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Boy who shot neo-Nazi father has 'tragic history,' expert says
L.A. NOWThe 12-year-old Riverside boy who shot and killed his neo-Nazi father had a "tragic history," including violence since he was a toddler, a mental health expert testified Monday. But, said child psychologist Anna Salter, there was no indication the boy's..... -
Letters: America's tragedy
Re "'Evil visited this community,'" Dec. 15 I've been a school principal for 34 years and am obligated to provide a safe and secure environment. Educators and mental health professionals know that people just don't "snap." There usually are warning...
Tags: Gun Control, Manufacturing and Engineering, Barack Obama, Dannel P. Malloy , Weaponry
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Jackie Lacey, for the prosecution
It's a tidy coincidence that Jackie Lacey, newly elected as Los Angeles County's first female and first African American district attorney, is a graduate of the city's Susan Miller Dorsey High School, named for L.A.'s first female schools superintendent....
Tags: Punishment, Criminal Laws, Toys "R" Us, Inc., Behavioral Conditions, Elections
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California Senate leader pushes national mental health plan
PolitiCalCome for the party, stay for the lobbying. Or is that vice-versa? State Senate leader Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento) is in Washington, D.C., this week to attend the inaugural festivities. But he’s mixing a little business with pleasure, looking to... -
Lady Gaga will offer mental-health counseling before concerts
Tailgating and mental health don't necessarily go together — unless you're living in Lady Gaga's world. On the coming leg of her Born This Way Ball tour, the singer will offer free counseling during the BornBrave pre-show, courtesy of the Born...
Tags: Born This Way (song), Behavioral Conditions, Social Media, Disc Jockeys, Lady Gaga
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Metta World Peace launches Metta World Therapy
On Christmas Eve, Metta World Peace launched the first episode of his original Web show "Metta World Therapy" for The NOC, one of YouTube's "original sports channels." The Lakers forward sits down to talk with "kid therapists to talk out big issues."...
Tags: Metta World Peace, National Basketball Association, YouTube, Auction Service
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'Know the Signs' campaign aims to prevent suicide through awareness
California has launched a mass media campaign to raise awareness about suicide prevention, officials announced Wednesday. The bilingual campaign, called Know the Signs, will include television, print, online and radio ads on how to recognize warning...
Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Elections, Suicide, Politics, Health
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Helping homeless vets, slowly
Los Angeles County holds the unwelcome distinction of having the most homeless veterans in the country — 6,000 to 8,000, depending on whose estimate you use. That number has remained stubbornly, embarrassingly high despite the presence of a...
Tags: Eric Shinseki, Veterans Affairs, Health Treatments, Zev Yaroslavsky, Health
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'It's Complicated' is no answer to gun violence, newspaper says
In the wake of the deadly school shootings in Newtown, Conn., a newspaper publisher on the other side of the country — in Idaho of all places, where gun ownership is up there with life and liberty as a solemn human right — found himself with a...
Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Gun Control, DeKalb, Shootings, Northern Illinois University
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Mental illness and gun violence
The reaction to the school shootings in Newtown, Conn., last week was immediate and voluminous. Of the more than 600 letters sent to letters@latimes.com on the topic, about 120 of them mentioned mental illness as a cause for the violence. A handful of...
Tags: Portland (Middlesex, Connecticut), Republican Party, Behavioral Conditions, Autism, Personal Weapon Control
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Newtown, Conn.: The trigger
What was he feeling? Thinking? We will never know for sure. After Adam Lanza slaughtered 26 people Friday at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., he killed himself — and took his thoughts and emotions with him. Twenty of his victims...
Tags: Kentucky Fried Chicken, Lynnville, Rentals, Adam Lanza, Sandy Hook Elementary School
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Goldberg: On Newtown, mourn first, then act
On Friday, in his moving and heartfelt statement in response to the horrific shootings in Newtown, Conn., President Obama said, "As a country, we have been through this too many times…. And we're going to have to come together and take meaningful...
Tags: Barack Obama, The Washington Post, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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