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...ba href=/bipolar disorder/a/b, has only now eventuated because he has been imprisoned.

‘‘I knew he had a problem, I told them that, and the solicitor that he first had made out there was nothing wrong with him," Mrs Jennings said.

‘‘I am not saying what he did was right, but the point is I feel the legal system has let him down badly, and a lot of people are suffering the same.

‘‘The only reason he is now getting help is because he attacked his brother .

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he nearly killed him and the only reason he stopped was because his little sister was there."Matthew Morris was handed the sentence with a five-year non-parole period after he embarked on a one-man ‘‘criminal rampage" in Inglewood in September 2004.

His charges related to assault, aggravated burglary, perjury and arson.

Bendigo Solicitor, Stella Stuthridge, agreed with Mrs Jennings' concerns and said the lack of early identification of mental health problems within the legal system was an issue.

‘‘There are a large number of young people going through the Children's Courts and the Magistrate's Court who are experiencing full-blown mental illnesses,"Ms Stuthridge said.

‘‘Presently in this region there are not enough early detection programs in place which makes it difficult for young people, particularly ones with drug addictions, to get help.

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She is an honor student who does wonderful at school.

Her parents are divorced, and her mother has custody, with us doing a lot of child care.

She has a twin sister and an 11-year-old brother.

She seems to behave pretty well at her father's.

However, at home or at our house, she is a holy terror.

She yells, screams, throws things, slams doors and just drives her siblings crazy.

She has been on various meds through the last few years and is taking a medication that lets her sleep.

We are at a loss." - a grandmother who requested that her city and name be withheldBetsy Flagler, a journalist based in Davidson, N.C., teaches preschool and is the mother of a teen-age son.

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...ba href=/bipolar disorder/a/b died at the Polk County jail on Sunday night after more than a half-dozen deputies subdued him during a violent outburst, the Sheriff's Office said.

James Lee Griffin cracked his jail-cell window and fought with 10 sheriff's employees before being quelled by deputies who used an electronic riot shield, two sets of handcuffs and leg shackles to restrain him, sheriff's officials said.

Griffin continued to put up a fight while in a nurse's station, where sheriff's officials said he passed out.

Nurses and emergency-medical service workers unsuccessfully tried to revive Griffin.

He was pronounced dead about 9:30 p.m.

The cause of death has not been determined and is pending toxicology results, said Dr.

Stephen J.

Nelson, the medical examiner who performed the autopsy Monday.

Griffin's violent behavior was likely because of his ba href=/bipolar disorder/a/b - a chemical imbalance in the brain characterized by shifts from deep depression to manic states and can include psychosis or delusions - a family friend said.

"We're certain of it," said Charlene Gumble, speaking of Griffin's disorder.

Griffin, who worked odd jobs, may have been unnerved recently because he was unemployed and his mother is sick, Gumble said.

"That stressed him out," she said.

"He gets depressed, and when he gets depressed, the ba href=/bipolar disorder/a/b kicks in." Griffin had been on medication and on several occasions was admitted to a mental-health facility under the state's Baker Act, which allows authorities to...