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            News Articles on Mental Health- 2003, Topical Order

Topical Index: Other Indexes
Addictions 2000 Topical Index
Book & Film Reviews 2001 Topical Index
Child & Adolescent Mental Health 2002 Topical Index
Criminal Sexual Misconduct 2004 Topical Index
Domestic Violence 2005 Topical Index
Eating Disorders 2006 Topical Index
Emotional Disorders 2007 Topical Index
Family & Marital Issues 2008 Topical Index
Forensic Psychology  
Gay & Lesbian Issues  
The Internet & Mental Health 2000 Chronological Index
Major Mental Illness 2001 Chronological Index
Managed Care 2002 Chronological Index
Professional Issues 2003 Chronological Index
Psychoanalysis 2004 Chronological Index
Psychotropic Medications 2005 Chronological Index
Trauma & Recovery 2006 Chronological Index
Treatment Approaches 2007 Chronological Index
Women & Mental Health 2008 Chronological Index
Miscellaneous Topics  
The Best of 2000-2008


Addictions:
Alcohol-

Associated Press, 1/1/2003- Survey: Binge Drinking Is Up In U.S.
Washington Post, 1/7/2003- Binge Drinking Studied
Reuters News Service, 2/5/2003- Report Mixed on Drinking, Strokes
Los Angeles Times, 2/26/2003- A Call for Action on Problem Drinking
Los Angeles Times, 3/31/2003- 'Moderate' Drinking: An Epitaph
New York Times, 11/4/2003- Fetal Brains Suffer Badly From Effects of Alcohol
New York Times, 11/26/2003- Sweet Cravers May Be at Risk for Alcoholism, Study Says
Ann Arbor Observer, 11/30/2003- Poisoned Lives: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Associated Press, 12/5/2003- Drinking Linked to Tissue Loss in Brain
Newhouse News Service, 12/6/2003- Female Alcohol Abusers Carry Complicated Burdens
Associated Press, 12/12/2003- Worm Researchers Find 'Drunk' Gene
Newhouse News Service, 12/12/2003- Drinking Could Be Learned Behavior
Associated Press, 12/20/2003- Death Rates Suggest Inadequate Plateau in Anti-DWI Efforts

Cocaine-
Associated Press, 1/1/2003- Study: Cocaine Use Explains Higher Depression Rates
ABC News, 1/2/2003- Cocaine Damages the Brain's Pleasure Cells
Reuters News Service, 2/7/2003- Report Details Heart Risks of Cocaine Use
Newsday, 5/6/2003- Cocaine Blocker to be Tested

Ecstasy-
Los Angeles Times, 2/7/2003- Drinking Water May Make Ecstasy Hangover Worse
Associated Press, 2/10/2003- Survey: Teenagers' Ecstasy Use Levels Off
Boston Globe, 10/18/2003- Boston Called Ecstasy 'Hot Spot'
New York Times, 12/2/2003- Research on Ecstasy Is Clouded by Errors

Gambling-
Washington Post, 2/9/2003- Delaware Lawmakers Know Sting of Gambling Losses
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 4/15/2003- Washington Gambling Treatment Program May Fold
Associated Press, 7/14/2003- Youth Gambling Is Increasing, Worrying Addiction Specialists
New York Times, 8/12/2003- Risks & Remedies: Gambling & Parkinson's Drug
Chicago Tribune, 10/12/2003- Gambling Addicts Look to Beat Odds
Associated Press, 11/30/2003- Gambling Addicts Hooked on New Cashless Casino in Canada

Heroin
Washington Post, 2/8/2003- Heroin Is Making Deadly Inroads In New England
Associated Press, 2/27/2003- SE Michigan Drug Deaths Jump 50% From 1996 to 2001
Chicago Tribune, 5/4/2003- Heroin Hits Small-Town America
Boston Globe, 5/26/2003- Heroin Is Surpassing Cocaine As Users' Choice
Associated Press, 6/27/2003- Canada Plans Injection Site for Addicts
New York Times, 8/11/2003- New Drug Promises Shift in Treatment for Heroin Addicts
Boston Globe, 10/9/2003- Heroin Influx Spurs N.E. Drug Epidemic
Los Angles Times, 11/17/2003- Anti-Overdose Drug Given to San Francisco Addicts

