News Articles on Mental Health- 2003, Chronological Order

January 2003
Associated Press, 1/1/2003- Study: Cocaine Use Explains Higher Depression Rates
Associated Press, 1/1/2003- Boston Rape Crisis Center Refuses Judge's Order
Associated Press, 1/1/2003- N.Y. Law Mandates Licensing for Mental Health Therapists
Associated Press, 1/1/2003- Survey: Binge Drinking Is Up In U.S.
Newhouse News Service, 1/1/2003- The 'I' in the 'I Think, Therefore I Am'
Newhouse News Service, 1/1/2003- MADD Has Aggressive Agenda
ABC News, 1/2/2003- Cocaine Damages the Brain's Pleasure Cells
Associated Press, 1/3/2003- Study: Nicotine May Enable Cancer
Associated Press, 1/3/2003- Social Worker in Missouri Resigns
New York Times, 1/3/2003- Study Finds Tenfold Increase in Autism
Associated Press, 1/4/2003- FDA OKs Prozac for Depressed Children
Reuters News Service, 1/4/2003- Drugmakers Deny Inventing a Disorder
Washington Post, 1/4/2003- Staying Home for the Teen Years
Chicago Tribune, 1/4/2003- Posting of Sex Offenders' Photos Blocked
Boston Globe, 1/5/2003- A Mother's Deadly Struggle For Her Sanity
Washington Post, 1/5/2003- Use of PCP Rebounding In D.C. Area
Reuters News Service, 1/6/2003- Study Finds No Ritalin Link to Later Drug Abuse
Associated Press, 1/7/2003- Psychologist: Murder Suspect Suffered From Stress Disorder
Detroit Free Press, 1/7/2003- Protection Orders Don't Always Work
Associated Press, 1/7/2003- Most Women Overdrawn at Sleep Bank, Expert Says
Boston Globe, 1/7/2003- Bed Sharing On Rise
Associated Press, 1/7/2003- 33,000 Sex Offenders Elude California
New York Times, 1/7/2003- When the Brain Disrupts the Night
New York Times, 1/7/2003- Tailoring Treatments for Teenage Drug Users
Washington Post, 1/7/2003- Binge Drinking Studied
ABC News, 1/8/2003- Testosterone Buoys Spirits of Depressed Men
Boston Globe, 1/8/2003- Court Weighs Mental Tests in Slaying Case
Associated Press, 1/8/2003- Court Upholds Use of Lie Detectors in Monitoring Sex Offenders
ABC News, 1/8/2003- Chilling Memories of  a Violent First Love
ABC News, 1/9/2003- Illinois Woman Exonerated in Daughter's Death
Associated Press, 1/9/2003- N.Y. To Provide Help For Mentally Ill Released From Prisons
ABC News, 1/9/2003- Harvard's Dark Secret
Associated Press, 1/9/2003- N.Y. Psychiatrist Held on Gun Charges
Boston Globe, 1/10/2003- Job Seekers Relying on Personal Coaches
Associated Press, 1/10/2003- Ruling in Canada May Boost Legality of Marijuana
Associated Press, 1/10/2003- Psychiatrist Was Enraged at Patient Who Tried to End Relationship
Boston Globe, 1/11/2003- Violence Puts Focus on Mental Health Services
Associated Press, 1/11/2003- Alcohol Detection Locks Kept Drunks From Driving
Associated Press, 1/11/2003- Michigan Drunk Driving Law May Change
Associated Press, 1/11/2003- New Jersey Closing 18-Bed Psychiatric Unit
New York Times, 1/12/2003- Survey: 1,200 Priests Accused of Abusing Children
Associated Press, 1/12/2003- Many Nuns Sexually Abused, Study Finds
New York Times, 1/12/2003- Back to Normal, And It's Terrifying
ABC News, 1/12/2003- Are Headaches Triggered by Medicine?
ABC News, 1/12/2003- Beating the Family Demons
Time Magazine, 1/13/2003- Masters of Denial
Associated Press, 1/13/2003- Michigan Police Can't Find 1,313 Sex Offenders
Houston Chronicle, 1/13/2003- Texas Psychologists Will Push to Prescribe
Associated Press, 1/13/2002- More Mentally Ill Behind Bars
Ann Arbor News, 1/13/2003- Private Agencies Help Collect Child Support
ABC News, 1/13/2003- Study: Depression Causes Brittle Bones
Boston Globe, 1/14/2003- Prescription Drug Lawsuit Expected to Proceed
Washington Post, 1/14/2003- More Kids Receiving Psychiatric Drugs
ABC News, 1/14/2003- Finding the Best Teen Drug-Treatment Programs
Associated Press, 1/15/2003- Supreme Court Hears Debates on HMO Limits
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 1/15/2003- Once an Addict, She Now Helps Others
ABC News, 1/16/2003- Supreme Court to Make Milestone Gay Rights Decision?
