Mysteries of the Mind: Violence by mentally ill is rare — but more frequent …
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The bottom line: After excluding people with substance abuse problems, only 7 percent of those with a serious mental illness — schizophrenia, depression or bipolar disease — had committed acts of violence, from shoving someone to shooting someone …
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Mission destroyed in Carnarvon blaze
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Mrs Dann, whose 40 year nursing career has taken her all over the country before she returned to Carnarvon, said there had been rumours of abuse at the site but she had personally never seen any evidence of it. She said some members of the local …
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Report: Twin Cities heroin use rising, opiate use may be slowing
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A new report on drug trends in the Twin Cities shows heroin use remains a growing problem, while the abuse of opiate-based pain killers, like methadone and OxyContin, may be slowing. During the first half of 2012, treatment centers saw a slight drop in …
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