Legislation & Law Enforcement-
Newhouse News Service, 1/1/2003- MADD Has Aggressive Agenda
Associated Press, 1/11/2003- Alcohol Detection Locks Kept Drunks From Driving
Associated Press, 1/11/2003- Michigan Drunk Driving Law May Change
Washington Post, 1/20/2003- New Drug Courts Offer Path Away From Jail Cells
Houston Chronicle, 1/23/2003- In Texas Drug Court, Success Is Sweet
Washington Post, 2/11/2003- Judge Rejects D.C. Plan To Treat Drug Offenders
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 3/5/2003- Seattle Drug Court Offers a Way Out
Detroit Free Press, 3/7/2003- Michigan Drug Court Program Encouraging for Teens
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 3/26/2003- Questions Raised on Seattle Drug Courts
Associated Press, 4/22/2003- Montana Balks at Open Container Law
Associated Press, 5/11/2003- Drug Court Effectiveness Still up for Debate
Houston Chronicle, 6/27/2003- Change Ahead For Houston Drug Cases
Los Angeles Times, 11/10/2003- Success of Addicts Doing Treatment, Not Time, Questioned

Marijuana-
Associated Press, 1/10/2003- Ruling in Canada May Boost Legality of Marijuana
Associated Press, 1/22/2003- Study on Twins Supports View of Marijuana As Gateway Drug
ABC News, 9/26/2993- Researchers Debate Health Risks of Pot

Methamphetamine
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Associated Press, 1/20/2003- Meth's Reach Hits Rural Children Hard
Los Angeles Times, 4/14/2003- To Fight Meth Labs, Missouri Targets Cold Pills
Los Angeles Times, 5/12/2003- Studies Help Police Follow California Meth Culture
Washington Post, 6/17/2003- In Missouri, an Uphill Battle Against 'Meth'
Los Angeles Times, 10/12/2003- Upscale, But Within Meth's Grasp

Miscellaneous-
Washington Post, 1/5/2003- Use of PCP Rebounding In D.C. Area
Boston Globe, 2/1/2003- Teens Abusing Cough & Cold Remedies
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
Reuters News Service, 2/25/2003- Study: Tobacco, Alcohol, Drugs Kill 7 Million a Year
ABC News, 4/22/2003- Is Addiction a Matter of Choice?
ABC News, 4/23/2003- Lawsuit on Products Kids Can Inhale to Get High
New York Times, 6/24/2003- Drug Addiction as a Developmental Disorder
New York Times, 8/19/2003- A Scientist's Lifetime of Study Into the Mysteries of Addiction
Chicago Tribune, 8/27/2003- Drug Study Places Chicago Near Top
New York Times, 9/30/2003- Addiction: A Brain Ailment, Not a Moral Lapse
Washington Post, 10/2/2003- Report Says 10% in D.C. Addicted
Cox News Service, 10/10/2003- Halle Berry Breakup Triggers Talk of Sex Addiction
Detroit Free Press, 11/12/2003- Soft Addictions
Los Angeles Times, 12/4/2003- Doctor Who Detoxed Stars Cited

Nicotine-
Associated Press, 1/3/2003- Study: Nicotine May Enable Cancer
Ann Arbor News, 2/26/2003- Internet Sites Offer a Different Kind of Help for Kicking Tobacco
Ann Arbor News, 2/26/2003-  Journalist Tries Internet to Quit Longtime Smoking Habit
New York Times, 6/27/2003- Study: Nicotine Inhalers Effective
Washington Post, 12/25/2003- The Telephone Is a Powerful Tool to Help Smokers Quit

Prescription Drug Abuse-
Los Angeles Times, 1/17/2003- Prescription Drug Abuse Soars: Youth at Forefront
Associated Press, 1/20/2003- Report: Painkillers Over-Prescribed in Eastern Kentucky
Boston Globe, 1/24/2003- OxyContin Ads to Carry Prominent Warning of Risks
Los Angeles Times, 3/7/2003- OxyContin Drug Mix Proves Deadly
Los Angeles Times, 4/27/2003- Accidental Addict Recounts Ordeal
Associated Press, 5/11/2003- A Dozen Doctors in Appalacia Arrested for Painkiller Prescriptions
Associated Press, 6/22/2003- 54,000 Prescriptions Draw Law's Notice; Clinic Is Raided
Washington Post, 6/25/2003- OxyContin Network Believed Extensive
Washington Post, 9/26/2003- Virginia Doctor Indicted In OxyContin Scheme
Christian Science Monitor, 10/4/2003- Steep Rise in Abuse of Legal Drugs
Associated Press, 10/10/2003- Rush Limbaugh Admits Painkiller Addiction
Detroit Free Press, 10/11/2003- Many Desparate Patients Turn to Powerful Painkillers
Associated Press, 10/16/2003- Addiction to Painkillers Hard to Overcome
Washington Post, 10/20/2003- Internet Trafficking in Narcotics Has Surged
Chicago Tribune, 10/20/2003- Prescription Drug Abuse on the Rise in America
New York Times, 11/25/2003- The Delicate Balance of Pain and Addiction
Associated Press, 12/4/2003- Warrents: Limbaugh Was 'Doctor Shopping'
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
Los Angeles Times, 12/15/2003- Patients Sue Doctor Over Painkillers
New York Times, 12/17/2003- Boon for Pain Sufferers and Thrill Seekers
Washington Post, 12/29/2003- Worried Pain Doctors Decry Prosecutions

