Bipolar and Addicted, Patrick Kennedy Embodies Mental Health Challenges

Published February 18, 2013

Bipolar and addicted, Patrick Kennedy embodies mental health challenges

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The next day at a press conference, Kennedy acknowledged that he suffered from long-standing drug and alcohol addiction combined with a bipolar disorder that often pairs with addiction. It's tough for a Kennedy to walk … And yet, when the new …
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Officials: Spike in property crimes coincides with prison realignment

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Drug addiction plays a large role, Dokweiler said, as people awaiting court-sentenced treatment often fall back to drugs and burglary to support the addiction. ”In a lot of cases, they tell us that's why they're doing it,” he said. District Attorney …
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How SC keeps mental-health data from gun database

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It's up to state governments to share their data including mental-health records, proof of citizenship, criminal and drug-abuse histories and more. The database apparently did not turn up Boland's 2005 federal indictment, in which she was accused of …
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