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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