Murky path is prelude to suicide

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The former assistant professor charged with prostitution who died in an apparent suicide may have hinted at her intentions, but she faced mounting troubles that psychiatrists look out for.

“She was obviously in a very stressful situation and had a history of what most of us would consider very unusual behavior,” Johns Hopkins Medical Institutes assistant professor of psychiatry Jennifer Payne said.

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