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 1/16/2003- Severe Postpartum Depression Leads to Seattle Suicide
Los Angeles Times, 1/17/2003- Prescription Drug Abuse Soars: Youth at Forefront
ABC News, 1/17/2003- Boy Sheds Light on Autism Mysteries
ABC News, 1/18/2003- Parents of Autistic Children Start School
Washington Post, 1/18/2003- Asperger's Syndrome: 'Wired Differently--Not Defectively'
ABC News, 1/18/2003- Imprisoned Teen Challenges Kansas 'Romeo and Juliet' Law
Associated Press, 1/19/2003- Study: Women's Sex Problems Overestimated
Associated Press, 1/19/2003- Arkansas Mental Health Suit Deal
Associated Press, 1/20/2003- Meth's Reach Hits Rural Children Hard
Washington Post, 1/20/2003- New Drug Courts Offer Path Away From Jail Cells
Detroit Free Press, 1/20/2003- Counseling Group Helps Children Deal with Loss
Associated Press, 1/20/2003- Report: Painkillers Over-Prescribed in Eastern Kentucky
Boston Globe, 1/21/2003- Drug Firms Fend Off Discount Initiatives
Boston Globe, 1/22/2003- Abuse Specialists Challenge Church Defense Tactic
Associated Press, 1/22/2003- Study on Twins Supports View of Marijuana As Gateway Drug
Associated Press, 1/22/2003- Survey: Husbands, Wives Go Opposite Ways
Houston Chronicle, 1/22/2003- Mentally Ill Texas Man Will Seek Clemency
Houston Chronicle, 1/23/2003- In Texas Drug Court, Success Is Sweet
Boston Globe, 1/24/2003- OxyContin Ads to Carry Prominent Warning of Risks
Associated Press, 1/24/2003- Study: Single Parent Children Prone to Psychiatric Illness
New York Times, 1/26/2003- Privacy of Rape Accusers Clashes With Trial Rights
New York Times, 1/28/2003- Even in the Age of Prozac, Some Still Prefer the Couch
Boston Globe, 1/29/2003- Income Gap Is Seen in Abuse Cases
ABC News, 1/29/2003- Obsessive-Compulsive Patients Confront Fears in Therapy
Associated Press, 1/30/2003- Both Sides of Same-Sex Marriage Issue Face Off in Connecticut
New York Times, 1/30/2003- Pataki Offers $80 Million to Fix System for Mentally Ill

February 2003
Boston Globe, 2/1/2003- Teens Abusing Cough & Cold Remedies
Boston Globe, 2/2/2003- Boston College Gay, Straight Alliance Approved
New York Times Book Review, 2/2/2003- Love At Goon Park: Harry Harlow & the Science of Affection
New York Times, 2/2/2003- Texas School Is Sued Over a Gay-Straight Club
Associated Press, 2/3/2003- Study: Ritalin Use Seen to Vary by Area
Boston Globe, 2/3/2003- At 18, Mental Patients Face Perilous Change
New York Times, 2/3/2003- More in College Seek Help For Psychological Problems
New York Times, 2/4/2003- Finding Happiness: Cajole Your Brain to the Left
Washington Post, 2/4/2003- A New Choice for Treating ADHD
Reuters News Service, 2/5/2003- Report Mixed on Drinking, Strokes
Associated Press, 2/5/2003- County Executive Fires Two Michigan Community Mental Health Officials
Chicago Tribune, 2/5/2003- Making Divorce Less Painful for Parents and Their Kids
ABC News, 2/5/2003- NFL Footballer Finds It No Snap to Cope With Depression
Associated Press, 2/5/2003- Study: Addicted Girls Need Specialized Treatment
Detroit Free Press, 2/6/2003- $1.3 Billion for Abuse Victims Is Going Unspent
Associated Press, 2/6/2003- Survey: States Losing Track of Sex Offenders
Detroit Free Press, 2/7/2003- New Drug Gives Addicts a Way Out
Los Angeles Times, 2/7/2003- Drinking Water May Make Ecstasy Hangover Worse
Reuters News Service, 2/7/2003- Report Details Heart Risks of Cocaine Use
Associated Press, 2/8/2003- Michigan Appeals Court Upholds Revocation of Social Worker's License
Boston Globe, 2/8/2003- Massachusetts Govenor Reverses Mental Care Cut
Associated Press, 2/8/2003- Clinic Denies Link to Woman Convicted of Methadone OUI
Washington Post, 2/8/2003- Heroin Is Making Deadly Inroads In New England
Washington Post, 2/9/2003- Delaware Lawmakers Know Sting of Gambling Losses
New York Times, 2/9/2003-Methadone, Once the Way Out, Suddenly Becomes a Killer
New York Times, 2/9/2003- Recently for Drug Addicts, Methadone Is a Double-Edged Sword
Washington Post, 2/10/2003- St. Elizabeths Mental Patient Fled 12 Times
Associated Press, 2/10/2003- Survey: Teenagers' Ecstasy Use Levels Off
Los Angeles Times, 2/10/2003- New Medication for Attention Deficit Disorder
Associated Press, 2/11/2003- Court Rules Insane Man Can Be Executed
Washington Post, 2/11/2003- Judge Rejects D.C. Plan To Treat Drug Offenders
Associated Press, 2/13/2003- Maine Ordered to Hire Outside Expert to Help Mentally Ill Kids
New York Times, 2/16/2003- Custody or Care: Agonizing Choice for Parents of the Mentally Ill
Associated Press, 2/16/2003- Studies Link Memories, Suggestions
Associated Press, 2/16/2003- Drought Pressures Lead Farmers to Seek Counseling
Los Angeles Times, 2/16/2003- The Mind-Body Health Connection
New York Times, 2/17/2003- Ruling Expands Right to Sue HMO's
Washington Post, 2/18/2003- Dissociation: A Flight of Mind
Reuters News Service, 2/20/2003- Brain Study Opens Door on Treatment for Addiction
New York Times, 2/20/2003- Long-Term Effects of Post-Trauma Events
Reuters News Service, 2/21/2003- Antidepressants Prevent Relapses, Study Finds
Ann Arbor News, 2/23/2003- Still Trying to Attune to Autism
New York Times, 2/23/2003- Drug Treatment Program Lauded by Bush is More Ministry Than Treatment
New York Times Book Review, 2/23/2003- Looking for Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow and the Feeling Brain
New York Times Magazine, 2/23/2003- Repress Yourself
Detroit Free Press, 2/24/2003- Intimate Aquaintances Hurt Women More Often
ABC News, 2/24/2003- Florida Court Awards Custody to Transsexual Dad
Reuters News Service, 2/25/2003- Study: Tobacco, Alcohol, Drugs Kill 7 Million a Year
Boston Globe, 2/25/2003- Mental Illness Among Blacks in Spotlight
Washington Post, 2/25/2003- Teens Are Rarely Screened for Suicidality
Associated Press, 2/25/2003- California Releases Molester From Mental Hospital
Los Angeles Times, 2/26/2003- A Call for Action on Problem Drinking
Ann Arbor News, 2/26/2003- Internet Sites Offer a Different Kind of Help for Kicking Tobacco
Ann Arbor News, 2/26/2003- Cigarettes Bind Journalist to Longtime Smoking Habit
Associated Press, 2/27/2003- SE Michigan Drug Deaths Jump 50% From 1996 to 2001

March 2003
Associated Press, 3/1/2003- Is There More Autism? Or Just a New Definition?