Recovery-
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 1/15/2003- Once an Addict, She Now Helps Others
Associated Press, 10/8/2003- Supreme Court Weighs Rights of Recovering Addicts
New York Times, 11/18/2003- Rush Limbaugh Shares Life's Tough Lessons
Ann Arbor News, 11/21/2003- Dr. Billy Taylor Comes Home
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 11/28/2003- Ex-Addict Thankful for a New Start

Services-
ABC News, 1/14/2003- Finding the Best Teen Drug-Treatment Programs
New York Times, 2/23/2003- Drug Treatment Program Lauded by Bush is More Ministry Than Treatment
Ann Arbor News, 3/3/2003- Treatment Options for Drug, Alcohol Abuse Fading
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 3/17/2003- Wait for Methadone Keeps Lives on Hold
Boston Globe, 4/26/2004- Massachusetts Detox Centers Feel State Fiscal Crunch
Boston Globe, 4/28/2003- Massachusets Detox Beds Trimmed by Half
Washington Post, 6/12/2003- D.C. Drug Treatment Agency Rebuked
Los Angeles Times, 10/29/2003- Substance Abuse Programs Ignore the Needs of Older People

Treatment-
New York Times, 1/7/2003- Tailoring Treatments for Teenage Drug Users
Associated Press, 2/5/2003- Study: Addicted Girls Need Specialized Treatment
Detroit Free Press, 2/7/2003- New Drug Gives Addicts a Way Out
Reuters News Service, 2/20/2003- Brain Study Opens Door on Treatment for Addiction
Washington Post, 5/2/2003- Addicted, Neglectful Moms Offered Treatment, Custody
Washington Post, 5/15/2003- Drug Study Promising for Heavy Drinkers
New York Times, 7/19/2003- Dealing With Addiction and What Comes After
New York Times, 10/21/2003- Treatment for Addiction Meets Barriers in the Doctor's Office
Washington Post, 10/24/2003- After Detox, The Hardest Part of Treatment Begins


Book & Film Reviews:
New York Times, 1/12/2003- Back to Normal, And It's Terrifying
New York Times Book Review, 2/2/2003- Love At Goon Park: Harry Harlow & the Science of Affection
New York Times Book Review, 2/23/2003- Looking for Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow and the Feeling Brain
New York Times, 3/8/2003- In Rural Illinois, Chronicling One's Man's Fall
Newhouse News Service, 3/25/2003- Aggression in Genes? Those May Be Fighting Words
New York Times, 4/19/2003- I Feel, Therefore I Am
New York Times Magazine, 4/27/2003- Controversy About the Rorschach Test
Ann Arbor News, 5/5/2003- Author Sees Prozac From Psychiatric and Pop Culture Perspective
New York Times, 6/3/2003- A Journal of Anorexia's Pain
New York Times, 6/10/2003- 'David Is David': Growing With an Autistic Brother
New York Times, 6/16/2003- How to Be the Perfect Parent (and Drown Yourself in Guilt)
New York Times Book Review, 8/3/2003- 'Hatred': When Bad People Do Bad Things
New York Times, 8/26/2003- Attention Disorder Advice, by One Who Knows
New York Times Book Review, 9/28/2003- 'Consciousness': Reality Programming
New York Times, 10/21/2003- In Defense of Electroshock
New York Times, 11/7/2003- Desperately Relating to Her Body by Cutting It
New York Times, 12/9/2003- Dyslexia Myths Dispelled
New York Times, 12/13/2003- Annals of Homosexuality: From Greek to Grim to Gay
New York Times, 12/16/2003- Upper Hand on Manipulation
New York Times, 12/17/2003- Boon for Pain Sufferers and Thrill Seekers
New York Times, 12/16/2003- Well-Chosen Words Point Children to Right Track
New York Times, 12/30/2003- Portraits of a Social Outcast Turned Serial Killer


Child & Adolescent Mental Health:
ADHD-
Reuters News Service, 1/6/2003- Study Finds No Ritalin Link to Later Drug Abuse
Associated Press, 2/3/2003- Study: Ritalin Use Seen to Vary by Area
Washington Post, 2/4/2003- A New Choice for Treating ADHD
Los Angeles Times, 2/10/2003- New Medication for Attention Deficit Disorder
Reuters News Service, 3/3/2003- Study Links Hyperactivity and Snoring
Boston Globe, 5/21/2003- Narcolepsy Drug Eyed as Alternative to Ritalin
New York Times, 8/26/2003- Attention Disorder Advice, by One Who Knows
Los Angeles Times, 9/18/2003- Interest Rises in Non-Drug Therapies for Attention Deficit
Associated Press, 9/21/2003- New Law Stops Texas Educators From Urging Use of Ritalin

