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psychiatrist stories: 13 news summaries

Boss Warned of 'Serious' Hasan Concerns 2 Years Ago

2007 memo outlines supervisor's
'serious concerns'

Nov 19, 09 4:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Nidal Hasan's supervisor at the Walter Reed Medical Center warned that the psychiatrist was unprofessional and lazy in a harshly critical performance evaluation in 2007. Hasan "demonstrates a pattern of poor judgment and a lack of professionalism," the report states, noting that he proselytized to his patients and... More »

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US military • US Army • Walter Reed Army Medical Center • psychiatrist • evaluation • Fort Hood shooting • Nidal Malik Hasan

 Speed Shrinking Offers Quicker Fixes 

... And promotes shrinks' books, in 180-second encounters

Nov 14, 09 5:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Freud must be shuddering in his grave, but that doesn't bother Susan Shapiro, the author of Speed Shrinking and the cheerful organizer of speed-dating-style therapy sessions for New Yorkers. On a recent evening, 200 talk-therapy-seekers stood in line at a lecture hall for their turn to spill their problems and... More »

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mental health • New York • Manhattan • therapy • psychoanalysis • psychiatrist • psychologist • Speed dating • Speed shrinking

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 Army Medicine 
 Failed Hasan, 
 Shooting 
 Victims 

Shooter wasn't promoted because it was PC; it was necessity

Nov 13, 09 11:52 AM CST
(Newser) - Media coverage of the Fort Hood killings has been factually challenged and quick to jump to conclusions about terrorism and political correctness, but the underlying problem is much bigger, Mark Benjamin argues. The real question: Why was alleged shooter Nidal Malik Hasan an Army psychiatrist in the first place? Given... More »

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medicine • US military • US Army • Walter Reed Army Medical Center • political correctness • psychiatrist • Fort Hood • Fort Hood shooting • Nidal Malik Hasan • Mark Benjamin

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Witnesses: Major Yelled 'Allahu Akbar' Before Firing

Family says he is devout, not extremist

Nov 6, 09 9:01 AM CST
(Newser) - Witnesses to the Fort Hood rampage say gunman Nidal Malik Hasan shouted "Allahu Akbar"—Arabic for "God is Great"—as he opened fire. The Army hasn't confirmed the callout during the "calm and measured" shooting spree that killed 13. Hasan is a devout Muslim, but... More »

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US Army • psychiatrist • mass shootings • Fort Hood • Fort Hood shooting • Nidal Malik Hasan

 Fort Hood Death Toll Hits 13 

 SWAT teams, FBI scour suspect's home

Nov 6, 09 7:53 AM CST
(Newser) - The death toll from yesterday's shootings at Fort Hood hit 13 early this morning after a woman died of her injuries, a military spokeswoman says. A SWAT team and FBI agents raided the Killeen, Texas, home of suspected shooter Nidal Malik Hasan overnight in an effort to learn what could... More »

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US military • psychiatrist • Iraq war • Fort Hood • Fort Hood shooting • Nidal Malik Hasan

FORT HOOD SHOOTING

Gunman Hasan a Lifelong Muslim, Devout Soldier

He counseled returning soldiers with PTSD

Nov 5, 09 11:20 PM CST
(Newser) - The details emerging about Nidal Hasan, who authorities say is responsible for the worst mass killing on a US Army base, paint a picture of a man torn by contradictory loyalties. Hasan was a lifelong Muslim, an imam at his mosque said, but not an extremist. He had served 8... More »

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US Army • American Muslims • shooting rampage • psychiatrist • shooting • Iraq war • Afghanistan war • post-traumatic stress disorder • American soldiers • Fort Hood • Nidal Malik Hasan

FORT HOOD SHOOTING

'Death Is Not Imminent' for Hasan Despite Multiple Shots

Plus, a report that he was yelling in Arabic

Nov 5, 09 9:23 PM CST
(Newser) - Suspected Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan isn’t mortally wounded despite taking at least four bullets, military officials say tonight. “I would say his death is not imminent,” notes a spokesman at the Texas military base where the Army psychiatrist killed 12 and injured 31 earlier... More »

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Arabic • psychiatrist • Iraq war • liberal media • conservative media • American soldiers • Fort Hood shooting • Nidal Malik Hasan

Doc Files Complaint vs. Octuplet Mom

Shrink hasn't met her; meanwhile, TLC rules out reality show

Feb 18, 09 11:00 AM CST
(Newser) - A psychiatrist who has never met Nadya Suleman has filed a formal complaint against the mother of 14 with LA County’s child-welfare department TMZ reports. The doc, who frequently appears on talk shows, alleges Suleman “is not stable enough” and is putting her kids, including her newborn octuplets,... More »

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reality TV • Los Angeles • psychiatrist • multiple births • TLC • octuplets • Nadya Suleman

Calif. Therapists Rake in Millions Under Sex Offender Law 

Billed $24M for 2007 Jessica's Law services

Aug 10, 08 12:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Psychologists and psychiatrists are cashing in on a California law requiring mental health screening for sex offenders, the LA Times reports. Last year, private contractors billed the state for millions of dollars in prisoner evaluations, with one psychologist bringing home $1.5 million. State officials defend the expense as... More »

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California • law • mental health • sex offenders • psychiatrist • psychologist

 Surgery for Depression? Yup. 

Deep brain stimulation, used for years to fight Parkinson's, is spreading out

May 3, 08 8:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - A type of brain surgery previously used to treat symptoms of Parkinson’s disease may be effective in countering the debilitating effects of deep depression, CNN reports. A new study shows that deep brain stimulation, a process in which electrodes are inserted into problem areas in the brain and hooked... More »

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depression • Parkinson's disease • neuroscience • obsessive compulsive disorder • deep brain stimulation • psychiatric disorders • psychiatrist • brain scans • electrodes

 Texas Keeps Sect
 Kids for DNA Testing 

Polygamous ranch forced children to obey, psychiatrist testifies

Apr 18, 08 8:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - A judge ruled today that 416 kids seized at a polygamous ranch in Texas will be held for genetic testing, the San Angelo Standard-Times reports. At the end of a 2-day custody hearing, Judge Barbara Walther said the tests were needed to sort out relationships between the sect's parents and... More »

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polygamy • Warren Jeffs • psychiatrist • FLDS • Child Protective Services • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints • San Angelo • expert testimony

Suicide Kills More LA Cops Than Criminals

Grim nature of job biggest hazard
for officers

Mar 26, 08 5:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Cops in Los Angeles are more likely to die by their own hand than from a criminal's bullet, the Los Angeles Times reports. Psychologists trying to improve the LAPD's suicide prevention efforts found that 19 police officers in the city killed themselves between 1998 and 2007, while just seven died... More »

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suicide • police • psychology • LAPD • psychiatrist • suicide rate

Britney Carted Off to 'Get Help'

 Another hospital trip to psyche ward for troubled star

Jan 31, 08 6:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Following an emotionally fraught week, singer Britney Spears was again taken from her home by ambulance early today to "get help," according to Los Angeles police. Spears was taken to UCLA Medical Center after "driving around the neighborhood like a mad woman," a family source told... More »

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Britney Spears • Kevin Federline • celebrity • bipolar disorder • psychiatrist • Yorkie terrier • hysterical • mental problems

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