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Protecting children from violence

Protecting children from violence

By Dr. Brian Russell • on November 29, 2009

Remember the case of the

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Meanwhile, in Europe

Meanwhile, in Europe

By Dr. Brian Russell • on November 29, 2009

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Non-judgmentalism revisited

Non-judgmentalism revisited

By Dr. Brian Russell • on November 19, 2009

Right here at the University of Kansas, where I teach a course, newly-publicized records show how many parking tickets and altercations with student employees

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Possible sex abuse ring in MO, more on the Ft. Hood shooter, & Mike Tyson in trouble again

Possible sex abuse ring in MO, more on the Ft. Hood shooter, & Mike Tyson in trouble again

By Dr. Brian Russell • on November 13, 2009

About 30 miles east of Kansas City (and 60 miles east of Lawrence, KS, where I live), law enforcement is searching some rural property where six adults

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“Russian roulette” suicide attempts

“Russian roulette” suicide attempts

By Dr. Brian Russell • on November 13, 2009

Since writing about a recent possible suicide attempt by a graduate student in a university chemistry lab using the chemical sodium azide (see my last

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Dr. Brian v. Dr. Phil

Dr. Brian v. Dr. Phil

By Dr. Brian Russell • on November 10, 2009

As more details emerge about the Ft. Hood shooter, it’s looking more and more like ideology (as opposed to personal dissatisfaction or psychosis)

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K2

K2

By Dr. Brian Russell • on November 7, 2009

People are asking me what “K2″ (not the mountain, the intoxicant) is, so here are some basics on it: “K2″ is one of several names,

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Three murders, all involving mental questions

Back on October 20, an Iraqi man living in Arizona allegedly ran over his 20-year-old daughter with his car because she had become “too westernized.” She’s since died. I’ve talked

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