Bipolar Disorder

NAMI coordinator Haynes honors memory of her sister

2013-05-15 06:22:00

Ashley Haynes is working long hours out of a tiny cubicle these days, earning about half what she was a few months ago. And she couldn't be happier. As events and education outreach coordinator for National Alliance on Mental Health Illness in Maryland,...

Howard County health briefs

2013-05-10 00:00:00

Screenings The county Health Department's North Laurel Health Center, 9411 Whiskey Bottom Road, will offer walk-in HIV/AIDS testing services from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays and Fridays and from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. by appointment: 410-313-0630. Also,...

Anne Arundel County health briefs

2013-05-10 00:00:00

Rabies prevention The Department of Health offers information on how to prevent the spread of rabies and what to do in the event of exposure. Rabies is most often seen in raccoons, bats, foxes and skunks. Information: 410-222-7168 or visit aahealth.org....

Seriously mentally ill people can't wait another year for lawmakers to change the standard for involuntary commitments

2013-04-12 12:00:00

Regarding your recent editorial on making it easier for families to commit a mentally ill relative to a mental institution against their will, Maryland's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and some state delegates apparently are missing the urgent...

La Leche League of Columbia meets fourth Friday

2013-02-21 14:04:00

These groups meet regularly. Bereavement Support Group — Fourth Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. This group is for adults who are mourning the loss of a loved one. All are welcome. St. Francis of Assisi Parish, Room 105, 8300 Old Columbia Road, Fulton. 410-792-...

Hospitals team to find beds for psychiatric patients

2013-02-18 15:38:00

Carl Edgell doesn't enjoy going to the hospital. But he doesn't want to hurt anyone, either. The 44-year-old homeless man has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. At times when he has felt that he has...

Dearth of mental health treatment options leads to emergencies

2013-01-07 16:12:00

Bryan Johnson didn't know he had bipolar disorder until he ended up at the emergency room, where he assaulted a police officer. His family had taken him to the University of Maryland Medical Center because he was acting strangely, staring into the...

Pasadena man sentenced to life in prison in wife's slaying

2013-01-07 11:14:00

A Pasadena man has been sentenced to life in prison for killing his wife as she was preparing to leave him. Anne Arundel County Circuit Judge Alison L. Asti sentenced Stephen Richard Salb, 58, on Friday, agreeing with the sentence prosecutors sought for...

Homeland Season 2, Episode 11 recap

2012-12-10 04:00:00

With one episode remaining in the second season of “Homeland,” several plotlines reached their conclusions, while others blew wide open. Episode 11 killed off two of the series’ most obviously troublesome characters: Abu Nazir and the...

Don't equate crime with mental illness

2012-12-22 05:00:00

I am grateful to Mark Komrad for his expert commentary related to persuading a troubled loved one or friend into professional mental health treatment and The Sun for publishing it ("Helping them to get help," Dec. 19). I would like to emphasize a point...

'Homeland' targets, hits jittery part of national psyche in season two opener

2012-09-29 06:54:00

Talk about a TV series keeping current with the news. Thirty seconds into the Season 2 opener of Showtime’s “Homeland,” viewers see the first image of an American embassy under attack in the Middle East. At just over two minutes into...

Howard County health briefs

2012-10-19 00:00:00

Look good, feel better The free program teaches beauty techniques to women with cancer to help them combat appearance-related side effects of treatment. Participants receive a bag of cosmetics donated by major manufacturers as well as instruction and...

David Fowlkes of Oviedo Age: 62 Date of suicide: Aug. 17, 2012 Weapon: .38-caliber revolver bought four days earlier David Fowlkes hated guns, according to his family.

2013-05-19 00:00:00

Zeta-Jones Seeks Treatment For Bipolar Disorder

2013-04-30 01:28:00

Traci Rumsey writes in her journal inside her Bangor home on Thursday, February 28, 2013. Rumsey, who has had a difficult time coping with bipolar disorder, shares her insight on the condition in her book. "You don't have to like it."

2013-02-28 00:00:00