A claim challenging a person’s involuntary commitment for mental health treatment does not end with the individual’s release from the facility, Maryland’s top court unanimously ruled Tuesday, citing the lasting social stigma and possible “collateral consequences” of having been institutionalized. ...

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Candace Barr showed all the signs: She was exhausted, stressed out and "starting to resent my clients."

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ANNAPOLIS – The House of Delegates on Friday passed legislation to decriminalize attempted suicide. With the House’s 103-38 vote, attention now shifts to the Senate, where the Judicial Proceedings Committee is considering similar legislation. Del. David Moon and Sen. Jeff ...

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ANNAPOLIS – A suicide attempt is evidence of a mental health problem that needs treatment, not a common-law crime that merits punishment, a state senator said Wednesday in urging his colleagues to stop treating people who try to kill themselves ...

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ANNAPOLIS — A new Maryland law empowering courts to remove firearms from people found to be a threat to others or themselves has prevented violence while preserving the due-process rights of gun owners, law enforcement and judicial officials told a ...

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Disbarment can be devastating but it should not be a death sentence.

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A Maryland legislator says laws regarding firearms possession and mental health will be revisited in the state's next legislative session.

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Welcome to Monday, the 45th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Frontiero v. Richardson decision striking down as unconstitutional the denial of benefits to women in the military that are provided to their male colleagues. Here are some news items ...

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The Maryland Health Care Commission has voted to approve a new 16-bed mental health hospital on Anne Arundel Medical Center’s Riva Road campus in Annapolis. Construction on the $25 million facility is expected to begin this fall, with plans on ...

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Baltimore will announce plans Wednesday to open a stabilization center, providing help for people struggling with addiction and other mental health disorders. The stabilization center will revitilize space at the Hebrew Orphan Asylum in the city’s Coppin Heights neighborhood. While ...

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