Boston Globe, 3/2/2003- Massachusetts Supreme Court to Rule on Gay Marriage
New York Times, 3/2/2003- Gay Couple Challenges Florida Ban on Homosexual Adoptions
Reuters News Service, 3/3/2003- Study Links Hyperactivity and Snoring
Ann Arbor News, 3/3/2003- Treatment Options for Drug, Alcohol Abuse Fading
New York Times, 3/4/2003- Revising the Script on Mental Illness and Violence
Ann Arbor News, 3/4/2003- New Michigan Forensic Psychiatry Center to Open
New York Times, 3/4/2003- Forcing Mentally Ill on Trial To Take Drugs Is Pondered
Boston Globe, 3/5/2003- Massachusetts Court Peppers Lawyers on Same-Sex Marriage
Boston Globe, 3/5/2003- Church Hires Psychologist Who Doubts Repressed Memories
New York Times, 3/5/2003- Oregon Cuts Off Prescriptions to Mentally Ill
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 3/5/2003- Seattle Drug Court Offers a Way Out
Associated Press, 3/6/2003- Supreme Court OKs Online Sex Offender Postings
Associated Press, 3/6/2003- Texas H.S. Student Wins Battle to Start Gay-Straight Club
Detroit Free Press, 3/7/2003- Michigan Drug Court Program Encouraging for Teens
Los Angeles Times, 3/7/2003- California Couple Charged With Abusing Mentally Ill
Los Angeles Times, 3/7/2003- Los Angeles Psychiatric Facilities Criticized
Los Angeles Times, 3/7/2003- OxyContin Drug Mix Proves Deadly
Associated Press, 3/7/2003- Bristol-Meyers Blocked Sale of Cheaper Anti-Anxiety Drugs
Chicago Tribune, 3/8/2003- No Class Action for Mentally Ill Convicts
Boston Globe, 3/9/2003- Massachusetts Guidelines Pushed on Child Medication
Chicago Tribune, 3/11/2003- Illinois Mental Health Cuts Reversed
Los Angeles Times, 3/11/2003- L.A. County Closes Center for Troubled Children
New York Times, 3/11/2003- Exploring Combat and the Psyche, Beginning with Homer
Associated Press, 3/12/2003- Lesbian Couple Can Both Be Listed on Birth Certificate
Washington Post, 3/12/2003- Magellan Files for Bankruptcy
Boston Globe, 3/15/2003- Private Providers Sought for Mentally Ill in Massachusetts
Boston Globe, 3/17/2003- Costly Masschusetts Treatment Centers at Issue
Associated Press, 3/17/2003- Recovered Memory Researcher's Methods Questioned
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 3/17/2003- Wait for Methadone Keeps Lives on Hold
New York Times, 3/19/2003- Scientists Explore the Molding of Children's Morals
Associated Press, 3/20/2003- Study: Some Binge-Eating Is Genetic
Associated Press, 3/21/2003- Vermont Lesbian Couple Win Adoption Dispute
Associated Press, 3/23/2003- Major Gay Rights Issue Before Supreme Court
New York Times, 3/25/2003- Vaccines and Autism, Beyond the Fear Factors
Newhouse News Service, 3/25/2003- Aggression in Genes? Those May Be Fighting Words
New York Times, 3/25/2003- Arkansas School Is Accused Of Harassing a Gay Student
Associated Press, 3/26/2003- Supreme Court Begins Hearing Houston Gay-Rights Case
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 3/26/2003- Questions Raised on Seattle Drug Courts
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 3/28/2003- Art Therapy Class Draws on Common Ground
Washington Post, 3/29/2003- D.C. Mental Health Department Assailed
Associated Press, 3/30/2003- California Child Abuse Case Goes to the Supreme Court
Los Angeles Times, 3/31/2003- 'Moderate' Drinking: An Epitaph

April 2003
New York Times, 4/1/2003- Finding Gold In the Jumble of Dreams
New York Times, 4/1/2003- Self-Protection or Delusion? The Many Varieties of Paranoia
Associated Press, 4/1/2003- Mental Health Advocates: Program Being Cut Saves Money
New York Times, 4/1/2003- Justices Hear Debate on Extending Statute of Limitations
Associated Press, 4/3/2003- New California Law Gives Child Sex Abuse Prosecutors More Time
Ann Arbor News, 4/4/2003- Funding Cuts May End Sex Assault Crisis Center
Los Angeles Times, 4/4/2003- Play Offers Clues to Preschoolers' Depression
Los Angeles Times, 4/5/2003- Shaping the Connection: Parent/Child Bonding
New York Times, 4/6/2003- Therapy for Soldiers on the Iraqi Battlefield
Associated Press, 4/7/2003- Mike Wallace Speaks About His Depression
New York Times, 4/8/2003- Toilet Training by the Clock
New York Times, 4/8/2003- Mothers' Minds and Babies' Bellies
Boston Globe, 4/11/2003- Group Blames Medication
Houston Chronicle, 4/12/2003- Center Combats Terror's Psychological Effects
New York Times, 4/13/2003- Vincent Gigante, Not Crazy After All
New York Times, 4/13/2003- Autism: Nudging Toward Normal
Associated Press, 4/14/2003- Transgenders Fighting for Same Protections as Gays
Los Angeles Times, 4/14/2003- To Fight Meth Labs, Missouri Targets Cold Pills
Los Angeles Times, 4/16/2003- Suicide Too Frequently a Foe for Military
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 4/15/2003- Washington Gambling Treatment Program May Fold
New York Times, 4/19/2003- I Feel, Therefore I Am
Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4/20/2003- Boys & Feelings
Wall Street Journal, 4/21/2003- Teens With Depression on the Rise
Ann Arbor News, 4/21/2003- Therapy Helps Whole Families
Associated Press, 4/22/2003- Montana Balks at Open Container Law
ABC News, 4/22/2003- Is Addiction a Matter of Choice?
