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Multiple victims in Pa. psych clinic shooting
CBS ^ | 3/8/2012 | KDKA

Posted on 03/08/2012 1:06:42 PM PST by sodpoodle

Two people are reportedly dead and several are wounded in a shooting at a psychiatric clinic at the University of Pittsburgh, CBS station KDKA reports.

Police were looking for a gunman.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: crime; mentalhealth; pennsylvania; psychiatry; shooting; violence; westernpsych
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To: sodpoodle

My in-laws were at the hospital during this (but not near the flying bullets). Apparenty they are out of ‘lock down’ now so I guess they got the perp.


21 posted on 03/08/2012 1:36:34 PM PST by TalonDJ
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To: Jack Hydrazine

By excepting the practice of medicine (that’s why it’s psychIATRY not psychOLOGY) you bias the question and I rightly protest. Modern medications have eased the task of dealing with both acute and chronic brain disorders, and need not be taken forever if used for an acute problem any more than a patient needs to take an antibiotic forever. The medications work nicely and are the reason that we no longer have huge, sprawling insane asylums in this society. For longer term counseling, patients see psychologists — that is cheaper.


22 posted on 03/08/2012 1:39:25 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Sometimes progressives find their scripture in the penumbra of sacred bathroom stall writings (Tzar))
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To: HiTech RedNeck

The meds suppress the problem, not solve it.

Your son has ADD? Give him Ritalin or some other psychotropic drug!


23 posted on 03/08/2012 1:44:20 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: sodpoodle

psych clinic? as in....where kids go to receive counseling?

or, as in....where psych students go to participate in lab experiments as part of their psych credit?


24 posted on 03/08/2012 1:45:50 PM PST by Scotswife
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To: TalonDJ

Sounds like they are clearing the building. SWAT,FBI and Pittsburgh police out in force. My guess is that they think there was two morons.


25 posted on 03/08/2012 1:46:35 PM PST by Yorlik803 (better to die on your feet than live on your knees.)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

I’m one. The right medication for my bipolar symptoms has changed my life a 1000% for the better.

There’s certainly quackery in the field, but when it works the way it’s supposed to, it’s a true godsend.


26 posted on 03/08/2012 1:48:00 PM PST by I Shall Endure
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>> and began shooting towards receptionist. Two armed guards/cops on duty returned fire.

Friendly fire?


27 posted on 03/08/2012 1:56:23 PM PST by Gene Eric (Newt/Sarah 2012)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

I’d like to see the statistics of people who have benefited from psychiatry in a constructive way, not just medicated with prescription drugs.

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Don’t have that for you, Jack, just an anecdotal story of my bipolar mom, who at age 65 went off the proverbial rocker, and has had to be committed 4 or 5 times now when she goes off the meds and becomes dangerously psychotic.

Without the meds, she’d be dead and may have taken a few people with her. She self medicated with booze and liked to go for drives.


28 posted on 03/08/2012 1:57:54 PM PST by dmz
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Most recent reports have 2 dead and 7 injured. Also the gunman was found dead in a hallway.

The cop was shot in the leg and taken to the hospital.


29 posted on 03/08/2012 2:00:27 PM PST by sodpoodle ( Newt - God has tested him for a reason...... to bring America back from the brink.)
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To: sodpoodle; a fool in paradise

I had a friend named Sy, who went off his rocker as they say. People axed me, “Is Sy cotic?”


30 posted on 03/08/2012 2:01:05 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: sodpoodle

Just heard, AP reporting that one of the 2 dead is the gunman


31 posted on 03/08/2012 2:02:24 PM PST by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: sodpoodle
Tomorrow's headline today:

Nut Kills Nuts!


32 posted on 03/08/2012 2:04:20 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: Scotswife
psych clinic? as in....where kids go to receive counseling? or, as in....where psych students go to participate in lab experiments as part of their psych credit?

Its a big psych hospital. Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic part of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

33 posted on 03/08/2012 2:09:20 PM PST by Ditto (Nov 2, 2010 -- Partial cleaning accomplished. More trash to remove in 2012)
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To: sodpoodle

Two confirmed dead; one the shooter. Seven confirmed injured (no status given) seven victims being treated at UPMC Presbyterian ER. Original reports of second gunman/hostage situation FALSE.

Pgh Police; Pgh SWAT; FBI clearing WPIC (Western Psych) floor by floor. Patients/staff being evacuated to Pitt’s Peterson Event Center or other UPMC facilities as medically needed.

Carlow University and University of Pittsburgh on spring break; but elementary school on Carlow campus and Pgh Central Catholic and Oakland Catholic HS off lock downs.

WPIC is on DeSoto Street in Pgh’s Oakland neighborhood.


34 posted on 03/08/2012 2:12:04 PM PST by PennsylvaniaMom (Just because you are paranoid it doesn't mean they aren't out to get you.)
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To: sodpoodle

Radio says the gunman is among the dead. Whatever demons haunted, he’s finally found peace.


35 posted on 03/08/2012 2:16:09 PM PST by newzjunkey (Santorum: 18-point loss, voted for Sotomayor, proposed $550M on top of $900M Amtrak budget...)
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To: 4yearlurker

I was a little concerned we’d have one of these this afternoon at the Bexar County courthouse - guy we were deposing is such a nutjob we had to have deputies stationed outside the room and in the courtroom after the judge threatened to hold him in contempt. Fortunately, I carry.


36 posted on 03/08/2012 2:17:55 PM PST by jagusafr ("Write in Palin and prepare for war...")
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To: Jack Hydrazine
“The meds suppress the problem, not solve it.”

Wrong. A chemical brain imbalance is not ‘solvable’. It is no different than taking Synthroid for a thyroid problem. You are replacing what your body doesn't make.

37 posted on 03/08/2012 2:23:41 PM PST by kcvl
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To: Jack Hydrazine
The meds suppress the problem, not solve it.

Not necessarily. It can help someone get through a temporary issue (divorce, grief, etc.). It also depends on what you mean by the "problem". E.g., If it's not being able to hold a job, meds can amend that.

38 posted on 03/08/2012 2:31:46 PM PST by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: dmz

Did it just come on at 65 or were there signs before?


39 posted on 03/08/2012 2:32:59 PM PST by presently no screen name
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Why are these incidents never perpatrated by “Gunwomen”.


40 posted on 03/08/2012 2:37:13 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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