Autism Spectrum Disorder-
New York Times, 1/3/2003- Study Finds Tenfold Increase in Autism
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
Ann Arbor News, 2/23/2003- Still Trying to Attune to Autism
Associated Press, 3/1/2003- Is There More Autism? Or Just a New Definition?
New York Times, 3/25/2003- Vaccines and Autism, Beyond the Fear Factors
New York Times, 4/13/2003- Autism: Nudging Toward Normal
New York Times, 6/10/2003- 'David Is David': Growing With an Autistic Brother
Associated Press, 7/15/2003- Study Links Head Growth With Autism
New York Times, 7/29/2003- Autism Cases Level Off in Britain
Chicago Tribune, 10/1/2003- Autism Link to Vaccines Weakens
Washington Post, 11/9/2003- School for Autistic Children Sought in D.C.
New York Times, 11/19/2003- Government Mapping Out Strategy to Fight Autism

Child Development-
Washington Post, 1/4/2003- Staying Home for the Teen Years
Boston Globe, 1/7/2003- Bed Sharing On Rise
New York Times, 3/19/2003- Scientists Explore the Molding of Children's Morals
Los Angeles Times, 4/5/2003- Shaping the Connection: Parent/Child Bonding
New York Times, 4/8/2003- Toilet Training by the Clock
New York Times, 4/8/2003- Mothers' Minds and Babies' Bellies
Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4/20/2003- Boys & Feelings
Los Angeles Times, 4/30/2003- Parental Bonding Sets the Tone for Child Development
Associated Press, 5/5/2003- Abused Kids More Likely to Turn to Crime
Associated Press, 6/9/2003- Study Links Maternal Care, Stress Later in Life
New York Times, 6/10/2003- When the Children Play Well, But the Parents Don't
New York Times, 6/16/2003- How to Be the Perfect Parent (and Drown Yourself in Guilt)
New York Times, 7/16/2003- Two Studies Link Child Care to Behavior Problems
New York Times, 7/22/2003- Turning a Mass of Data on Child Care Into Advice for Parents
New York Times, 12/16/2003- Well-Chosen Words Point Children to Right Track

Services-
Associated Press, 2/13/2003- Maine Ordered to Hire Outside Expert to Help Mentally Ill Kids
Los Angeles Times, 3/11/2003- L.A. County Closes Center for Troubled Children
Boston Globe, 3/17/2003- Costly Masschusetts Treatment Centers at Issue
ABC News, 5/14/2003- Schools Failing Disabled Kids, Advocates Say
Boston Globe, 6/25/2003- Management or Medicine?
Associated Press, 6/30/2003- N.J. Youths Linger in Psychiatric Wards
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
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, 8/6/2003- Report Assails D.C. on Children's Mental Health Care
Associated Press, 8/8/2003- Study: Michigan Fails in Care of Mentally Ill Children
New York Times, 9/6/2003- Program to Help Youths Has Troubles of Its Own
Houston Chronicle, 9/28/2003- Texas Child Abuse Hot Line's Caller Left on Hold
Boston Globe, 10/17/2003- Children's Mental Health Care Varies by Home State

Treatment-
Washington Post, 1/14/2003- More Kids Receiving Psychiatric Drugs
Boston Globe, 3/9/2003- Massachusetts Guidelines Pushed on Child Medication
New York Times, 5/10/2003- Parents, Shopping for Discipline, Turn to Tough Schools Abroad
Detroit Free Press, 11/14/2003- Lansing Child Mental Health Program Is Model for Nation

Miscellaneous-
New York Times, 2/16/2003- Custody or Care: Agonizing Choice for Parents of the Mentally Ill
Los Angeles Times, 4/4/2003- Play Offers Clues to Preschoolers' Depression
Wall Street Journal, 4/21/2003- Teens With Depression on the Rise
Boston Globe, 6/28/2003- Some Mental Illness in Children Being Linked to Strep
Los Angeles Times, 7/1/2003- Psychiatry and Preschoolers
Knight Ridder Tribune, 7/27/2003- More Teens Cut Bodies to Relieve Pain Inside
ABC News, 7/31/2003- Doctors Say 1 in 10 Children Suffer Mental Disorders
Reuters News Service, 8/11/2003- Overweight Teens Are More Likely to Consider Suicide
Associated Press, 9/5/2003- Effects of Bullying Aren't Confined to Childhood, Study Finds
New York Times, 10/21/2003- Rise in Income Improves Children's Behavior
New York Times, 10/26/2003- After Girl Is Found Hanged, Father Is Accused of Rape
Ann Arbor Observer, 11/30/2003- Poisoned Lives: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
New York Times, 12/9/2003- Dyslexia Myths Dispelled


