Hypnosis ordered for soldier charged with killing comrades
SEATTLE (Reuters) - A U.S. Army sergeant accused of killing five fellow servicemen at a military counseling center in Iraq in 2009 and deemed to have been psychotic at the time has been ordered to...
View ArticleDSM-5: A Manual Run Amok
By PAUL MCHUGH Psychiatry tops all other disciplines of medicine in captivating and confusing the public. It captivates because of the storied disturbances in human thought, emotion and behavior that...
View ArticleSocial media can feed Munchausen by proxy, experts say
Published July 21, 2014Associated Press Facebook0 Twitter0 This file photo shows Lacey Spears, who was indicted on charges of depraved murder and manslaughter in the death of her son, 5-year-old...
View ArticleGuantánamo captive accused in USS Cole bombing suffers from PTSD, depression
A Guantánamo prisoner who was waterboarded by the CIA suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and depression but is sane enough to face a capital terror trial on charges of orchestrating al-Qaidas...
View ArticleGuantánamo captive accused in USS Cole bombing suffers from PTSD, depression
A Guantánamo prisoner who was waterboarded by the CIA suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and depression but is sane enough to face a capital terror trial on charges of orchestrating al-Qaidas...
View ArticleGuantanamo captive accused in USS Cole bombing suffers from PTSD, depression
A Guantanamo prisoner who was waterboarded by the CIA suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and depression but is sane enough to face a capital terror trial on charges of orchestrating al-Qaida's...
View ArticleMan alleges racist attacks on his Rathfarnham council flat
A local authority has been ordered by the High Court to deliver up all information in its possession concerning the case of a man who claims he has been wrongly refused a transfer from his council flat...
View ArticleAnorexic woman can continue to be fed through tube
A young woman who has been hospitalised for months with the eating disorder anorexia nervosa can continue to be fed through a tube if she refuses the feeds deemed necessary for her, the High Court...
View ArticleCourt orders blood samples from girl
MARY CAROLAN A psychiatrically ill teenager who told doctors she wanted to take her own life before her 16th birthday is to have blood samples taken from her against her wishes, following a High Court...
View ArticleMaster mind
Reema Gehi Tweet Rate me.... " class="fb_share_button" onclick="return fbs_click()" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;"> Share Share Share Share Posted On Thursday, March 28, 2013 at...
View ArticleEditorial: Filling psychiatric gaps
A CONSTRUCTION worker who suffered from a nervous breakdown for the past two years killed his son and was about to harm his daughter when his partner intervened. According to an Aug. 15 report by...
View ArticleAnorexic woman to be fed with tube, court in Dublin rules
A court in the Republic of Ireland has made an order allowing a young woman with severe anorexia nervosa to be fed through a tube against her wishes. The High Court made the order after hearing that...
View ArticleWhat metal healers do
With med directories spilling over with clinical psychologists, psychiatrists and counselling psychologists, who do you go to? TOI defines the role of mental healers South Mumbai-based clinical...
View ArticleHSE to keep mystery woman (25) in care for 24 hours
The young woman found wandering and in a confused and distressed state by gardaí in Dublin City centre last month is to remain in HSE care for at least another 24 hours, the High Court heard today. The...
View ArticleTeen girl in care of HSE to continue anti-psychotic medication despite her...
A 16-year-old girl being treated in a Health Service Executive adolescent psychiatric unit is to continue on anti-psychotic medication despite her mother’s objection to the use of the drug. Mr Justice...
View ArticleCourt orders blood sample from teen
MARY CAROLAN A psychiatrically ill teenager who told doctors she wanted to kill herself before her sixteenth birthday is to have blood samples taken from her against her wishes following a High Court...
View ArticleHigh Court orders continued feeding of anorexic woman
The High Court has directed the continued tube feeding of a young woman dramatically losing weight because of anorexia nervosa. Barrister Sarah McKechnie, counsel for the HSE, told the court the woman...
View ArticleExperts: Social media can feed Munchausen by proxy
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — Experts say the case of a mother accused of poisoning her 5-year-old son to death with salt appears be an example of how social media feeds into Munchausen by proxy, a...
View ArticleHigh Court order allows tube feeding against will of woman with anorexia
A young woman with severe anorexia nervosa and a body mass index (BMI) count under 12 which is considered by doctors as “clinically dangerous” may be fed via tubes against her wishes following an order...
View ArticleParents oppose HSE application not to rescuscitate child
The parents of a terminally ill baby girl have opposed an application by HSE to the High Court for permission not to resuscitate the child should her condition deteriorate. Today at the High Court...
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