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...wounded. Franklin Freeman Jr., 22, Ricky Sanders, 25, and Carletha Stewart, 19, the fired waitress, all black, have been charged with the murders. Identifying the men as the killers at a pretrial hearing, Waitress Rhonda Robinson, 19, a survivor of the shooting, became incoherent; she is now under a psychiatrist's care...
...form. In New York, by contrast, a purchaser must pass a background check and complete a marksmanship course before getting a permit to carry a gun. Registration has a limited impact on crime. "From the standpoint of homicide prevention, it is meaningless whether a gun is registered," says Detroit Psychiatrist Emanuel Tanay, a gun-control advocate...
Although blessed with challenging work, social position and comparative wealth, doctors contend with long hours and the knowledge that a single mistake can maim, disable or even kill. These pressures often carry over into their personal lives. Says Los Angeles Psychiatrist Robert Litman: "By and large, doctors are not good, steady companions. They're good providers but lousy lovers...
Surgeons and other specialists in frequent contact with suffering or dying patients tend to have very high suicide rates; obstetricians, radiologists and pediatricians have lower ones. The most suicidal, perhaps, are psychiatrists. Explains Psychiatrist Jerome Motto of the University of California in San Francisco: "What makes a person a good psychiatrist can be a double-edged sword. A high degree of sensitivity is necessary, but psychiatrists without psychological toughness suffer when exposed to a patient's miseries...
Mental health records, kept separately, can be reviewed only by your doctors or by you yourself, and this only after a discussion with a staff psychiatrist or the chief of Mental Health Services. No copies are ever made of the record unless you request that your licensed therapist or lawyer receive one. You may copy selectively from your record by hand, but may not copy it by machine. Paul A. Walters, chief of the Mental Health Services, says this is because third parties are often mentioned in the course of therapy--their privacy is best insured when rights to copying...