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When CPS workers accept lies, children can die
Experts say CPS and Texas Mentor overlooked too many warning signs about Small and her husband, including her own history as an abused foster child and his past drug addiction and scrapes with the law, and baby-sitting relief she later was learned to … Read more on Dallas Morning News

Concussion-plagued baseball star who committed suicide becomes first major …
… blows to the head. Symptoms include memory problems, behavior changes including aggression, and eventually dementia. … Freel suffered from depression and alcohol and drug abuse problems in the years leading to his death, reports CNN. Freel raised … Read more on Daily Mail

Translating change in Oregon prisons to help mentally ill
They found substances — often heroin — that took away their symptoms. Heroin is effective …. Men don't tend to be forthright with stories about childhood trauma or the reasons behind their substance abuse, often used to mask a mental illness … Read more on Statesman Journal