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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: Autism, Symptoms, Psychiatrists, Science and Technology, Culture
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FDA warns pregnant migraine sufferers against anti-seizure drugs
The Food and Drug Administration is warning physicians that women who suffer migraine headaches and are pregnant or may become pregnant should not use the drugs valproate or valproic acid to prevent the severe headaches, in light of new evidence showing...
Tags: Headaches, Migraine, Chemical Industry, Autism, Depakote (drug)
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California's burning season
This week, on Facebook, someone posted one of those preprinted witticisms that vie with cute kittens for the attention of people sharing stuff: "I don't know where YOU live, but the weather here is somewhere between bipolar and psychotic this year." I...
Tags: Fires, Natural Resources, Environmental Issues, Methamphetamine (drug)
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Catherine Zeta-Jones checks into facility for bipolar II care
Catherine Zeta-Jones has gone back into treatment for her bipolar II disorder, her rep confimed Monday. "Catherine has proactively checked into a healthcare facility," the actress' rep told the Ministry in a statement. "Previously Catherine has said...
Tags: Social Media, Behavioral Conditions
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Prosecutors drop charges against ricin suspect, filing confirms
Officials have dropped charges against the Elvis impersonator accused of mailing ricin-laced letters to President Obama, a U.S. senator and a Mississippi judge, according to a court filing Tuesday. Poisoning suspect Paul Kevin Curtis of Corinth, Miss.,...
Tags: Paul Kevin Curtis, Ricin Mail Attacks (2013), Prosecution, Trials, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013)
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Ricin poisoning suspect has been released from jail
The man accused of trying to poison the president, a U.S. senator and a Mississippi judge with ricin has been released from jail, the U.S. Marshal's Service said Tuesday. The circumstances behind the release of Paul Kevin Curtis, a 45-year-old part-time...
Tags: Paul Kevin Curtis, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Trials, FBI
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On TV, a new breed of Modern Woman
A ruthlessly self-aware political wife reconsidering her choices. A sensual socialite facing down an oppressive age with informed good humor. A group of young women so busy defying social expectations they've forgotten to have any of their own. A...
Tags: The Good Wife (tv program), Tina Fey, Girls (tv program), Parks and Recreation (tv program), The New Girl (tv program)
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The Sunday Conversation: Blake Bailey rediscovers 'Lost Weekend' author
In his new biography, "Farther and Wilder: The Lost Weekends and Literary Dreams of Charles Jackson," Blake Bailey explores the tormented life of the author of "The Lost Weekend" — the once-celebrated 1944 novel that led to the Oscar-winning film...
Tags: Movies, Gore Vidal, Academy Awards, Addiction, Entertainment
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Ricin suspect believed he was in 'secret war'
WASHINGTON — In the early-morning hours before he was arrested on suspicion of sending a poison-laced letter to the president of the United States, Paul Kevin Curtis was typing messages on his Facebook profile. Over the previous few days, the 45-...
Tags: Prosecution, Ricin Mail Attacks (2013), Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Sociology
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Classic Hollywood: Vin Scully makes the call on baseball films
Over the decades, films about legendary baseball players have sometimes knocked it out of the park (1942's "The Pride of the Yankees" about Lou Gehrig) or struck out (1948's "The Babe Ruth Story.") The latest baseball biopic to step up to the plate is...
Tags: Yankee Stadium, Movies, Boston Red Sox, MLB Network (tv network), New York Yankees
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Demi Lovato tweets picture of herself without makeup
Demi Lovato tweeted a photo of herself without makeup on Wednesday, urging her almost 13 million followers to do the same. "Ladies, be brave today.. take off your make-up and stop using those filters!! WE are beautiful!!!," she wrote as a caption to the...
Tags: Eating Disorders, Social Media, Demi Lovato, Mariah Carey, Heart Attack
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The eternal disputes of the Dead Sea Scrolls
In June 1954, a small advertisement ran in the Wall Street Journal: "Biblical manuscripts dating back to at least 200 BC are for sale." The commercial offering was the start of a long and controversial path for the Dead Sea Scrolls, a cache of fragmentary...
Tags: Judaism, Israel, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Christianity
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