Criminal Sexual Misconduct:
Chicago Tribune, 1/4/2003- Posting of Sex Offenders' Photos Blocked
Associated Press, 1/7/2003- 33,000 Sex Offenders Elude California
Associated Press, 1/8/2003- Court Upholds Use of Lie Detectors in Monitoring Sex Offenders
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
Associated Press, 1/13/2003- Michigan Police Can't Find 1,313 Sex Offenders
Boston Globe, 1/22/2003- Abuse Specialists Challenge Church Defense Tactic
Associated Press, 2/6/2003- Survey: States Losing Track of Sex Offenders
Associated Press, 2/25/2003- California Releases Molester From Mental Hospital
Associated Press, 3/6/2003- Supreme Court OKs Online Sex Offender Postings
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
New York Times, 5/29/2003- Vermont Shelter for Sex Abuse Victims Welcomes Women & Men
Associated Press, 7/20/2003- Sex Offenders' Return to Society Often Means Homelessness
New York Times, 8/3/2003- Homes Where Sex Offenders Are Able to Police Each Other
Associated Press, 11/16/2003- Rearrest Less Likely for Sex Offenders
New York Times, 11/17/2003- Questions Rise Over Imprisoning Sex Offenders Past Their Terms
New York Times, 11/25/2003- Lawyer for Church Says He Hid Own Sexual Abuse


Domestic Violence:
Detroit Free Press, 1/7/2003- Protection Orders Don't Always Work
ABC News, 1/8/2003- Chilling Memories of  a Violent First Love
ABC News, 1/9/2003- Illinois Woman Exonerated in Daughter's Death
Boston Globe, 1/29/2003- Income Gap Is Seen in Abuse Cases
Detroit Free Press, 2/6/2003- $1.3 Billion for Abuse Victims Is Going Unspent
ABC News, 4/28/2003- Study Finds Intimate Partner Violence Costs Society Billions
Associated Press, 4/29/2003- Law Would End Discrimination Against Domestic Violence Victims
New York Times, 10/24/2003- Brutal Killing Galvanizes Foes of Domestic Violence
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 10/26/2003- Sweep of Domestic Violence Arrests in Seattle
Los Angeles Times, 11/9/2003- Group Helps Victims of Abuse Break the Cycle
Boston Globe, 11/14/2003- Boston Abuse Victims' Center in Works


Eating Disorders:
Associated Press, 3/20/2003- Study: Some Binge-Eating Is Genetic
New York Times, 6/3/2003- A Journal of Anorexia's Pain
Boston Globe, 7/1/2003- Women Get Proper Help for Eating Disorders
ABC News, 7/3/2003- Antipsychotic Drug Can Help Anorexics
Chicago Tribune, 8/25/2003- Anorexia In Blacks Gets New Scrutiny
New York Times, 9/16/2003- Comfort Foods Switch Off Stress, Scientists Find


Emotional Disorders:
ABC News, 1/13/2003- Study: Depression Causes Brittle Bones
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 1/16/2003- Severe Postpartum Depression Leads to Seattle Suicide
New York Times, 4/29/2003- Messiness Is No Laughing Matter
Associated Press, 5/5/2003- Concussions and Depression May Have Link
Associated Press, 5/20/2003- Pregnant Women Often Suffer Depression Untreated
Associated Press, 6/20/2003- Spring's Psychological Lift Never Came, Doctors Say
Reuters News Service, 7/4/2003- Genetic Link Found in Depression Study
Boston Globe, 8/13/2003- Study Looks at Loss, Its Role in Depression
ABC News, 8/19/2003- Study: Fish Oil Helps Treat Depression
New York Times, 9/9/2003- Muting the Obsessions
New York Times, 9/9/2003- When the Mind Tortures the Body With Illnesses Unseen
Boston Globe, 11/21/2003- Overstressed Workers Suffer Sunday-Night Syndrome
Detroit Free Press, 12/12/2003- Support Group Helps Chronic Shoplifters
New York Times, 12/16/2003- A Blue Holiday May Contain a Red Herring
Los Angeles Times, 12/24/2003- When Shopping Fails As Therapy
Associated Press, 12/29/2003- Study Finds Mexican-Americans Less Prone to Depression



Family & Marital Issues:
Ann Arbor News, 1/13/2003- Private Agencies Help Collect Child Support
Associated Press, 1/22/2003- Survey: Husbands, Wives Go Opposite Ways
Associated Press, 1/24/2003- Study: Single Parent Children Prone to Psychiatric Illness
Chicago Tribune, 2/5/2003- Making Divorce Less Painful for Parents and Their Kids
Boston Globe, 5/29/2003- In Hard Times, Bitter Divorces
Christian Science Monitor, 6/23/2003- Divorce Online: Faster, Cheaper and Lawyer-Free
Chicago Tribune, 7/5/2003- Low-Cost Web Divorces Under Fire
ABC News, 7/26/2003- Late-Age Divorce Growing American Trend
Los Angeles Times, 10/25/2003- Infidelity: The Roots of Temptation
ABC News, 11/24/2003- Stay-at-Home Dads Fight Perceptions
Associated Press, 11/28/2003- Breakups of Long-Lasting Marriages Become More Common


