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High Court Orders Release of Asylum Seeker with Schizophrenia
A High Court judge ordered the release of a 25-year-old Nigerian asylum seeker with schizophrenia from prison by September 8th, citing breaches of his human rights due to prolonged detention despite a granted bail.
High Court Orders Release of Asylum Seeker with Schizophrenia
A High Court judge ordered the release of a 25-year-old Nigerian asylum seeker with schizophrenia from prison by September 8th, citing breaches of his human rights due to prolonged detention despite a granted bail.
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28% Bias Score
Planarian Flatworms Offer Ethical Alternative in Psychiatric Drug Research
Researchers in the UK discovered that planarian flatworms respond to psychiatric drugs similarly to mammals, potentially reducing the need for animal testing while offering insights into developing treatments for schizophrenia and addiction.
Planarian Flatworms Offer Ethical Alternative in Psychiatric Drug Research
Researchers in the UK discovered that planarian flatworms respond to psychiatric drugs similarly to mammals, potentially reducing the need for animal testing while offering insights into developing treatments for schizophrenia and addiction.
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32% Bias Score
Woman with Schizophrenia Receives Indefinite Hospital Order for Killing Landlord
On August 14, 2024, in Lewisham, London, Habiba Naveed, 35, suffering from untreated paranoid schizophrenia, killed her landlord, Christopher Brown, 72, and his cat, believing she was eliminating evil; she received an indefinite hospital order.
Woman with Schizophrenia Receives Indefinite Hospital Order for Killing Landlord
On August 14, 2024, in Lewisham, London, Habiba Naveed, 35, suffering from untreated paranoid schizophrenia, killed her landlord, Christopher Brown, 72, and his cat, believing she was eliminating evil; she received an indefinite hospital order.
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44% Bias Score
Bondi Stabbing Highlights Failures in Australia's Mental Health System
A coronial inquest into the stabbing deaths of six people at a Bondi Junction shopping centre revealed systemic failures within Australia's mental health system, including under-resourcing and communication breakdowns that prevented timely intervention for the perpetrator, Joel Cauchi, who suffered ...
Bondi Stabbing Highlights Failures in Australia's Mental Health System
A coronial inquest into the stabbing deaths of six people at a Bondi Junction shopping centre revealed systemic failures within Australia's mental health system, including under-resourcing and communication breakdowns that prevented timely intervention for the perpetrator, Joel Cauchi, who suffered ...
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48% Bias Score
Bondi Junction Inquest Intensifies Schizophrenia Stigma, Exposing Systemic Mental Healthcare Failures
The Bondi Junction inquest into a mass stabbing by a man with schizophrenia has exacerbated the stigma associated with the illness, highlighting systemic failures in mental healthcare and raising concerns about long-term societal impacts.
Bondi Junction Inquest Intensifies Schizophrenia Stigma, Exposing Systemic Mental Healthcare Failures
The Bondi Junction inquest into a mass stabbing by a man with schizophrenia has exacerbated the stigma associated with the illness, highlighting systemic failures in mental healthcare and raising concerns about long-term societal impacts.
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68% Bias Score
Schizophrenic Man Deemed "Fit" for Gun License Prior to Mass Stabbing
A Brisbane psychiatrist deemed Joel Cauchi, a schizophrenic man, "fit and proper" for a gun license in 2021, despite limited medical history and concerns raised by his mother; Cauchi later fatally stabbed six and injured ten others at a Sydney shopping mall.
Schizophrenic Man Deemed "Fit" for Gun License Prior to Mass Stabbing
A Brisbane psychiatrist deemed Joel Cauchi, a schizophrenic man, "fit and proper" for a gun license in 2021, despite limited medical history and concerns raised by his mother; Cauchi later fatally stabbed six and injured ten others at a Sydney shopping mall.
