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Casey Johnson desperately tried to contact her billionaire Jets owner father
Revealed: Casey Johnson desperately tried to contact her billionaire Jets owner father before her sudden death at 30 – after he cut her off when she came out as a lesbian, adopted a baby and refused to stop partying Casey Johnson, heiress to Johnson & Johnson, died from complications from diabetes in January 2010 when she was just 30 Her mother, Sale Johnson, has revealed Casey’s hard partying lifestyle and troubles stemmed from borderline personality disorder Her father, Woody Johnson, cut her out after a string of public spats – and he never reconnected with her despite her repeated efforts New details have emerged in biography about the dynasty’s scandals…
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A system that fails troubled teens
Teens whose multiple diagnoses meant that her see-saw emotions were extremely challenging to treat, especially in a mental health system that is over-burdened and difficult for desperate families to navigate. A system that fails troubled teens GAYLE MACDONALD From Friday’s Globe and Mail – with correction Published Thursday, Jun. 27 2013, 9:00 PM EDT Last updated Thursday, Jul. 04 2013, 10:09 AM EDT Katherine Duff is 16. She comes from a close-knit Toronto family. She has a part-time-job and gets straight As. She loves poetry, watching movies with her younger sister, and going out with friends for dinner or to the mall. She adores animals, especially dogs. And she wants…
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Active Minds hosts Pershall to combat mental illness stigmas
Pershall spoke about her battle with anorexia, bulimia and borderline personality disorder. Active Minds hosts Pershall to combat mental illness stigmas By Daniel Mcinerney Courtesy of www.activeminds.org For three days, Stacy Pershall suffered from violent seizures that left her body bruised and her tongue so badly bitten and swollen that she was unable to talk. The seizures were the result of a near-fatal drug overdose from an attempted suicide. On Thursday night, Active Minds, a national student organization dedicated to removing the stigmas associated with mental illnesses, invited Pershall to tell her story during National Eating Disorder Week. Speaking to a full theater in Trabant University Center, Pershall recounted the…
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Mindy McCready dies in apparent suicide
The former country star apparently took her own life on Sunday at her home in Heber Springs, Ark. Authorities say McCready died of a suspected self-inflicted gunshot to the head and an autopsy is planned. She was 37, and left behind two young sons. Mindy McCready dies in apparent suicide (LINK) HEBER SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) — Perhaps there was one heartbreak too many for Mindy McCready. The former country star apparently took her own life on Sunday at her home in Heber Springs, Ark. Authorities say McCready died of a suspected self-inflicted gunshot to the head and an autopsy is planned. She was 37, and left behind two young sons.…
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Your Life: Mental illness should not ‘lurk in the shadows’
Ninety percent of those who die by suicide have a diagnosable, treatable mental disorder. Even though it is a biological brain disorder, mental illness often lurks in the dark as something to be ashamed of. Your Life: Mental illness should not ‘lurk in the shadows’ Charlotte Lankard: Ninety percent of those who die by suicide have a diagnosable, treatable mental disorder. Even though it is a biological brain disorder, mental illness often lurks in the dark as something to be ashamed of. By Charlotte Lankard | Published: October 1, 2012 “When someone is diagnosed with cancer, friends and relatives gather around them offering prayer, love and support. When someone is…
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Friends of teacher who hanged herself hit out at hospital which ‘failed to keep her safe’
Jessica Philpott, 38, who suffered from Borderline Personality Disorder, had been a voluntary patient at Mill View Hospital in Hove, East Sussex, which had previously been reviewed over patient suicides. ‘Her death should never have happened’: Friends of teacher who hanged herself hit out at hospital which ‘failed to keep her safe’ Jessica Philpott, 38, had made two apparent attempts to hang herself on the ward on the night she was found but was still allowed out unsupervised Staff allegedly told a patient that they thought she was attention-seeking and hadn’t actually wanted to kill herself By CLAIRE ELLICOTT Friends of a former teacher who was found hanging at a…