Schizophrenia

L.A. Now Live: USC lures away some of UCLA's top science minds

2013-05-10 05:30:00

In a major case of academic poaching among cross-town rivals, USC is announcing Friday that it is hiring away prominent UCLA neuroscientists and moving an internationally renowned lab that uses brain imaging to research such diseases as Alzheimer’s,...

USC steals 2 star brain researchers from UCLA

2013-05-10 05:00:00

In a major case of academic poaching involving crosstown rivals, USC has lured away two prominent neuroscientists from UCLA with a promise to expand their internationally renowned lab that uses brain imaging techniques to study Alzheimer's disease,...

Feds take action over alleged patient dumping at Nevada hospital

2013-04-26 14:41:00

SAN FRANCISCO -- Following state Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg's call for an investigation, federal authorities have taken disciplinary action against a Nevada hospital in an alleged case of "patient dumping" in California. In a letter...

Mentally disabled facing deportation win right to free legal help

2013-04-25 18:58:00

Immigrants who are too mentally disabled to represent themselves in deportation proceedings are entitled to free legal assistance, a federal judge has ruled. Until now, some defendants languished in detention centers for years after judges declared them...

Tuesday's TV Highlights: 'Golden Boy' on CBS

2013-04-22 20:00:00

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of April 21 -27, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � � -------------------- SERIES 30 for 30 The sports-documentary...

L.A. probes 'patient dumping' claims against Nevada mental hospital

2013-04-23 07:35:00

Los Angeles officials are investigating reports that Nevada’s primary state psychiatric hospital bused indigent mentally ill patients with few or no resources to California cities. Spokesman Sandy Cooney said the L.A. city attorney's office was...

San Francisco probes alleged psychiatric-patient dumping

2013-04-22 17:11:00

SAN FRANCISCO -- The city attorney Monday announced a formal investigation into allegations that Nevada’s primary state psychiatric hospital had bused hundreds of indigent mentally ill patients out of state with few or no resources. The allegations...

Yoga might help boost mental health

2013-04-13 00:00:00

As you stretch into warrior pose and inhale and exhale, you're not just stretching those hamstrings and lungs; you're also doing good for your brain with a practice that can stave off or relieve problems such as stress, depression and anxiety. Yoga...

Costa Mesa man who died in home blast was paranoid of the government

2013-04-15 13:57:00

The contents of a long, rambling essay written by a Costa Mesa man who�likely blew himself up in an apparent suicide are concerning police, authorities said Monday. The 17,000-word essay, titled “The Pricker: A True Story of Assassination,...

Man who died in home blast wrote of 9/11, John Lennon conspiracies

2013-04-15 15:57:00

A Costa Mesa man who police believe blew himself up inside his home wrote extensively about his fear of government. He wrote that the government was behind the killing of Nicole Brown Simpson and John Lennon, the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and the...

Method for making brain transparent may open scientific frontier

2013-04-10 15:58:00

Scientists have created a way to make a human brain transparent, enabling them to take deep three-dimensional tours through the mysterious organ and trace its circuitry down to the molecular level. The recipe for transforming cadaver brains into see-...

California man gets 17-year prison term in Seattle terrorist plot

2013-04-08 16:01:00

A California man diagnosed with schizophrenia was sentenced to 17 years in prison Monday for his role in a 2011 plot to attack a Seattle military center for new recruits. Walli Mujahidh, 34, born Frederick Domingue Jr. in Long Beach, had pleaded...

Why is it that people will drive from the city to the county and vice versa, but driving from Canton to Fed Hill and vice versa is such an exhausting investment to locals? -- Chris F., Canton For many people, myself among them, cars were meant to be driven on scenic, open highways.

2013-04-23 15:48:00

Alexander Kinyua was charged with killing a family friend in their Harford County home and eating his organs. The disturbing story came just days after a Miami cannibalism case had made national news.

2012-12-28 00:00:00

Worried Pembroke Pines family seeking help to find missing James Louis Jones who has schizophrenia and needs medication

2012-12-06 00:00:00