Mental illness – The Durango Herald

Rural Colorado hospitals fear veto of mental health bill

Would address legal conflict over holding patients

DATE: Jun 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Germanwings probe proposes loss of pilots’ medical privacy

Pilots would lose privacy protection for health records and airlines would need insurance when the employees lose their license under a proposal from the French air-safety agency that invest...

DATE: Mar 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

At Wit’s End with addiction? Vallecito ranch can help

Offers 30-day inpatient equine therapy

DATE: Jan 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Panel in La Plata County: Physical, mental health care need to be integrated

Durango High screening students for suicide risk

DATE: Nov 19, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mental-health experts respond carefully to mass killings

NEW YORK – One psychiatry professor calls it “the conversation we’re stuck with,” a teachable moment growing out of horror. Each time mental illness is cited as a possible factor ...

DATE: Jul 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

No place to call home

Clichés abound, but working poor, lower-middle class dominate

DATE: Jul 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Judge in Aurora theater shooting trial dismisses 3 jurors

CENTENNIAL – The judge in the Aurora theater shooting trial dismissed three jurors Tuesday after learning that one was exposed to news coverage of the case and discussed it with the others. ...

DATE: Jun 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

City ponders its panhandling puzzle

Legal maze clashes with the Durango marketplace

DATE: May 6, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Holmes studied brain disorders before attack

‘Absolutely out of his mind,’ his initial lawyer says

DATE: Apr 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Dementia patient may not see trial

DENVER – The case of an 87-year-old Alzheimer’s patient accused in the deadly beating of a fellow assisted-living resident highlights the challenges of prosecuting someone with the unpredict...

DATE: Feb 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Experts: Holmes unlikely to be freed

By DAN ELLIOTT and P. SOLOMON BANDA Associated Press DENVER – If James Holmes is found not guilty by reason of insanity in the Aurora theater massacre, he would be comm...

DATE: Jan 15, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News