Washington Post, 4/22/2003- Thousands Give Up Children to Get Mental Illness Care
Ann Arbor News, 4/23/2003- Tapping Away Stress
ABC News, 4/23/2003- Lawsuit on Products Kids Can Inhale to Get High
Detroit Free Press, 4/23/2003- Michigan Chided on Mental Health Services
ABC News, 4/25/2003- Sufferers of Hair-Pulling Disorder Speak Out
Boston Globe, 4/26/2004- Massachusetts Detox Centers Feel State Fiscal Crunch
New York Times Magazine, 4/27/2003- Controversy About the Rorschach Test
Los Angeles Times, 4/27/2003- Accidental Addict Recounts Ordeal
ABC News, 4/28/2003- Study Finds Intimate Partner Violence Costs Society Billions
Boston Globe, 4/28/2003- Massachusets Detox Beds Trimmed by Half
Associated Press, 4/28/2003- Judge Enjoins N.Y. From Closing Psychiatric Centers
ABC News, 4/29/2003- Fight Over Privacy, Sex & Morality Hits High Court
Associated Press, 4/29/2003- Law Would End Discrimination Against Domestic Violence Victims
New York Times, 4/29/2003- Messiness Is No Laughing Matter
Chicago Tribune, 4/30/2003- Gay Teens Are Often Homeless, Officials Say
Los Angeles Times, 4/30/2003- Parental Bonding Sets the Tone for Child Development

May 2003
Associated Press, 5/2/2003-Did Famed Nurse Nightingale Have Bipolar Illness?
Washington Post, 5/2/2003- Addicted, Neglectful Moms Offered Treatment, Custody
Los Angeles Times, 5/2/2003- L.A. County to Pull Mentally Ill Residents Out of Centers
Chicago Tribune, 5/4/2003- Heroin Hits Small-Town America
Associated Press, 5/5/2003- Concussions and Depression May Have Link
Associated Press, 5/5/2003- Abused Kids More Likely to Turn to Crime
Ann Arbor News, 5/5/2003- Author Sees Prozac From Psychiatric and Pop Culture Perspective
New York Times, 5/5/2003- So Much for the Madman Theory
Associated Press, 5/6/2003- Maine Mental Health Cuts Decried
Associated Press, 5/6/2003- First Sexual Abuse Shelter for Men & Women Opens
New York Times, 5/6/2003- Experts See Mind's Voices in New Light
Newsday, 5/6/2003- Cocaine Blocker to be Tested
New York Times, 5/6/2003- A Zealous Quest for Chemicals to Heal Ailing Brains
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 5/8/2003- Psychiatrist Pleads Guilty to Sharing Drugs
Boston Globe, 5/8/2003- Massachusetts Mental Health Service Cuts May Be Fatal
Los Angeles Times, 5/9/2003- Science Attempts to Explain Meditation's Mysterious Ways
New York Times, 5/10/2003- Parents, Shopping for Discipline, Turn to Tough Schools Abroad
Houston Chronicle, 5/10/2003- Abuse Survivor Starts Program to Help Kids
Associated Press, 5/11/2003- A Dozen Doctors in Appalacia Arrested for Painkiller Prescriptions
Associated Press, 5/11/2003- Drug Court Effectiveness Still up for Debate
Ann Arbor News, 5/11/2003- Michigan Beds for Mentally Ill to Drop to Under 1,000
Ann Arbor News, 5/11/2003- Life Skills Program Meets Mental Illness Needs
Los Angeles Times, 5/12/2003- Studies Help Police Follow California Meth Culture
ABC News, 5/14/2003- Schools Failing Disabled Kids, Advocates Say
Washington Post, 5/15/2003- Drug Study Promising for Heavy Drinkers
Los Angeles Times, 5/15/2003- A Smoother Life for People Who Stutter
Los Angeles Times, 5/15/2003- Grief Over Spouse's Death Can Give Way to a New Sense of Fulfillment
Associated Press, 5/17/2003- Parent of 12-Year-Old Suicide Lobby for Insurance Law
New York Times, 5/20/2003- Leading Drugs for Psychosis Come Under New Scrutiny
New York Times, 5/20/2003- Doctor Admits He Did Needless Surgery on the Mentally Ill
Associated Press, 5/20/2003- Pregnant Women Often Suffer Depression Untreated
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 5/20/2003- Mentally Ill Adjusting to Community Settings
Boston Globe, 5/21/2003- Narcolepsy Drug Eyed as Alternative to Ritalin
Detroit Free Press, 5/23/2003- Wayne County Mental Health Care Threatened
ABC News, 5/25/2003- 'Evil' Behavior in Ordinary Life
Boston Globe, 5/26/2003- Heroin Is Surpassing Cocaine As Users' Choice
New York Times, 5/27/2003- If Biology Is Destiny, When Shouldn't It Be?
New York Times, 5/29/2003- Vermont Shelter for Sex Abuse Victims Welcomes Women & Men
Boston Globe, 5/29/2003- In Hard Times, Bitter Divorces
Chicago Tribune, 5/29/2003- Mentally Ill Tax Juvenile Jail System
Associated Press, 5/30/2003- Judge Approves Treatment for Boy With Attachment Disorder
New York Times, 5/31/2003- Psychiatrists Rebuke China for Blocking Inspection Visit
New York Times, 5/31/2003- Famed Psychiatric Clinic Abandons Prairie Home
Los Angeles Times, 5/31/2003- Searching for the Next Prozac

June 2003
Associated Press, 6/1/2003-Family Killers Defy Explanation
Associated Press, 6/2/2003- Former NYC Housing Official to Mount Mental Illness Defense
New York Times, 6/3/2003- A Journal of Anorexia's Pain
New York Times, 6/3/2003- Boredom and Mental Health
Washington Post, 6/3/2003- Schizophrenia Digest Lets Drug Makers Speak
Boston Globe, 6/3/2003- Brain Scan a Psychiatrist's Visual Aid
Detroit Free Press, 6/7/2003- Wayne County Mental Health in Crisis
Boston Globe, 6/9/2003- Gay Elders Emerge From Long Isolation
Associated Press, 6/9/2003- Study Links Maternal Care, Stress Later in Life
New York Times, 6/10/2003- 'David Is David': Growing With an Autistic Brother
New York Times, 6/10/2003- When the Children Play Well, But the Parents Don't
Washington Post, 6/10/2003- A Coach for 'Team You'
Washington Post, 6/12/2003- Talking Suicide Prevention to Teens
Washington Post, 6/12/2003- D.C. Drug Treatment Agency Rebuked
Washington Post, 6/13/2003- Study: D.C. Area Gay Couples Settled, Middle-Aged
Associated Press, 6/15/2003- Scientists Say They ID Bipolar Gene
Associated Press, 6/15/2003- Michigan Senate Considering Requiring Equity in Mental Health
New York Times, 6/15/2003- Gay Canadians' Quest for Marriage Seems Near Victory
Washington Post, 6/16/2003- Supreme Court Limits Drugging of Defendants
New York Times, 6/16/2003- How to Be the Perfect Parent (and Drown Yourself in Guilt)
ABC News, 6/17/2003- Study Finds a Large Depressed Population, With Many Untreated
Washington Post, 6/17/2003- Supreme Court Sets Guidelines for Forced Medication
Washington Post, 6/17/2003- In Missouri, an Uphill Battle Against 'Meth'
Associated Press, 6/20/2003- Shyness Has a Root in the Brain That Long Endures
Associated Press, 6/20/2003- Spring's Psychological Lift Never Came, Doctors Say
Washington Post, 6/20/2003- District of Columbia Failed to Check on Patients
Reuters News Service, 6/20/2003- FDA Warns Against Giving Children Paxil
Associated Press, 6/22/2003- 54,000 Prescriptions Draw Law's Notice; Clinic Is Raided
New York Times, 6/22/2003- If Sanity Is Forced on a Defendant, Who Is on Trial?
