Childhood Trauma Leaves Legacy of Brain Changes

Childhood Trauma Leaves Legacy of Brain Changes

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A difficult reality for psychiatrists and counselors of child abuse is that young victims are at high risk of becoming offenders themselves one day, although it's unclear why. But now a team of behavioral geneticists in Switzerland … Because the new …
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Few prescription drugs disposed of properly

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“If these unwanted medications are flushed down the toilet, which a lot of people do to get rid of them, it goes through the sewage treatment plant and those aren't designed to remove this material so it ends up in surface waters, lakes streams,” said …
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A concertgoer also testifies of being beaten by security at another show

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His investigation was cut short before he bought any drugs, the officer said, because he found himself in the middle of a major fight involving more than 15 rival gangbangers at a Chief Keef show. Also taking the stand: a concertgoer who said he was …
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Island Crime Beat: Owning firearms in Hawai'i

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A person acquitted of a crime on the grounds of mental disease, disorder, or defect, is not eligible for a gun permit. The same goes for a person under treatment or counseling for addiction, abuse, or dependence of a dangerous, harmful, or detrimental …
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