Borderline Personality News
March 9, 2007
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Prosecutor says Cooke isn't mentally ill
The News Journal
WILMINGTON - Alleged murderer James E. Cooke Jr. is not mentally ill,
prosecutor Diane Walsh told jurors in her closing arguments today. Walsh
then preceded to run down a list of mental illness symptoms and
explained how 36-year-old Cooke did not fit into them. "The state
implores you to return a verdict of straight guilty as charged," Walsh
said. Cooke's defense attorneys, who were scheduled to ...
Former Pa.
township supervisor to present mental illness defense
WFMJ Youngstown
ALLENTOWN, Pa. The lawyer for a former township official charged in a
two and a half (m) million dollar theft intends to offer an insanity or
mental infirmity defense at her embezzlement trial in Lehigh County
Court.
Judge to explain mental illness law in Bonistall case
The Journal News
A judge's instruction regarding mental illness could be a key factor for
jurors when they begin deliberations later today after closing arguments
in the capital murder trial of the ex-convict accused of killing White
Plains college student Lindsey Bonistall.
Weight-loss
patients suffer mental woes
AAP via Yahoo!7 News
About two-thirds of people seeking weight-loss surgery have suffered
from a psychiatric disorder at some point in their lives, say
researchers.
San Jose Rep's season has suspense, comedy
San Jose Mercury News
Fright fans, rejoice! Thrills and chills will be among the highlights of
the San Jose Repertory Theatre's 2007-08 season. ``Jekyll & Hyde,''
Jeffrey Hatcher's adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic
Victorian tale of a split-personality disorder run amok, will be onstage
May 10-June 8, 2008. Hatcher is best known for his rendering of Henry
James' ``The Turn of the Screw.''
Narcissism on the Internet isn't risk free
Chicago Tribune
A new study argues that self-absorption in college students is at a new
high.
Insufferable Clinginess, or Healthy Dependence?
New York Times
New research suggests that dependence, often seen as neediness, can in
fact provide valuable social support.
Bonistall-slay trial: Jury to start deliberating today
The Journal News
Wilmington, Del. - Was James Cooke Jr. mentally ill or a sociopath when
he killed White Plains college student Lindsey Bonistall nearly two
years ago?
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