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Soldier faces 5 murder charges in 2009 shootings at Iraq clinic
A soldier accused of gunning down five fellow soldiers at a mental health clinic in Iraq after reportedly being harshly admonished and laughed at by Army psychologists has been ordered to face a court-martial on charges of premeditated murder and could...
Tags: Chemicals, Lawyers, Health and Medical Professionals, Judges, Death Penalty
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Thinking can undermine religious faith, study finds
Scientists have revealed one of the reasons why some folks are less religious than others: They think more analytically, rather than going with their gut. And thinking analytically can cause religious belief to wane — for skeptics and true believers...
Tags: Education, Health and Medical Professionals, University of Chicago, Science and Technology, Auguste Rodin
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Mexico teen prodigy is a psychologist at 17
World NowThe director of child psychology at the Center for the Attention to Talent is a child himself: 17-year-old Andrew Almazan, a prodigy who was reading Shakespeare and Cervantes at age 6.... -
South African cab driver reportedly escapes road rage charges
World NowCCTV cameras captured a road rage incident in which a South African commuter minibus driver attacks a pedestrian. But charges against the alleged driver reportedly were dropped Wednesday for lack of evidence.... -
Apps may help, but couch those expectations
"We obviously believe that this technology is nothing short of life-changing," boosts Ran Zilca, chief scientist of bLife, a Los Angeles-based company that markets the Live Happy app. But is there really any evidence that using a mood app helps?
There...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Psychotherapy, Culture, Social Sciences, Arts and Culture
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Children's Hospitals
In photographs, Megan Webber’s 5-year-old son Benjamin had a white glow on one eye where other people have that little red dot. It didn’t seem important at first, then her sister remembered seeing a TV show about the glow and eye disease....Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Medical Specialization, General Practitioners, Diseases and Illnesses, Health
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A fog of drugs and war
SEATTLE — U.S. Air Force pilot Patrick Burke's day started in the cockpit of a B-1 bomber near the Persian Gulf and proceeded across nine time zones as he ferried the aircraft home to South Dakota.
Every four hours during the 19-hour flight,...Tags: Schizophrenia, Chemicals, Afghanistan, Health and Medical Professionals, Trazodone (drug)
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California state mental hospitals plagued by peril
When Garth Webb was sent to Napa State Hospital, his parents were relieved. The bellboy and amateur composer from Sebastopol had been in the throes of bipolar disorder when he was charged with threatening the lives of co-workers. His family encouraged...Tags: Schizophrenia, Chemicals, Health and Medical Professionals, Medical Specialization, Psychiatry
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California hires relatives of hospital reform effort's leader
During Nirbhay Singh's eight years as lead consultant for California's psychiatric hospitals, state officials hired his relatives, then urged the facilities to use a little-known therapy and psychological questionnaire they had devised, state records...
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Hospitals and Clinics, Medical Specialization, Mental Health, Philosophy
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Putting the app in therapy
Your smartphone: It's not just for texting, tweeting, waging war against little green pigs and — oh, right — calling people. It's also for making yourself a happier, less stressed-out, more self-aware person.
Really, there's an app for that....Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Psychotherapy, Social Sciences, Culture, Arts and Culture
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Psychic ability study debunked: Steer clear of rabbit hole, psychologists say
Psychic ability is real, and here's proof, Daryl Bem said in 2011. It was an exciting claim, but excitement fades with time -- and, often, with further investigation.
The social psychologist at Cornell University did research that he said supported the...Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Health and Medical Professionals, Science and Technology, Entertainment Events, Ides of March
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Rick Santorum wants to be God's chosen one in South Carolina
Reporting from Florence, S.C. -- In the race to be the most sincere Christian candidate for president, Rick Santorum looks like the front-runner.
Out on the edge of town here Sunday afternoon, out among the big box stores and strip malls, at a family...Tags: Federal Reserve, Politics, Health and Medical Professionals, Protestantism, Newt Gingrich
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