The clean-shaven Boca Raton man marked both his 46th birthday and his 190th arrest in Florida. This time for carjacking, possession of marijuana and possession of paraphernalia.
The repeat offenders mother said her son has struggled with severe mental illness since his teens. She said he is diagnosed with bipolar, once known as manic depression, a mental illness that causes people to swing between severe depression and extreme highs.
She pleaded on the courts and authorities that they keep this in mind and stated she has been dealing with this since he was 14 and that it is almost impossible to get …read more

This post is part of Celebrity Health Week at the b5media Health & Wellness Channel. For more information about Celebrity Health Week posts here at Mental Health Notes, visit Introducing Celebrity Health Week: Celebrities And Mental Illness.
In this Celebrity Health Week post, we’ll take a look at some female celebrities who have a mental illness – or had, in the case of the deceased. We’ll look at actresses, singers, and other well-known female figures.
Please note that I am not an authority on celebrities and mental illness. For a celebrity to be on this list, either she or a spouse or …read more