Mental Illness

La Leche League of Columbia meets fourth Friday

2013-05-16 05:41:00

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-...

What is NAMI?

2013-05-15 03:00:00

The National Alliance on Mental Illness, the largest grassroots mental health organization in the country, offers "education, support and advocacy for persons with mental illnesses, their families and the wider community," according to its mission...

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,...

Bereaved Parents meets third Wednesdays

2013-05-09 09:34:00

These groups meet regularly. Alzheimer's Caregiver Support Group — Third Wednesday, 5:30 p.m., at Lighthouse Senior Living at Ellicott City, 3100 N. Ridge Road, Ellicott City. 410-465-2288. Bereaved Parents, USA — Third Wednesday, 8 p.m....

Parkville man charged in fatal stabbing of mother, wounding of sister

2013-05-06 14:21:08

The call came into the Baltimore County emergency dispatch center just after midnight. An unidentified woman asked police respond to a home in Parkville. She didn't say why. When officers arrived in the first minutes of Sunday, they found 26-year-old...

Moving beyond gun control

2013-04-24 13:08:00

Gun control doesn't stop bombings, and it doesn't prevent violent people from buying nails, BBs or pressure cookers. While I am supportive of gun control — and applaud Maryland for being one of the few states taking a strong stance on gun possession...

Prosecutor can't show accused cannibal criminally responsible

2013-04-17 15:54:36

Harford County's top prosecutor said Wednesday that he does not have enough evidence to show that Alexander Kinyua is criminally responsible for killing a family friend and eating his organs last year. A state psychiatric hospital previously found that...

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...

Town hall meeting to focus on substance abuse, mental illness in children, teens

2013-04-11 12:34:00

Amid growing concerns about the relationship between substance abuse and mental illness in children and adolescents, the Harford County Office on Mental Health will hold an educational town hall meeting for Harford County families and service providers. A...

Sun wrong on involuntary commitment bill

2013-04-08 08:15:00

The Sun's April 5 editorial ("The tricky question of involuntary commitment") misses two critical points about the bill to clarify mental health civil commitment standards in Maryland, and it misstates another. The bill's key component — making...

Assaults on staff are focus of scathing report at Catonsville psychiatric hospital

2013-03-02 13:00:00

In-patient units at Spring Grove Hospital Center in Catonsville have become troubled environments where serious assaults on hospital staff are common, according to a scathing new report from a consultant for the Maryland health department. The chaos...

The tricky question of involuntary commitment

2013-04-04 08:22:41

Deciding to get a person with a serious mental illness into treatment is one of the most important steps families can take to protect a loved one's health and well-being. Unfortunately, it also can be one of the most difficult. Many mentally ill people...

, only to go back to using drugs on the streets.By summer 2008, Stephen Brown was three months into his third stint at BBH. That's when the private treatment center in Southwest Baltimore deemed him ready for a new challenge: to manage a rented rowhouse where he would live with seven other patients.

2010-11-08 00:00:00

, "it's a pretty good opportunity ... to relieve a pretty large burden of disease," said Dr. Robert H. Yolken, director of developmental neurobiology at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center.

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