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Local family fears tragedy if bipolar son doesn't get help Play Video
December 21, 2012 12:39 AM
After the deadly shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, Governor Hickenlooper is trying to make sure history doesn't repeat itself here in Colorado. Tuesday he proposed more than $18 million in spending to revamp mental health services. It's a change one local family desperately wants to see; they've been struggling to get... more » -
Deputy: School shooting suspect smelled of alcohol
April 29, 2010 8:26 AM
A man accused of shooting and wounding two Colorado students on school grounds has been ordered by a judge to stand trial for attempted first-degree murder and other charges. The suspect, 32-year-old Bruco Strong Eagle Eastwood, was in court Wednesday for a preliminary hearing. He's accused of wounding two... more » -
Springs kidnap suspect claims mental illness
April 20, 2010 12:02 PM
A 27 year-old man suspected of kidnapping a woman and two children in Colorado pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to several charges he's facing in Wyoming following a car chase that ended with police finding the victims safe. Al Demetrius Johnson faces nine misdemeanor charges in Natrona County,... more » -
Dad believes accused shooter is schizophrenic
March 1, 2010 9:06 AM
The father of a man accused of wounding two students at a Colorado middle school believes his son suffers from schizophrenia. There are no public records showing that 32-year-old Bruco Strong Eagle Eastwood has been diagnosed with mental illness. But his father, War Eagle Eastwood, says Bruco sometimes yelled, kicked... more » -
Big changes proposed in psychiatric diagnoses
February 10, 2010 12:39 PM
Don't say "mental retardation" - the new term is "intellectual disability." No more diagnoses of Asperger's syndrome - call it a mild version of autism instead. And while "behavioral addictions" will be new to doctors' dictionaries, "Internet addiction" didn't make the cut. The American Psychiatric Association is proposing major... more »
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