Second-degree murder charges against two sheriff’s deputies and a hospital worker in the death of Irvo Otieno have been reduced to involuntary manslaughter. Irvo Otieno, a 28-year-old man, died after being pinned to the floor for about 11 minutes while being admitted to Central State Hospital in Virginia. Prosecutors initially charged 10 people with second-degree…
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News Relatives of Maine Shooter Robert Card Describe Efforts to Get Him Psychiatric Help
Family members of the Army reservist who killed 18 people last fall in Lewiston, Maine, opened up on Thursday about their grief, remorse and anger in testimony before the commission investigating the shooting. Frequently struggling to maintain their composure, relatives of the gunman, Robert R. Card II, apologized to the families of his victims and…
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News Man who fathered his daughter’s 7 children to be moved to psychiatric detention
Austrian judges ruled Josef Fritzl, who imprisoned and raped his daughter for 24 years, can be transferred to a regular prison. This decision stems from Fritzl’s advancing dementia and physical decline. Fritzl’s crimes were uncovered in 2008, leading to a life sentence in 2009. Austrian judges have ruled that a man who kept his daughter…
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News More Young People Are on Multiple Psychiatric Drugs, Study Finds
Polypharmacy, a prescribing practice that some experts warn can be unsafe, is becoming more commonplace. Related Posts New Gene Editing Treatment Cuts Dangerous Cholesterol in Small Study The handful of patients had severe heart disease that had caused chest pain and heart attacks. After trying available cholesterol-lowering Read more NY Dem calls on ‘Ceasefire Now…
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News FAA’s diversity push includes focus on hiring people with ‘severe intellectual’ and ‘psychiatric’ disabilities
The Federal Aviation Administration is actively recruiting workers who suffer “severe intellectual” disabilities, psychiatric problems and other mental and physical conditions under a diversity and inclusion hiring initiative spelled out on the agency’s website. “Targeted disabilities are those disabilities that the Federal government, as a matter of policy, has identified for special emphasis in recruitment…
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