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    May 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  1. Tamerlan Tsarnaev: Not just any body

    If you don't believe in souls or an afterlife, then a corpse is just a body — potentially a teaching tool, a source of life-saving organs, but little more.
    If you don't believe in souls or an afterlife, then a corpse is just a body — potentially a teaching tool, a source of life-saving organs, but little more. In 1829, taking such thinking to the extreme, a radical British pamphleteer named Peter...

    Tags: Pakistan, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Religion and Belief, Ethics, Authors

  2. May 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  3. 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: Demographics, Medical Procedures and Tests, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Environmental Pollution, Health

  4. May 14, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  5. Sgt. John Russell: Wrenching testimony in penalty phase

    <span>JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. &mdash; </span>Lt. Col. Michael Jones was the last psychiatrist to see Sgt. John Russell before the sergeant returned to the Iraq mental health clinic with an M-16 rifle, killing two doctors and three other fellow servicemen.
    This post has been corrected. See the note at the bottom for details.
    JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. — Lt. Col. Michael Jones was the last psychiatrist to see Sgt. John Russell before the sergeant returned to the Iraq mental health clinic with an M-16 rifle, killing two doctors and three other fellow servicemen. In...

    Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Psychiatrists, Health, Same-Sex Marriage, Military Justice

  6. May 14, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  7. Veterans home-loan bond money going untapped

    SACRAMENTO &mdash; In the last century, Californians have said yes to every request for money to help veterans buy homes.
    SACRAMENTO — In the last century, Californians have said yes to every request for money to help veterans buy homes. Since 2000, they have signed off on $1.4 billion in bonds for that purpose. But most of that money remains untapped. In fact, the...

    Tags: Vietnam, Health, Voting, Iraq, Marketing

  8. May 13, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  9. Army sergeant found guilty of premeditation in killing 5 servicemen

    JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. &mdash; Army Sgt. John Russell was found guilty Monday of the premeditated murder of five fellow servicemen in 2009 at a mental health clinic in Iraq, a charge that carries a mandatory sentence of life in prison.
    JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. — Army Sgt. John Russell was found guilty Monday of the premeditated murder of five fellow servicemen in 2009 at a mental health clinic in Iraq, a charge that carries a mandatory sentence of life in prison. Families...

    Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Health, Depression, Military Justice, Armed Conflicts

  10. May 9, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  11. Judge refuses to free murder defendant, 86, from mental hospital

    Over the objections of Los Angeles County mental health officials, a judge Thursday ordered an 86-year-old murder defendant to remain in the government's care and not be released to a family member.
    Over the objections of Los Angeles County mental health officials, a judge Thursday ordered an 86-year-old murder defendant to remain in the government's care and not be released to a family member. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Norman Shapiro...

    Tags: Prosecution, Health, Alzheimer's Disease, Sleep Deprivation, Lawyers

  12. May 10, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  13. With Michael Jackson, lurid details of power, perversion never end

    Is it possible for the Michael Jackson story to become more lurid, pathetic or extreme?
    Is it possible for the Michael Jackson story to become more lurid, pathetic or extreme? You bet your sweet Jesus juice. Jackson’s mother and three children have sued Anschutz Entertainment Group, blaming the promoter of what was supposed to be...

    Tags: Prosecution, Conrad Murray, Health and Medical Professionals, Witnesses, Entertainment

  14. May 12, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  15. Too young for solitary

    At probation camps and juvenile halls, where delinquent minors are often held, officials sometimes have no choice but to temporarily isolate disruptive juveniles for the safety of other youths and camp personnel. But as an hour turns into a day or more &mdash; and reports from some camps and halls suggest it can turn into a week or a month &mdash; temporary isolation turns into solitary confinement, a brutal practice when employed against anyone, and an especially cruel way to treat a juvenile who is still developing and does not yet have the emotional skills to bounce back from such treatment.
    At probation camps and juvenile halls, where delinquent minors are often held, officials sometimes have no choice but to temporarily isolate disruptive juveniles for the safety of other youths and camp personnel. But as an hour turns into a day or more...

    Tags: Prisons, Health, Behavioral Conditions, Juvenile Delinquency, Crime, Law and Justice

  16. May 8, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  17. Jackson thought God was speaking to him, witness testifies

    The pop legend who once had cut a lean but muscular figure and obsessed about every detail of his performance was suddenly scarily gaunt, attending rehearsals in dance shoes with holes and telling people that God was speaking to him.
    The pop legend who once had cut a lean but muscular figure and obsessed about every detail of his performance was suddenly scarily gaunt, attending rehearsals in dance shoes with holes and telling people that God was speaking to him. Michael Jackson's...

    Tags: AEG, Prosecution, Conrad Murray, The O2, Witnesses

  18. May 11, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  19. Five killings at Camp Liberty in Iraq: Calculation or despair?

    JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, WASH. &mdash; The court-martial of Army Sgt. John Russell concluded Saturday with a military judge asked to decide whether the 14-year Army veteran was deluded by depression and despair as he shot five fellow service members in Iraq, or was executing a calculated plan of revenge against psychiatrists who had blocked his hopes for an early exit from the Army.
    JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, WASH. — The court-martial of Army Sgt. John Russell concluded Saturday with a military judge asked to decide whether the 14-year Army veteran was deluded by depression and despair as he shot five fellow service members in...

    Tags: Prosecution, Health and Medical Professionals, Health, Psychiatrists, Depression

  20. May 9, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  21. L.A. County ordered to assume guardianship of elderly murder suspect

    Over the objections of Los Angeles County mental health officials, a judge on Thursday ordered an 86-year-old murder defendant to remain in the government's care and not be released to a family member.
    Over the objections of Los Angeles County mental health officials, a judge on Thursday ordered an 86-year-old murder defendant to remain in the government's care and not be released to a family member. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Norman Shapiro...

    Tags: Prosecution, Health, Alzheimer's Disease, Sleep Deprivation, Lawyers

  22. May 6, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  23. Court-martial opens for sergeant who killed 5 U.S. troops in Iraq

    JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. &mdash; Army Sgt. John Russell opened fire on U.S. mental health workers at a combat stress center in Iraq out of revenge after doctors said he was not eligible to leave the Army, prosecutors said Monday at the opening of Russell's court-martial on charges of premeditated murder.
    JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. — Army Sgt. John Russell opened fire on U.S. mental health workers at a combat stress center in Iraq out of revenge after doctors said he was not eligible to leave the Army, prosecutors said Monday at the opening of...

    Tags: Prosecution, Psychiatrists, Courts-Martial, Health and Medical Professionals, Unrest, Conflicts and War

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