New York Times, 6/22/2003- Battlefield Aid for Soldiers' Battered Psyches
Christian Science Monitor, 6/23/2003- Divorce Online: Faster, Cheaper and Lawyer-Free
New York Times, 6/24/2003- Drug Addiction as a Developmental Disorder
New York Times, 6/24/2003- For Depression, the Family Doctor May Be the First Choice
Boston Globe, 6/25/2003- Management or Medicine?
Washington Post, 6/25/2003- OxyContin Network Believed Extensive
Boston Globe, 6/27/2003- Supreme Court Reverses Gay Sex Ban
Houston Chronicle, 6/27/2003- Change Ahead For Houston Drug Cases
Los Angeles Times, 6/27/2003- Man Was Unstable Months Before Slaying, Psychiatrist Says
Los Angeles Times, 6/27/2003- How Light Became a Therapy
New York Times, 6/27/2003- Study: Nicotine Inhalers Effective
Detroit Free Press, 6/27/2003- U.S. BuSpar Users Could Get a Refund
Associated Press, 6/27/2003- Canada Plans Injection Site for Addicts
Boston Globe, 6/28/2003- Some Mental Illness in Children Being Linked to Strep
Los Angeles Times, 6/28/2003- Ruling Seen As Precusor to Same Sex Marriages
Associated Press, 6/30/2003- Psychiatrist's Qualifications Questioned in Child Drowning Trial
Associated Press, 6/30/2003- N.J. Youths Linger in Psychiatric Wards

July 2003
New York Times, 7/1/2003- Suit Says N.Y. Is Segregating Mentally Ill
New York Times, 7/1/2003- Mental Health: Sticking With Antidepressants
New York Times, 7/1/2003- Gay Families Flourish as Acceptance Grows
Los Angeles Times, 7/1/2003- Mentally Ill Get a Chance
Chicago Tribune, 7/1/2003- There's No Reason to Conceal Depression
Los Angeles Times, 7/1/2003- Psychiatry and Preschoolers
Boston Globe, 7/1/2003- Women Get Proper Help for Eating Disorders
ABC News, 7/3/2003- Antipsychotic Drug Can Help Anorexics
Los Angeles Times, 7/4/2003- California Mental Facility Criticized
Reuters News Service, 7/4/2003- Genetic Link Found in Depression Study
Chicago Tribune, 7/5/2003- Low-Cost Web Divorces Under Fire
New York Times, 7/8/2003- Doctors' Toughest Diagnosis: Own Mental Health
New York Times, 7/8/2003- Two Types of Brain Problems Are Found to Cause Dyslexia
New York Times, 7/9/2003-  Counseling at Phillips Academy, and Its Consequences
Ann Arbor News, 7/9/2003- Michigan Battle For Parity Long From Being Over
Boston Globe, 7/11/2003- Acutely Mentally Ill Children Face Delay of Care in Massachusetts
Boston Globe, 7/12/2003- Massachusetts Launches a Program Offering Youths Psychiatric Aid at Home
New York Times Magazine, 7/13/2003- The Literary Freud
Associated Press, 7/14/2003- Youth Gambling Is Increasing, Worrying Addiction Specialists
New York Times, 7/15/2003- A Malady That Mimics Depression
Associated Press, 7/15/2003- Valium Is Forty Years Old This Year
Associated Press, 7/15/2003- Study Links Head Growth With Autism
Washington Post, 7/15/2003- Poor Care, Abuses Alleged at D.C. Riverside Hospital
Washington Post, 7/15/2003- Staff, Families Support Riverside Hospsital
Washington Post, 7/16/2003- Individual Treatment Gains Favor
New York Times, 7/16/2003- Two Studies Link Child Care to Behavior Problems
New York Times, 7/18/2003- Gene Is Linked to Susceptibility to Depression
Boston Globe, 7/18/2003- Severe Postpartum Illness Called Rare
New York Times, 7/19/2003- Dealing With Addiction and What Comes After
Associated Press, 7/20/2003- Financial Difficulties Force Detroit Hospitals Out of Mental Health Care
Associated Press, 7/20/2003- Sex Offenders' Return to Society Often Means Homelessness
Detroit News, 7/20/2003- Michigan Mental Care System Sows Web of Despair
Detroit News, 7/20/2003- Ex-Governor Engler Accelerated Closure of Michigan's Mental Institutions
Detroit News, 7/20/2003- Caring For the Mentally Ill: A Michigan Chronology
Detroit News, 7/21/2003- Budget Troubles Force Detroit Agencies to Juggle Mentally Ill
Ann Arbor News, 7/21/2003- U of M Depression Center Unique
Detroit News, 7/22/2003- Governor Granholm Vows to Fix Michigan Mental Health System
New York Times, 7/22/2003- Turning a Mass of Data on Child Care Into Advice for Parents
Washington Post, 7/23/2003- Commission Finds Disarray in Mental Health Programs
Boston Globe, 7/24/2003- Shock Therapy Aiding Kitty Dukakis
ABC News, 7/25/2003- Anti-Depressant Stifles the Urge to Shop
ABC News, 7/26/2003- Late-Age Divorce Growing American Trend
Knight Ridder Tribune, 7/27/2003- More Teens Cut Bodies to Relieve Pain Inside
New York Times, 7/29/2003- Truth About Lies: Telling Them Can Reveal a Lot
New York Times, 7/29/2003- Autism Cases Level Off in Britain
ABC News, 7/31/2003- Doctors Say 1 in 10 Children Suffer Mental Disorders

August 2003
Detroit Free Press, 8/1/2003- Facts Sought on Deaths of Mentally Ill in Michigan
New York Times, 8/3/2003- Homes Where Sex Offenders Are Able to Police Each Other
New York Times Book Review, 8/3/2003- 'Hatred': When Bad People Do Bad Things
