Cost of treatment delays 9-year-old's homicide sentencing
PHOENIX (AP) — A 9-year-old Arizona boy who pleaded guilty in the killing of his father's roommate likely won't be sentenced Thursday since no state or county agency is willing to pay for the costly psychiatric treatment required under terms of a plea contract attorneys said.

An outlier goes mainstream
Measures of Central Valley TendencyDuring a recent weekend down in California's Central Valley I had breakfast with my parents at a restaurant in the town of Tulare. There I picked up a copy of the Valley Voice a free weekly newspaper whose coverage area spans Kings and Tulare counties. In gene ...

Officers did not have jurisdiction to follow doctor's orders: senior Halifax cop
HALIFAX N.S. - A Halifax police staff sergeant confirmed Monday he knew his officers didn't have the jurisdiction to follow the orders of a doctor who was trying to arrange a psychiatric assessment for a mentally sick man who later died in custody.Staff Sgt. Don Fox was testifying at the inquir ...

What is a Nervous Breakdown?
A nervous breakdown refers to a mainstream and often-used semester to generically represent someone who experiences a bout of mental sickness that is so severe it directly impacts their capacity to function in everyday life. The specific mental illness can be anything — disappointment worry b ...

Manual of Psychiatric Therapeutics
Richard I. Shader «Manual of Psychiatric Therapeutics»Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | ISBN: 0781724708 | 2002 | CHM | 528 pages | 1.54 MBThoroughly updated in a Third Edition Dr. Shader's popular Spiral(R) Manual is a practical authoritative easy-to-use conduct to the diagnosis and treatment ...