigger problem in their jails, they said. “For years now the prevailing thought is that the communities can provide the services that people need. It ...

The Secret DUI Factor
Daily Caller
Sen. Jeff Sessions: Senators turned immigration reform over to secret meetings, special interest groups · Connecticut health officials bully barber giving free haircuts to the homeless · Chicago Teachers Union blasts mass firings dictated by post ...

Comment: Time to resuscitate mental-health services in BC
Victoria Times Colonist
Knox continues: “People used to be treated in mental hospitals” and, “so now those afflicted with serious mental disorders are left to wander the street, lonely and isolated, often turning to self-medication.” He goes on to mention the mentally ill as ...

Republicans' Orwellian doublespeak on immigration
Daily Caller
It's starting to feel a lot like 1984. Not the year, but the novel. Big Brother is watching just about everyone and everything, and the language of politics is being twisted and distorted beyond anything even Orwell could have imagined. Orwell's ...

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Sexual Harassment Is A Grassroots Political Movement
Raw Story
One of the biggest misconceptions out there about sexual harassment is that it's mostly intended as a kind of flirting, an attempt by the harasser to get positive attention and maybe even consensual sex. If you believe that, you're much more likely to ...

More Americans think Snowden is a patriot than a traitor
Daily Caller
While professional politicians and the mainstream media have united in denouncing National Security Agency whistle-blower Edward Snowden as a criminal, the American population is reserving judgment on the former Booz Allen Hamilton contractor.

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Daily Caller
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder described him as an outstanding math and science instructor with a tireless dedication to his craft. So why does Gary Abud, the 2013-14 Michigan Teacher of the Year, make well below the average salary for teachers in his district?

Just Change The Damn Football Team's Name Already
Raw Story
Alex Pareene at Salon has a remarkable article up today about the Washington R*dsk*ns hiring Frank Luntz to try to convince people that the obnoxious racial slur that is the team's name should not be recognized for what it is. The article makes an ...

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Former congresswoman rakes in $450K from federally funded laboratories
Daily Caller
Former New Mexico Republican Rep. Heather Wilson received nearly half a million dollars in “questionable” payments from four federally funded nuclear laboratories after leaving office, according to the Department of Energy's inspector general. “In fact ...

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When the ballot box fails: How Obama sold the public a false bill of goods
Daily Caller
One of the most concerning things about recent revelations about the extent of our surveillance state is that nothing revealed was illegal. What is more, to the deciders, this apparently wasn't all that controversial. I mentioned this Monday, but it ...

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McConnell sets stage for immigration concession
Daily Caller
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell endorsed a modest amendment to the “Gang of Eight” immigration bill Tuesday, a move that could set the stage for a major concession by the Kentucky Republican and his party on the far-reaching and relatively ...

In the matter of B (A Child) [2013] UKSC 33
Family Law Week
While investigating the allegations of fraud against M, the police discovered paedophilic images in a computer in the family home. Mr E contended that the police had planted them there. In 2004 Mr E complained to ... Dr Bass stressed that M's ...

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Psychiatric patients' IDs stolen by hospital worker, feds say
Sun-Sentinel
Curtis Fullwood's job was to help patients with mental health problems find work they could do in the South Florida State Hospital in Pembroke Pines, but instead, authorities say, he stole their identities. Fullwood, 57, and his cousin, Terri Davis, 45 ...

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United States: Health Care Reform Implementation Update - June 4, 2013
Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
... Exchanges, and Children's Health Insurance Programs; Conditions of Participation for Community Mental Health Centers; Exchange Functions: Eligibility for Exemptions and Miscellaneous Minimum Essential Coverage Provisions; Inpatient Psychiatric ...

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Psychiatric patients' IDs stolen by hospital worker, feds say
Sun-Sentinel
Curtis Fullwood's job was to help patients with mental health problems find work they could do in the South Florida State Hospital in Pembroke Pines, but instead, authorities say, he stole their identities. Fullwood, 57, and his cousin, Terri Davis, 45 ...

Conservatives want House to codify 'Hastert Rule'
Daily Caller
Conservative activists are calling for the codification of the “Hastert Rule,” which requires that a majority of the majority in the House of Representatives support legislation before it can be brought to the floor, after Speaker of the House John ...

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