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Forensic psychology and therapeutic jurisprudence
August 27, 2008 Originally Published:20080401.

Soldiers, back home, haunted by unseen injury
August 27, 2008 Kevin Owsley, a former staff sergeant, is not quite sure what rattled his brain in 2004: the roadside bomb that exploded about a meter from his Humvee or the rocket-propelled grenade that flung him across a road as he walked to a portable toilet on base six weeks later.

Study finds roommates can help each other
August 26, 2008 ANN ARBOR, Mich., Aug 26, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) -- A University of Michigan study finds you really can work things out with your college dorm roommates if you try.

Therapists find business booming
August 26, 2008 MINNEAPOLIS - Back in the early 1980s, Minneapolis psychologist Gary Schoener and colleagues wondered if the recession was affecting the mental health of people living in Hennepin County, Minn. "We were convinced there was a problem," said Schoener, then chairman of the Council on Mental Health Programs.

Back-to-school need not be back-to-stress
August 25, 2008 TORONTO, Aug. 25, 2008 (Canada NewsWire via COMTEX) -- Desjardins Financial Security's National Health is Cool Survey shows

Restraining of mentally ill foster kids questioned
August 25, 2008 Aug. 25--Last month, a 16-year-old Broward County girl was brought into Circuit Judge John A. Frusciante's courtroom for a hearing. She was handcuffed, her legs shackled with cloth restraints, with two armed deputies leading her by the arm.

Children of mentally ill parents need support
August 24, 2008 Stuttgart (dpa) - The offspring of mentally ill parents are at a higher risk of becoming psychologically disturbed than their peers, according to mental health experts in Germany.