Forensic Psychology:
Associated Press, 1/7/2003- Psychologist: Murder Suspect Suffered From Stress Disorder
Boston Globe, 1/8/2003- Court Weighs Mental Tests in Slaying Case
Houston Chronicle, 1/22/2003- Mentally Ill Texas Man Will Seek Clemency
Associated Press, 2/11/2003- Court Rules Insane Man Can Be Executed
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
New York Times, 4/13/2003- Vincent Gigante, Not Crazy After All
ABC News, 5/25/2003- 'Evil' Behavior in Ordinary Life
Associated Press, 6/1/2003-Family Killers Defy Explanation
Associated Press, 6/2/2003- Former NYC Housing Official to Mount Mental Illness Defense
Washington Post, 6/16/2003- Supreme Court Limits Drugging of Defendants
Washington Post, 6/17/2003- Supreme Court Sets Guidelines for Forced Medication
New York Times, 6/22/2003- If Sanity Is Forced on a Defendant, Who Is on Trial?
Los Angeles Times, 6/27/2003- Man Was Unstable Months Before Slaying, Psychiatrist Says
Associated Press, 6/30/2003- Psychiatrist's Qualifications Questioned in Child Drowning Trial
New York Times, 8/28/2003- Defendant in Priest's Killing Had Disturbed Background
Associated Press, 10/9/2003- Teen Sniper Suspect to Argue Insanity
Houston Chronicle, 10/14/2003- Haunting Reality Triggers Yates' Return to Psychosis
New York Times Magazine, 11/16/2003- Should John Hinckley Go Free?
Washington Post, 11/17/2003- Experts on Both Sides Testify for Hinckley
Associated Press, 11/19/2003- Expert: Hinckley Not Ready for Unsupervised Visits
New York Times, 11/25/2003- Young Killer: Bad Seed or Work in Progress?
Washington Post, 12/9/2003- Mental Health Experts Can Often Tell Defendant's Tale
Boston Globe, 12/10/2003- Killer's 'Abnormal Brain' Described
Ann Arbor News, 12/14/2003- Sniper Case Exposes Differences in Legal, Psychiatric Definitions
Associated Press, 12/18/2003- Defense: Store Shooting Suspect Depressed
New York Times, 12/30/2003- Portraits of a Social Outcast Turned Serial Killer


Gay, Lesbian & Gender Issues:
ABC News, 1/9/2003- Harvard's Dark Secret
ABC News, 1/16/2003- Supreme Court to Make Milestone Gay Rights Decision?
ABC News, 1/18/2003- Imprisoned Teen Challenges Kansas 'Romeo and Juliet' Law
Associated Press, 1/30/2003- Both Sides of Same-Sex Marriage Issue Face Off in Connecticut
Boston Globe, 2/2/2003- Boston College Gay, Straight Alliance Approved
New York Times, 2/2/2003- Texas School Is Sued Over a Gay-Straight Club
ABC News, 2/24/2003- Florida Court Awards Custody to Transsexual Dad
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
Boston Globe, 3/5/2003- Massachusetts Court Peppers Lawyers on Same-Sex Marriage
Associated Press, 3/6/2003- Texas H.S. Student Wins Battle to Start Gay-Straight Club
Associated Press, 3/12/2003- N.J. Lesbian Couple Can Both Be Listed on Birth Certificate
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- Arkansas School Is Accused Of Harassing a Gay Student
Associated Press, 3/26/2003- Supreme Court Begins Hearing Houston Gay-Rights Case
Associated Press, 4/14/2003- Transgenders Fighting for Same Protections as Gays
ABC News, 4/29/2003- Fight Over Privacy, Sex & Morality Hits High Court
Chicago Tribune, 4/30/2003- Gay Teens Are Often Homeless, Officials Say
New York Times, 5/27/2003- If Biology Is Destiny, When Shouldn't It Be?
Boston Globe, 6/9/2003- Gay Elders Emerge From Long Isolation
Washington Post, 6/13/2003- Study: D.C. Area Gay Couples Settled, Middle-Aged
New York Times, 6/15/2003- Gay Canadians' Quest for Marriage Seems Near Victory
Boston Globe, 6/27/2003- Supreme Court Reverses Gay Sex Ban
Los Angeles Times, 6/28/2003- Ruling Seen As Precusor to Same Sex Marriages
New York Times, 7/1/2003- Gay Families Flourish as Acceptance Grows
New York Times, 8/32/2003- Rufus Wainwright Journeys to 'Gay Hell' and Back
Reuters News Service, 10/20/2003- Sexual Identity Hard-Wired by Genetics, Study Says
Chicago Tribune, 11/13/2003- Homosexuality May Be Issue of Brain Chemistry
Houston Tribune, 11/28/2003- Gay, Straight Brain Activity Is Different, Research Finds
Boston Globe, 12/2/2003- The Biological Basis of Homosexuality
Los Angeles Times, 12/12/2003- The Basis for Sexual Orientation
New York Times, 12/13/2003- Annals of Homosexuality: From Greek to Grim to Gay


