The day before the gruesome discovery, Parker went to the hospital for a psychiatric evaluation.

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McLean was held without bail, was placed on suicide watch in protective custody and was undergoing a psychiatric evaluation.

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Though all applicants undergo background checks, Shur said he was aware of no program that requires that applicants undergo a psychiatric evaluation.

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He had to pass a screening process, which included a physical and a psychiatric evaluation of his coping skills, his expectations and his understanding of the transplant.

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He is currently awaiting a psychiatric evaluation pending burglary charges.

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He underwent a psychiatric evaluation Monday after he told investigators that he wanted to kill himself and was subsequently booked in the Alachua County Jail, Officer Ben Tobias said.

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The document said Holmes was taken to Denver Health Medical Center on Nov. 15 because he was "in immediate need of a psychiatric evaluation" and was held there for several days.

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He was transferred to another state facility for two weeks, given a psychiatric evaluation and then sent back to the Dona Ana County Detention Center, where he was again placed in solitary confinement.

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Yet the courts refused a psychiatric evaluation.

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Bill Delahunt, who was then the district attorney for Norfolk County, which includes Braintree, and who went on to serve seven terms in Congress, told me that if he had been aware of the incident at Dinger Ford he would have charged Amy with assault, which likely would have triggered a psychiatric evaluation.

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