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Dr. Patrick Staunton, 1928-2013
Patrick Staunton traveled from impoverished western Ireland in the early 1950s and rose to a leadership role in the treatment of the mentally ill in Illinois, always mindful of his boyhood as the son of a country doctor who treated patients, delivered...
Tags: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Republic of Ireland, Medical Specialization, Health, Hospitals and Clinics
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Do diet changes help ADHD children?
Dylan Jerrell was having a tough time in kindergarten. The energetic, outgoing Bigfoot fan was easily frustrated, and he responded to challenges with disruptive meltdowns. He wouldn't hit anyone, but he'd break down and cry or yell at his teachers....
Tags: Medical Specialization, Social Sciences, Teaching and Learning, Newspaper and Magazine, Pharmaceuticals
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Dr. Daniel Offer, 1929-2013
Psychiatrist Daniel Offer ignored conventional wisdom and prevailing theories in conducting research that provided new insights into adolescent development and how adults remember the past. "He always said, 'You've got to get the data,'" said his wife,...
Tags: Psychiatrists, Medical Specialization, Teaching and Learning, Dialysis, University of Chicago
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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: Psychiatrists, Medical Specialization, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Social Sciences, Adultery
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Changes to psychiatric manual ignite debate over grief, mental illness and faith
St. Louis Post-DispatchEach year 90,000 parents in the U.S. confront the profound suffering that follows the death of a child or adolescent. Some of those rely on faith to help them through their grief. Others look to psychiatrists, who offer therapy or prescribe...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Culture, Psychology, Health and Safety at School, Depression
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UW-Madison researchers journey deep into the brain via the science of imaging
The Wisconsin State JournalThe brain, with its tangled bundles of neurons and strangely named regions, has been called the most complex structure in the universe. And its workings have remained largely mysterious, hidden deep within the folds of gray matter. Until now. At UW-...Tags: Psychologists, Diseases and Illnesses, Barack Obama, Dalai Lama, Punishment
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Health professionals split over allowing psychologists to prescribe drugs
Week in and week out for the last five years, Marlin Hoover has boarded a plane for New Mexico, where he sees patients Monday through Wednesday. Then, the psychologist flies home Thursday to treat patients at his southwest suburban office in Tinley Park....
Tags: Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Hinsdale, Pharmaceuticals, Chemical Industry
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Trial date set for Jefferson County psychiatrist on sex assault charges
richardb@herald-mail.comAn Oct. 15 trial date has been set for a Jefferson County psychiatrist who was indicted by a county grand jury in April on felony sexual assault and abuse charges in a case involving a 15-year-old girl, Assistant Prosecutor Hassan Rasheed said Wednesday....Tags: Justice System, Psychiatrists, Health and Medical Professionals, Assault, Prosecution
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Predicting stubborn alcohol addiction: mood, motive may hold keys
It doesn't take stacks of research to demonstrate that medicating painful feelings with alcohol or drugs is a dangerous and ultimately futile strategy (although those studies do exist). But the relationship between emotional difficulties and alcohol...
Tags: Alcohol Addiction, Medical Specialization, Depression, Substance Abuse, Behavioral Conditions
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Reports blister Chicago psychiatric hospital for youths
When Garfield Park Hospital opened in February, the child psychiatric center promised to treat Chicago's toughest kids, including young gang members and sexually aggressive adolescents. But Illinois officials stopped sending juvenile state wards to...
Tags: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Medical Specialization, Nursing, Garfield Park, U.S. Department of Justice
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Anthem Agrees To Reprocess 28,000 Psychotherapy Claims, Pay $400,000 To Providers
The Hartford CourantAnthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Connecticut agreed to pay $400,000 to psychiatrists and behavioral-health providers for services dating back to Jan. 1 and to reprocess thousands of claims, the state Insurance Department said Wednesday. At issue is...Tags: Psychiatrists, Medical Specialization, Psychologists, Social Sciences, American Medical Association
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