The Internet & Mental Health:

Ann Arbor News, 2/26/2003- Internet Sites Offer a Different Kind of Help for Kicking Tobacco
Ann Arbor News, 2/26/2003-  Journalist Tries Internet to Quit Longtime Smoking Habit


Major Mental Illness:

Bipolar Illness-
ABC News, 2/5/2003- NFL Footballer Finds It No Snap to Cope With Depression
Associated Press, 5/2/2003-Did Famed Nurse Nightingale Have Bipolar Illness?
Associated Press, 6/15/2003- Scientists Say They ID Bipolar Gene
Boston Globe, 9/5/2003- Similarity Seen in Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder
New York Times, 12/30/2003- Patterns: Scanning a Brain for Bipolar Root

Depression-

Associated Press, 4/7/2003- Mike Wallace Speaks About His Depression
ABC News, 6/17/2003- Study Finds a Large Depressed Population, With Many Untreated
New York Times, 6/24/2003- For Depression, the Family Doctor May Be the First Choice
Chicago Tribune, 7/1/2003- There's No Reason to Conceal Depression
New York Times, 7/8/2003- Doctors' Toughest Diagnosis: Own Mental Health
New York Times, 7/15/2003- A Malady That Mimics Depression
New York Times, 7/18/2003- Gene Is Linked to Susceptibility to Depression
Boston Globe, 7/18/2003- Severe Postpartum Illness Called Rare
Associated Press, 12/17/2003- More Treatment Could Have Prevented Yates Drownings

Miscellaneous-
Boston Globe, 1/11/2003- Violence Puts Focus on Mental Health Services
ABC News, 1/12/2003- Beating the Family Demons
Associated Press, 1/13/2002- More Mentally Ill Behind Bars
Boston Globe, 2/3/2003- At 18, Mental Patients Face Perilous Change
Boston Globe, 2/25/2003- Mental Illness Among Blacks in Spotlight
New York Times, 3/4/2003- Revising the Script on Mental Illness and Violence
Chicago Tribune, 3/7/2003- No Class Action for Mentally Ill Convicts
New York Times, 4/1/2003- Self-Protection or Delusion? The Many Varieties of Paranoia
Detroit Free Press, 8/1/2003- Facts Sought on Deaths of Mentally Ill in Michigan
Chicago Tribune, 8/3/2003- Illinois Measure Targets Mentally Ill
Los Angeles Times, 8/18/2003- Smoking Issue a Quandry for Psychiatric Facilities
Associated Press, 9/27/2003- N.M. Court Tests Program for Mentally Ill
Boston Globe, 10/6/2003- Police Learn New Methods for Handling Mentally Ill
Associated Press, 10/12/2003- Sweden Rethinks Care of Mental Patients
Los Angeles Times, 10/12/2003- Mental Illness Clues
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
Los Angeles Times, 11/12/2003- Police Officers Reaching Out to Mentally Ill
Washington Post, 11/25/2003- Double Whammy: Mental Illness and Aging
Newhouse News Service, 11/30/2003- Psychiatric Documents Can Aid Mentally Ill in Crisis
Washington Post, 12/24/2003- In Mental Health Research, a Clash Over Funding

Schizophrenia-
Boston Globe, 1/5/2003- A Mother's Deadly Struggle For Her Sanity
Washington Post, 2/10/2003- St. Elizabeth's Mental Patient Fled 12 Times
New York Times, 5/6/2003- Experts See Mind's Voices in New Light
Washington Post, 6/3/2003- Schizophrenia Digest Lets Drug Makers Speak
Boston Globe, 8/31/2003- A Brilliant Mind Returns With Renewed Hope
Boston Globe, 9/5/2003- Similarity Seen in Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder
Baltimore Sun, 11/17/2003- Schizophrenia Tied to Sense of Smell