Chicago Tribune, 8/3/2003- Illinois Measure Targets Mentally Ill
Associated Press, 8/6/2003- Researchers Find Varying Rates of Post-Traumatic Stress
Washington Post, 8/6/2003- Report Assails D.C. on Children's Mental Health Care
New York Times, 8/7/2003- Debate Resumes on the Safety of Depression's Wonder Drugs
Associated Press, 8/8/2003- Study: Michigan Fails in Care of Mentally Ill Children
Chicago Tribune, 8/8/2003- Antidepressants May Actually Change the Brain, Study Says
ABC News, 8/9/2003- The Truth About Paxil
Associated Press, 8/10/2003- A Stuttering Study Brings Suit, and Reflects a Shift
New York Times, 8/11/2003- New Drug Promises Shift in Treatment for Heroin Addicts
Reuters News Service, 8/11/2003- Overweight Teens Are More Likely to Consider Suicide
New York Times, 8/12/2003- Risks & Remedies: Gambling & Parkinson's Drug
Boston Globe, 8/13/2003- Study Looks at Loss, Its Role in Depression
Associated Press, 8/17/2003- Movies Make Patients' Day, Some Therapists Find
Los Angeles Times, 8/18/2003- Smoking Issue a Quandry for Psychiatric Facilities
New York Times, 8/19/2003- A Scientist's Lifetime of Study Into the Mysteries of Addiction
ABC News, 8/19/2003- Study: Fish Oil Helps Treat Depression
Boston Globe, 8/20/2003- Mental Patients Turning to ERs
Boston Globe, 8/20/2003- Massachusetts Putting 100 Mental Patients on Street
New York Times, 8/25/2003- Three Schizophrenia Drugs May Raise Diabetes Risk, Study Says
Chicago Tribune, 8/25/2003- Anorexia In Blacks Gets New Scrutiny
New York Times, 8/26/2003- Attention Disorder Advice, by One Who Knows
New York Times, 8/27/2003- Zoloft Is Effective With Kids, Study Finds
Chicago Tribune, 8/27/2003- Drug Study Places Chicago Near Top
New York Times, 8/28/2003- Defendant in Priest's Killing Had Disturbed Background
Detroit Free Press, 8/29/2003- Oakland County Mental Health Agency Getting Increased Funding
Detroit Free Press, 8/29/2003- Wayne County Mental Health Sued Over Contracts
Washington Post, 8/30/2003- Raising Doubts About Drugs
Detroit Free Press, 8/30/2003- Wayne County Mental Health Firm to Be Dropped From Suit
Boston Globe, 8/31/2003- A Brilliant Mind Returns With Renewed Hope
New York Times, 8/32/2003- Rufus Wainwright Journeys to 'Gay Hell' and Back
New York Times, 8/31/2003- Mental Care Poor for Some Children in State Custody

September 2003
New York Times, 9/1/2003- Power of Positive Thinking May Have a Health Benefit
New York Times, 9/2/2003- Pancreatitis Risk Seen in Schizophrenia Drugs
Boston Globe, 9/3/2003- Massachusetts Psych Unit for Violent Patients to Close
Associated Press, 9/5/2003- Effects of Bullying Aren't Confined to Childhood, Study Finds
Boston Globe, 9/5/2003- Similarity Seen in Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder
Detroit Free Press, 9/5/2003- Outlook Good for Michigan HMOs
New York Times, 9/6/2003- Is Trauma Being Trivialized?
New York Times, 9/6/2003- Program to Help Youths Has Troubles of Its Own
ABC News, 9/9/2003- Mother Faces Trial in 12-Year-Old Son's Suicide
New York Times, 9/9/2003- Muting the Obsessions
New York Times, 9/9/2003- When the Mind Tortures the Body With Illnesses Unseen
ABC News, 9/11/2003- Researchers Are Finding the Hidden Meaning of Dreams
ABC News, 9/15/2003- Companies Try New Ways to Deal With Growing Stress
New York Times, 9/16/2003- Exercise Is a Habit; Here's Why to Pick It Up
New York Times, 9/16/2003- Comfort Foods Switch Off Stress, Scientists Find
Los Angeles Times, 9/17/2003- Lithium Praised As Treatment for Suicidal Patients
Los Angeles Times, 9/18/2003- Interest Rises in Non-Drug Therapies for Attention Deficit
Psychotherapy Networker, Sept/Oct. 2003- Researchers & Practitioners Collide on EMDR
Associated Press, 9/21/2003- New Law Stops Texas Educators From Urging Use of Ritalin
Boston Globe, 9/23/2003- Higher Standard of Care Is Urged for Massachusetts
ABC News, 9/23/2003- Overwrought Moms Turn to Parenting Coaches
Detroit Free Press, 9/25/2003- Michigan Mental Health Services Criticized in State Capitol
ABC News, 9/26/2993- Researchers Debate Health Risks of Pot
Washington Post, 9/26/2003- Virginia Doctor Indicted In OxyContin Scheme
Associated Press, 9/27/2003- N.M. Court Tests Program for Mentally Ill
New York Times, 9/27/2003- Insurer Seeks Return of Fees for Therapy
Boston Globe, 9/28/2003- Catholic Church's Therapy Guidelines Questioned
Associated Press, 9/28/2003- Mental Health System Said to Fail Indiana Gunman
Houston Chronicle, 9/28/2003- Texas Child Abuse Hot Line's Caller Left on Hold
New York Times Book Review, 9/28/2003- 'Consciousness': Reality Programming
New York Times, 9/30/2003- Addiction: A Brain Ailment, Not a Moral Lapse

October 2003
Chicago Tribune, 10/1/2003- Autism Link to Vaccines Weakens
Washington Post, 10/2/2003- Report Says 10% in D.C. Addicted
