Teen held in foster sister's slaying
A 17-year-old Ferry Pass girl will be charged as an adult in the shooting death of her 14-year-old foster sister.
Isabella Brooke Knightly and Austin Gamez-Knightly
In Memory of my Loving Husband, William F. Knightly Jr. Murdered by ILLEGAL Palliative Care at a Nashua, NH Hospital
Thursday, August 4, 2011
A Prominent Advocate Presses for Better Investigations of Child Deaths
A Prominent Advocate Presses for Better Investigations of Child Deaths | La Voz Del Centro
ProPublica, in collaboration with Frontline and NPR, recently published “The Hardest Cases,” a report about how medical examiners and coroners have mishandled child death investigations. In some cases, their errors helped put innocent people behind bars.
Recently, we interviewed Dr. Carole Jenny, a pediatrician at Hasbro Children’s Hospital and a leading figure at the National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome. She is a high-profile advocate for putting more resources toward investigating suspect child deaths.
ProPublica, in collaboration with Frontline and NPR, recently published “The Hardest Cases,” a report about how medical examiners and coroners have mishandled child death investigations. In some cases, their errors helped put innocent people behind bars.
Recently, we interviewed Dr. Carole Jenny, a pediatrician at Hasbro Children’s Hospital and a leading figure at the National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome. She is a high-profile advocate for putting more resources toward investigating suspect child deaths.
Antidepressants Often Prescribed Without A Diagnosis
Antidepressants Often Prescribed Without A Diagnosis – Capsules - The KHN Blog
Antidepressants are the third most common type of medication prescribed in the U.S., with $10 billion a year in sales. Nearly three out of four of those prescriptions are written by non-psychiatric providers (many of them primary care physicians). A study in the journal Health Affairs reports that a growing number of patients receiving antidepressants from a doctor who isn’t a psychiatrist aren’t given an accompanying psychiatric diagnosis.
Antidepressants are the third most common type of medication prescribed in the U.S., with $10 billion a year in sales. Nearly three out of four of those prescriptions are written by non-psychiatric providers (many of them primary care physicians). A study in the journal Health Affairs reports that a growing number of patients receiving antidepressants from a doctor who isn’t a psychiatrist aren’t given an accompanying psychiatric diagnosis.
Juvenile Charged in Foster Dad's Slaying Back in Camco - Gloucester Township, NJ Patch
Juvenile Charged in Foster Dad's Slaying Back in Camco - Gloucester Township, NJ Patch
The 16-year-old boy, arrested in New York on July 12, was transported back to Camden County last week.
A teen charged with stabbing his foster father to death inside the man's Blackwood home last month is back in New Jersey following his arrest in Bronx, NY, on July 12.
The 16-year-old boy, arrested in New York on July 12, was transported back to Camden County last week.
A teen charged with stabbing his foster father to death inside the man's Blackwood home last month is back in New Jersey following his arrest in Bronx, NY, on July 12.
U.S. children hospitalized for mental illness
U.S. children hospitalized for mental illness | Reuters
(Reuters Life!) - U.S. children are increasingly likely to be admitted to the hospital for mental problems, although the rates of non-psychiatric hospitalizations have remained flat, according to a study.
(Reuters Life!) - U.S. children are increasingly likely to be admitted to the hospital for mental problems, although the rates of non-psychiatric hospitalizations have remained flat, according to a study.
Los Angeles County supervisors defy records subpoena
Los Angeles County supervisors defy records subpoena - latimes.com:
"The Board of Supervisors defies a subpoena for records involving the deaths of children being supervised by the troubled Department of Children and Family Services."
Despite a warning from California's state auditor that they were committing a crime, Los Angeles County supervisors defied a subpoena for records involving the deaths of children who had been under the supervision of the troubled Department of Children and Family Services.
"The Board of Supervisors defies a subpoena for records involving the deaths of children being supervised by the troubled Department of Children and Family Services."
Despite a warning from California's state auditor that they were committing a crime, Los Angeles County supervisors defied a subpoena for records involving the deaths of children who had been under the supervision of the troubled Department of Children and Family Services.
NY investigates wages, bureaucracy at nonprofits
NY investigates wages, bureaucracy at nonprofits - WSJ.com: "ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday that a task force will investigate salaries and other compensation at nonprofit agencies where he says about 2,000 workers are paid more than $100,000 a year.
The investigation comes as a separate task force created by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman meets to improve the efficiency and accountability of the hundreds of agencies"
The investigation comes as a separate task force created by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman meets to improve the efficiency and accountability of the hundreds of agencies"
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