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Jani's at the mercy of her mind
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIt's been a rough week. A few days ago, at UCLA's Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital, 6-year-old Jani toppled a food cart and was confined to her room. She slammed her head against the floor, opening a bloody cut that sent her into hysterics. Later, she...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Behavioral Conditions, Psychiatrists, Medical Specialization, Health
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Neuroscience mapping brain connections
Inside the human skull lies a 3-pound mystery. The brain — a command center composed of tens of billions of branching neurons — controls who we are, what we do and how we feel. "It's the most amazing information structure anybody has ever...
Tags: Electroencephalography, Parkinson's Disease, Behavioral Conditions, Medical Specialization, Stanford University
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Dr. Thomas Szasz dies at 92; psychiatrist who attacked profession
Dr. Thomas Szasz, the New York psychiatrist whose Don Quixote-like attacks on the psychiatric profession in the 1960s and 1970s led him to a position of prominence and influence before his radical ideas fell into disrepute and he faded into obscurity, has...
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Crime, Law and Justice, Colleges and Universities, Behavioral Conditions, University of Chicago
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Mental illness sans cliches
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterDENNY CRANE calls it "mad cow," but viewers of "Boston Legal" know William Shatner's character is in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease. Another character on the show, Jerry Espenson (played by Christian Clemenson), has strange tics, can't keep his...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Lorraine Bracco, Family, Justice System, The West Wing (tv program)
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Dr. James West dies at 98; a founder of Betty Ford Center
Dr. James W. West stood on the cutting edge of medicine in the middle of the 20th century and recognized "it sounded bizarre to remove an organ from a dead person and expect it to work." He was part of a team of surgeons who helped change that perception...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Behavioral Conditions, Betty Ford, University of Chicago, Medical Specialization
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Boy Scout files reveal repeat child abuse by sexual predators
For nearly a century, the Boy Scouts of America has relied on a confidential blacklist known as the "perversion files" as a crucial line of defense against sexual predators. Scouting officials say they've used the files to prevent hundreds of men who...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Police Arrests, Sexual Assault, Youth Organizations, Trials
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'Desperate Housewives' actress who played Mrs. McCluskey dies
Less than three weeks after nosy neighbor Mrs. McCluskey succumbed to lung cancer on the series finale of "Desperate Housewives," Kathryn Joosten — the actress who won two Emmy Awards for portraying the television character — has died of the...Tags: Primetime Emmy Awards, Desperate Housewives (tv program), Lung Cancer, Cancer, Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
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Anders Behring Breivik trial in Norway draws to a close
World NowAnders Behring Breivik trial draws to a close; judges are left with the dilemma of Breivik's sanity.... -
State Senate OKs bill banning 'conversion therapy' for gay youths
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Hoarding, hand-washing and obsessive checking: Which of these is not like the others?
People with a diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive disorder can often shake their family tree and find a relative who has also contended with obsessive thoughts, hoarding, repetitive hand-washing, behavior in which locks and stove burners are checked over...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Social Sciences, Behavioral Conditions, Medical Specialization, Psychiatrists
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Epilepsy, psychiatric drug taken in pregnancy may cause developmental delays
Pregnant women who take valproate sodium, a widely used psychiatric and epilepsy medication (sold under the commercial names Depakote, Depakene and Depacon) run a higher risk than women who take other anti-seizure drugs that the child exposed in utero...Tags: Pregnancy and Childbirth, Behavioral Conditions, Physical Conditions, Drugs and Medicines, Health
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Lanvin's dreamy realist
Los Angeles Times Fashion CriticIn just 10 years, Alber Elbaz has succeeded in waking the sleeping beauty that was the French fashion house of Lanvin, giving it a modern identity and a must-have status. His particular brand of imperfect glamour — fraying lace edges, exposed...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Robert Downey Jr., Zoe Saldana, Casablanca (movie), Michelle Obama
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