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Boys Have Eating Disorders, Too
The Hartford CourantIn February 2010, Jonathan Noyes' uncle died suddenly. Several months later, during a summer trip to see the Statue of Liberty, Jonathan's much-loved grandmother started feeling ill. She was diagnosed with cancer and died two weeks before Christmas. Not...Tags: Angelina Jolie, Symptoms, Crime, Law and Justice, Parkinson's Disease, Psychologists
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A Lawsuit Could Test the Limits of the Rights of the Disabled in the Bedroom
Caroline Kendall Kortner led a brief and often hellish life. Born in 1970, Kendall, as she was called, lived out her childhood in the Cos Cob neighborhood of Greenwich. When she was eight, a neighborhood boy began sexually molesting her. Soon after, she...
Tags: Laws, Symptoms, Crime, Law and Justice, AOL LLC, Justice System
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Sandy Hook Commission Studying Mental Health Following Newtown Massacre
The Hartford CourantAfter focusing on guns for the past two months, the governor’s Sandy Hook Advisory Commission held its first public hearing Friday on mental health issues related to the Newtown massacre. Kim Pernerewski, the president of the Waterbury chapter...Tags: Politics, Yale School of Medicine, Health and Medical Professionals, Mental Health, Mental Illness
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'The Gilded Age Of Hartford' At Twain House
The Hartford CourantIn 1873, Mark Twain and his friend, Charles Dudley Warner, were complaining about the sorry state of contemporary literature. So their wives challenged them: If books today are so bad, then write a better one. So they did. Twain wrote the first 11...Tags: Mark Twain, Book, Arts and Culture, Farmington (Hartford, Connecticut), American School for the Deaf
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COURANT/FRONTLINE INVESTIGATION: Raising Adam Lanza
The Hartford CourantShortly after her move from New Hampshire to Newtown in 1998, Nancy Lanza had good news about her troubled son. "Adam is doing well here, and seems to be enjoying the new school," Lanza wrote to a friend back in Kingston, N.H., in a Feb. 9, 1999, email....Tags: Western Connecticut State University, Barack Obama, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Colleges and Universities
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James Black Was 'Dr. Jim' To His Young Patients
The Hartford CourantJames Black — "Dr. Jim" to many of his small patients — was an esteemed child psychiatrist who was active in many areas: he evaluated and treated children, he made recommendations to the court in custody disputes, he taught residents in...Tags: Religion and Belief, Same-Sex Marriage, Crime, Law and Justice, Health and Medical Professionals, Colleges and Universities
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Ruegos apasionados por el mejoramiento de la salud mental durante la audiencia legislativa
El Hartford CourantExpertos pasaron horas explicando las deficiencias en el sistema de salud mental del estado a un equipo de trabajo especial de la Asamblea General el martes, pero fue una madre de la Escuela Elemental Sandy Hook quien los dejó sin palabras. Jennifer...Tags: Adam Lanza, Jesse White
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Southford Falls State Park A Respite In Our Darkest Hours
The Hartford CourantDuring life's darkest hours, the woods have always been my security blanket. It has always been a place where civilization disappears, replaced by the peaceful sounds of wind whispering through the pines or an owl hooting deep in the forest. And after...Tags: State Parks, Manchester, Hartford Hospital, Hospitals and Clinics
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Lots Of Kids Are Loners, But When Does Social Disconnection Signal Danger?
The Hartford CourantMany people who knew Adam Lanza said he was awkward, withdrawn and socially isolated. It's a common description of mass shooters, but it also describes countless numbers of young people, most of whom grow out of their shyness and go on to lead normal...Tags: Asperger Syndrome, Suicide, Health and Medical Professionals, Colleges and Universities, Mental Health
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Disturbed Kids Stuck In Emergency Room Limbo
Today, in Hartford, I see 16 children traversing the all-too-familiar tortuous path of mental illness, failing to receive the care they most desperately need. Yet how can this be, in the immediate aftermath of the most horrific of events in our own...
Tags: Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Barack Obama, Disasters and Accidents, General Practitioners, Mental Health
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Sully's Genre-Skipping Heroes Emerge From the Woodshed, Ready to Release a New Album
Sully’s Pub in Hartford has long been a hotspot for central Connecticut’s musically-inclined. In particular, the mid- and late-‘00s gave rise to a wave of insanely talented musicians. André Balazs may be the hardest one to pin down....Tags: Bipolar Disorder, Behavioral Conditions, Tom Waits, Nick Drake, Terryville
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Timeline: Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport Priest Abuse Case
The Hartford CourantMarch 2001. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport settles 23 lawsuits brought against seven unnamed priests for an undisclosed amount of money. The court orders the documents sealed and church officials believe eventually destroyed. Four newspapers &#...Tags: Politics, Bridgeport (Fairfield, Connecticut), Crime, Law and Justice, Sacred Heart University, Colleges and Universities
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