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44% Bias Score
High-Potency Cannabis Linked to Increased Psychosis and Addiction Risk
A large-scale study shows high-potency cannabis derivatives (THC>5mg or 10%) significantly increase psychosis, schizophrenia, and addiction risks within 12 hours of use, affecting an estimated 4.3 million daily/near-daily users in the EU despite cannabis's illegality there.
High-Potency Cannabis Linked to Increased Psychosis and Addiction Risk
A large-scale study shows high-potency cannabis derivatives (THC>5mg or 10%) significantly increase psychosis, schizophrenia, and addiction risks within 12 hours of use, affecting an estimated 4.3 million daily/near-daily users in the EU despite cannabis's illegality there.
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52% Bias Score
Acquittal in Beelitz Murder Due to Schizophrenia
A 23-year-old Guinean man in Beelitz, Germany, was acquitted of murder and assault due to schizophrenia, but faces psychiatric commitment for posing a grave danger after fatally stabbing a friend and attacking a woman with a knife on January 14th.
Acquittal in Beelitz Murder Due to Schizophrenia
A 23-year-old Guinean man in Beelitz, Germany, was acquitted of murder and assault due to schizophrenia, but faces psychiatric commitment for posing a grave danger after fatally stabbing a friend and attacking a woman with a knife on January 14th.
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56% Bias Score
Sustained Brain Signal Influences Emotional Responses
Stanford researchers discovered a sustained brain signal following emotional experiences, impacting subsequent responses and potentially explaining emotional dysregulation in conditions like autism and schizophrenia; they used air puffs to induce mild aversion in mice and humans, observing this sign...
Sustained Brain Signal Influences Emotional Responses
Stanford researchers discovered a sustained brain signal following emotional experiences, impacting subsequent responses and potentially explaining emotional dysregulation in conditions like autism and schizophrenia; they used air puffs to induce mild aversion in mice and humans, observing this sign...
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24% Bias Score
Hamburg Stabbing: Woman Discharged from Psychiatric Clinic Before Attack
An 18-person stabbing attack at Hamburg's main train station on Saturday was committed by a 39-year-old woman discharged a day earlier from a psychiatric clinic in Cuxhaven, who showed prior signs of schizophrenia, highlighting flaws in mental health discharge protocols.
Hamburg Stabbing: Woman Discharged from Psychiatric Clinic Before Attack
An 18-person stabbing attack at Hamburg's main train station on Saturday was committed by a 39-year-old woman discharged a day earlier from a psychiatric clinic in Cuxhaven, who showed prior signs of schizophrenia, highlighting flaws in mental health discharge protocols.
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52% Bias Score
Psychiatrist's Treatment of Bondi Junction Killer Questioned After Massacre
Dr. Andrea Boros-Lavack, a Queensland psychiatrist, weaned Bondi Junction killer Joel Cauchi off his antipsychotic medication, Clozapine, despite his mother's warnings, leading to a psychotic episode and a massacre that killed six people in April 2024; this followed previous concerns about her care ...
Psychiatrist's Treatment of Bondi Junction Killer Questioned After Massacre
Dr. Andrea Boros-Lavack, a Queensland psychiatrist, weaned Bondi Junction killer Joel Cauchi off his antipsychotic medication, Clozapine, despite his mother's warnings, leading to a psychotic episode and a massacre that killed six people in April 2024; this followed previous concerns about her care ...
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60% Bias Score
Mental Healthcare System Failures in Fatal Bondi Junction Stabbing
Joel Cauchi, a 2024 Bondi Junction Westfield stabbing attacker who killed six, had stopped taking antipsychotic medication in 2018 despite his mother's pleas for help and his own anxieties about relapsing; his father's rejection of medication and the inability to mandate treatment under Australian l...
Mental Healthcare System Failures in Fatal Bondi Junction Stabbing
Joel Cauchi, a 2024 Bondi Junction Westfield stabbing attacker who killed six, had stopped taking antipsychotic medication in 2018 despite his mother's pleas for help and his own anxieties about relapsing; his father's rejection of medication and the inability to mandate treatment under Australian l...
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36% Bias Score
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