Category: psychiatric

A Psychiatric Patient in Hong Kong Killed Two Pedestrians, Psychotherapist Shares Tips on Self-Defense

On June 2, a 39-year-old man with schizophrenia attacked two female passers-by with a 12-inch long knife in Hollywood Square, Diamond Hill, Hong Kong. The two women were sent to the hospital and confirmed to be dead. The police arrested the murderer on the spot. The murderer was charged with two counts of murder, and…


Former College Student Charged in California Stabbings to Get Psychiatric Exam

WOODLAND, Calif.—A judge on Monday ordered a psychiatric review of the former University of California, Davis, student charged with two fatal stabbings and an attempted murder that shook the normally serene community outside Sacramento. An attorney for Carlos Dominguez said in Yolo County Superior Court that his client is not mentally competent to stand trial….


Shinzo Abe’s Suspected Assassin to Undergo Psychiatric Evaluation: Media

TOKYO—The suspected assassin of Japanese former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will undergo psychiatric evaluation until later this year, Japanese media reported on Saturday. Tetsuya Yamagami, an unemployed 41-year-old, has been identified by police as the suspect who approached Abe at a campaign speech on a street corner on July 8 and opened fire with a…


A Third of COVID-19 Survivors Suffer Neurological or Mental Disorders: Study

LONDON—One in three COVID-19 survivors in a study of more than 230,000 mostly American patients were diagnosed with a brain or psychiatric disorder within six months, suggesting the pandemic could lead to a wave of mental and neurological problems, scientists said on Tuesday. Researchers who conducted the analysis said it was not clear how the…