Christian Science Monitor, 10/4/2003- Steep Rise in Abuse of Legal Drugs
Associated Press, 10/6/2003- Troops Get Mandatory Postwar Counseling
Boston Globe, 10/6/2003- Police Learn New Methods for Handling Mentally Ill
Scripps Howard News Service, 10/6/2003- Rapid Exposure to Fear May Work Best
Washington Post, 10/7/2003- Epilepsy Drugs May Curb Obesity
Associated Press, 10/8/2003- Supreme Court Weighs Rights of Recovering Addicts
Associated Press, 10/9/2003- Teen Sniper Suspect to Argue Insanity
Boston Globe, 10/9/2003- Heroin Influx Spurs N.E. Drug Epidemic
Washington Post, 10/9/2003- Traumatic Stress Is Focus of Program
Associated Press, 10/10/2003- Rush Limbaugh Admits Painkiller Addiction
Cox News Service, 10/10/2003- Halle Berry Breakup Triggers Talk of Sex Addiction
Detroit Free Press, 10/11/2003- Many Desparate Patients Turn to Powerful Painkillers
Chicago Tribune, 10/12/2003- Gambling Addicts Look to Beat Odds
Associated Press, 10/12/2003- Sweden Rethinks Care of Mental Patients
Los Angeles Times, 10/12/2003- Upscale, But Within Meth's Grasp
Los Angeles Times, 10/12/2003- Mental Illness Clues
Houston Chronicle, 10/14/2003- Haunting Reality Triggers Yates' Return to Psychosis
Associated Press, 10/16/2003- Addiction to Painkillers Hard to Overcome
Boston Globe, 10/17/2003- Children's Mental Health Care Varies by Home State
Boston Globe, 10/18/2003- Boston Called Ecstasy 'Hot Spot'
Boston Globe, 10/20/2003- Embracing Change, Vermont Neglected Its State Hospital
Washington Post, 10/20/2003- Internet Trafficking in Narcotics Has Surged
Reuters News Service, 10/20/2003- Sexual Identity Hard-Wired by Genetics, Study Says
Chicago Tribune, 10/20/2003- Prescription Drug Abuse on the Rise in America
New York Times, 10/21/2003- Treatment for Addiction Meets Barriers in the Doctor's Office
New York Times, 10/21/2003- Rise in Income Improves Children's Behavior
New York Times, 10/21/2003- In Defense of Electroshock
New York Times, 10/21/2003- Experts Try Magnets for the Mind
Detroit Free Press, 10/22/2003- Mental Health and Protection Debated
New York Times, 10/22/2003- Study Finds Hundreds of Thousands of Inmates Mentally Ill
New York Times, 10/22/2003- Report of State Prisons Cites Inmates' Mental Illness
Washington Post, 10/24/2003- After Detox, The Hardest Part of Treatment Begins
New York Times, 10/24/2003- Brutal Killing Galvanizes Foes of Domestic Violence
Los Angeles Times, 10/25/2003- Infidelity: The Roots of Temptation
Associated Press, 10/25/2003- Democrats Push Mental Health Bill As Tribute
New York Times, 10/26/2003- In College and in Despair
New York Times, 10/26/2003- After Girl Is Found Hanged, Father Is Accused of Rape
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 10/26/2003- Sweep of Domestic Violence Arrests in Seattle
Boston Globe, 10/27/2003- Debriefing Therapy Is Challenged
Washington Post, 10/28/2003- FDA Cautions on Antidepressants and Youth
New York Times, 10/28/2003- And Still, Echoes of a Death Long Past
Los Angeles Times, 10/29/2003- Substance Abuse Programs Ignore the Needs of Older People
Los Angeles Times, 10/30/2003- Ban Antidepressant, Watchdog Group Says
Boston Globe, 10/30/2003- Can Drugs Help Us Conquer Phobias?

November 2003
Chicago Tribune, 11/2/2003- Time on Side of Sex Abuse Victims
New York Times Magazine, 11/2/2003- The Cruelest Cure
New York Times, 11/4/2003- Fetal Brains Suffer Badly From Effects of Alcohol
Chicago Tribune, 11/7/2003- Therapist, Firm Named in Medicare Fraud Case
New York Times, 11/7/2003- Desperately Relating to Her Body by Cutting It
Associated Press, 11/8/2003- Homeless Vets Wage a New Battle--For Respect
Washington Post, 11/9/2003- School for Autistic Children Sought in D.C.
Los Angeles Times, 11/9/2003- Group Helps Victims of Abuse Break the Cycle
Boston Globe, 11/10/2003- Drugs of Psychiatric Patients Subbed Without OK
Los Angeles Times, 11/10/2003- Success of Addicts Doing Treatment, Not Time, Questioned
New York Times, 11/11/2003- Can Drugs Make Us Happier? Smarter?
Boston Globe, 11/12/2003- Nicotine Studied as Treatment for Brain Disorders
Los Angeles Times, 11/12/2003- Police Officers Reaching Out to Mentally Ill
Detroit Free Press, 11/12/2003- Soft Addictions
Detroit Free Press, 11/13/2003- Shake-Up Ousts Wayne County CMH Leader
Chicago Tribune, 11/13/2003- Homosexuality May Be Issue of Brain Chemistry
Boston Globe, 11/14/2003- Boston Abuse Victims' Center in Works
Detroit Free Press, 11/14/2003- Lawsuits Filed in Detroit CMH Shakeup
Detroit Free Press, 11/14/2003- Lansing Child Mental Health Program Is Model for Nation
Los Angeles Times, 11/15/2003- Virtual Therapy for a Real Fear
Associated Press, 11/16/2003- Rearrest Less Likely for Sex Offenders
New York Times Magazine, 11/16/2003- Should John Hinckley Go Free?
New York Times, 11/17/2003- Questions Rise Over Imprisoning Sex Offenders Past Their Terms
Washington Post, 11/17/2003- Experts on Both Sides Testify for Hinckley
Baltimore Sun, 11/17/2003- Schizophrenia Tied to Sense of Smell
Los Angeles Times, 11/17/2003- Anti-Overdose Drug Given to San Francisco Addicts
New York Times, 11/18/2003- Rush Limbaugh Shares Life's Tough Lessons
New York Times, 11/19/2003- Government Mapping Out Strategy to Fight Autism
Associated Press, 11/19/2003- Expert: Hinckley Not Ready for Unsupervised Visits
Detroit Free Press, 11/19/2003- Wayne County CMH Could Face Deficit
Ann Arbor News, 11/21/2003- Dr. Billy Taylor Comes Home
Boston Globe, 11/21/2003- Overstressed Workers Suffer Sunday-Night Syndrome
Los Angeles Times, 11/21/2003- Shock Therapy and the Brain
Associated Press, 11/21/2003- Colleges Expand Mental Health Services
ABC News, 11/24/2003- Stay-at-Home Dads Fight Perceptions
Washington Post, 11/25/2003- Double Whammy: Mental Illness and Aging
New York Times, 11/25/2003- The Delicate Balance of Pain and Addiction
New York Times, 11/25/2003- Young Killer: Bad Seed or Work in Progress?
New York Times, 11/25/2003- Lawyer for Church Says He Hid Own Sexual Abuse
New York Times, 11/26/2003- Sweet Cravers May Be at Risk for Alcoholism, Study Says
Los Angeles Times, 11/26/2003- California Mental Health Care Lags
Reuters News Service, 11/26/2003- Generic Version of Wellbutrin Gets Go-Ahead
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 11/28/2003- Ex-Addict Thankful for a New Start
Associated Press, 11/28/2003- Breakups of Long-Lasting Marriages Become More Common
Houston Tribune, 11/28/2003- Gay, Straight Brain Activity Is Different, Research Finds
Associated Press, 11/30/2003- Gambling Addicts Hooked on New Cashless Casino in Canada
Ann Arbor Observer, 11/30/2003- Poisoned Lives: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Newhouse News Service, 11/30/2003- Psychiatric Documents Can Aid Mentally Ill in Crisis

December 2003
Boston Globe, 12/2/2003- The Biological Basis of Homosexuality
New York Times, 12/2/2003- Research on Ecstasy Is Clouded by Errors
Los Angeles Times, 12/3/2003- Man Kills Wife, Self During Counseling
Associated Press, 12/4/2003- Warrents: Limbaugh Was 'Doctor Shopping'
Los Angeles Times, 12/4/2003- Doctor Who Detoxed Stars Cited
Associated Press, 12/5/2003- Drinking Linked to Tissue Loss in Brain
Newhouse News Service, 12/6/2003- Female Alcohol Abusers Carry Complicated Burdens
Houston Chronicle, 12/7/2003- Montrose Center Celebrates Gay Health Grant
Newhouse News Service, 12/7/2003- Thanks to Online Pharmacies, Addiction is Close By
ABC News, 12/8/2003- Pharmacist Arrested for Online Drug Sales
Washington Post, 12/9/2003- Mental Health Experts Can Often Tell Defendant's Tale
New York Times, 12/9/2003- Humanity? Maybe It's in the Wiring
New York Times, 12/9/2003- Dyslexia Myths Dispelled
Boston Globe, 12/10/2003- Killer's 'Abnormal Brain' Described
New York Times, 12/11/2003- British Warning on Antidepressant Use for Youth
Associated Press, 12/12/2003- Worm Researchers Find 'Drunk' Gene
Detroit Free Press, 12/12/2003- Support Group Helps Chronic Shoplifters
Los Angeles Times, 12/12/2003- The Basis for Sexual Orientation
Newhouse News Service, 12/12/2003- Drinking Could Be Learned Behavior
Boston Globe, 12/13/2003- Insurer Pressure Cited as Psychiatric Stays Shortened
New York Times, 12/13/2003- Annals of Homosexuality: From Greek to Grim to Gay
Ann Arbor News, 12/14/2003- Sniper Case Exposes Differences in Legal, Psychiatric Definitions
Los Angeles Times, 12/15/2003- Patients Sue Doctor Over Painkillers
Los Angeles Times, 12/15/2003- Music Therapist Tunes Into Youths at Group Home
New York Times, 12/16/2003- A Blue Holiday May Contain a Red Herring
New York Times, 12/16/2003- British Ignite Debate in U.S. on Drugs and Suicide
New York Times, 12/16/2003- Upper Hand on Manipulation
New York Times, 12/16/2003- Well-Chosen Words Point Children to Right Track
Associated Press, 12/17/2003- More Treatment Could Have Prevented Yates Drownings
New York Times, 12/17/2003- Boon for Pain Sufferers and Thrill Seekers
Associated Press, 12/18/2003- Defense: Store Shooting Suspect Depressed
Chicago Tribune, 12/19/2003- Chicago Mental Health Court Approved
Associated Press, 12/20/2003- Death Rates Suggest Inadequate Plateau in Anti-DWI Efforts
Houston Chronicle, 12/22/2003- Texas Privatization Could Disadvantage Mental Health Care
ABC News, 12/24/2003- Why Introverts Are More Vurnerable to Illness
Washington Post, 12/24/2003- In Mental Health Research, a Clash Over Funding
Associated Press, 12/24/2003-Mental Health Board Sues Wayne County
Los Angeles Times, 12/24/2003- When Shopping Fails As Therapy
Washington Post, 12/25/2003- The Telephone Is a Powerful Tool to Help Smokers Quit
Associated Press, 12/28/2003- Teen Suicide Scare Shakes Des Moines
Washington Post, 12/29/2003- Worried Pain Doctors Decry Prosecutions
Associated Press, 12/29/2003- Study Finds Mexican-Americans Less Prone to Depression
Associated Press, 12/29/2003- FDA OKs New Lilly Bipolar Disorder Drug
New York Times, 12/30/2003- Portraits of a Social Outcast Turned Serial Killer
New York Times, 12/30/2003- Patterns: Scanning a Brain for Bipolar Root
New York Times, 12/30/2003- Traversing the Mystery of Memory
Boston Globe, 12/30/2003- Studies Say Old Memory Can be Lost
Associated Press, 12/30/2003- Alaska Struggles With High Suicide Rate