Services-

Associated Press, 1/9/2003- N.Y. To Provide Help For Mentally Ill Released From Prisons
Associated Press, 1/11/2003- New Jersey Closing 18-Bed Psychiatric Unit
Associated Press, 1/19/2003- Arkansas Mental Health Suit Deal
New York Times, 1/30/2003- Pataki Offers $80 Million to Fix System for Mentally Ill
Associated Press, 2/5/2003- County Executive Fires Two Michigan Community Mental Health Officials
Boston Globe, 2/8/2003- Massachusetts Govenor Reverses Mental Care Cut
New York Times, 2/16/2003- Custody or Care: Agonizing Choice for Parents of the Mentally Ill
New York Times, 3/5/2003- Oregon Cuts Off Prescriptions to Mentally Ill
Los Angeles Times, 3/7/2003- California Couple Charged With Abusing Mentally Ill
Los Angeles Times, 3/7/2003- Los Angeles Psychiatric Facilities Criticized
Chicago Tribune, 3/11/2003- Illinois Mental Health Cuts Reversed
Los Angeles Times, 3/11/2003- L.A. County Closes Center for Troubled Children
Boston Globe, 3/15/2003- Private Providers Sought for Mentally Ill in Massachusetts
Washington Post, 3/29/2003- D.C. Mental Health Department Assailed
Associated Press, 4/1/2003- Mental Health Advocates: Program Being Cut Saves Money
Washington Post, 4/22/2003- Thousands Give Up Children to Get Mental Illness Care
Detroit Free Press, 4/23/2003- Michigan Chided on Mental Health Services
Associated Press, 4/28/2003- Judge Enjoins N.Y. From Closing Psychiatric Centers
Los Angeles Times, 5/2/2003- L.A. County to Pull Mentally Ill Residents Out of Centers
Associated Press, 5/6/2003- Maine Mental Health Cuts Decried
Boston Globe, 5/8/2003- Massachusetts Mental Health Service Cuts May Be Fatal
Ann Arbor News, 5/11/2003- Michigan Beds for Mentally Ill to Drop to Under 1,000
New York Times, 5/20/2003- Doctor Admits He Did Needless Surgery on the Mentally Ill
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 5/20/2003- Mentally Ill Adjusting to Community Settings
Detroit Free Press, 5/23/2003- Wayne County Mental Health Care Threatened
Chicago Tribune, 5/29/2003- Mentally Ill Tax Juvenile Jail System
Detroit Free Press, 6/7/2003- Wayne County Mental Health in Crisis
Washington Post, 6/20/2003- District of Columbia Failed to Check on Patients
New York Times, 7/1/2003- Suit Says N.Y. Is Segregating Mentally Ill
Los Angeles Times, 7/4/2003- California Mental Facility Criticized
Associated Press, 7/20/2003- Financial Difficulties Force Detroit Hospitals Out of Mental Health Care
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
Washington Post, 7/23/2003- Commission Finds Disarray in Mental Health Programs
Boston Globe, 8/20/2003- Mental Patients Turning to ERs
Boston Globe, 8/20/2003- Massachusetts Putting 100 Mental Patients on Street
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
Detroit Free Press, 8/30/2003- Wayne County Mental Health Firm to Be Dropped From Suit
New York Times, 8/31/2003- Mental Care Poor for Some Children in State Custody
Boston Globe, 9/3/2003- Massachusetts Psych Unit for Violent Patients to Close
Boston Globe, 9/23/2003- Higher Standard of Care Is Urged for Massachusetts
Detroit Free Press, 9/25/2003- Michigan Mental Health Services Criticized in State Capitol
Associated Press, 9/28/2003- Mental Health System Said to Fail Indiana Gunman
Boston Globe, 10/20/2003- Embracing Change, Vermont Neglected Its State Hospital
Associated Press, 11/8/2003- Homeless Vets Wage a New Battle--For Respect
Detroit Free Press, 11/13/2003- Shake-Up Ousts Wayne County CMH Leader
Detroit Free Press, 11/14/2003- Lawsuits Filed in Detroit CMH Shakeup
Detroit Free Press, 11/19/2003- Wayne County CMH Could Face Deficit
Associated Press, 11/21/2003- Colleges Expand Mental Health Services
Los Angeles Times, 11/26/2003- California Mental Health Care Lags
Boston Globe, 12/13/2003- Insurer Pressure Cited as Psychiatric Stays Shortened
Chicago Tribune, 12/19/2003- Chicago Mental Health Court Approved
Houston Chronicle, 12/22/2003- Texas Privatization Could Disadvantage Mental Health Care
Associated Press, 12/24/2003-Mental Health Board Sues Wayne County

Suicide-
Washington Post, 2/25/2003- Teens Are Rarely Screened for Suicidality
Los Angeles Times, 4/16/2003- Suicide Too Frequently a Foe for Military
Washington Post, 6/12/2003- Talking Suicide Prevention to Teens
New York Times, 7/9/2003-  Counseling at Phillips Academy, and Its Consequences
ABC News, 9/9/2003- Mother Faces Trial in 12-Year-Old Son's Suicide
New York Times, 10/26/2003- In College and in Despair
New York Times, 10/28/2003- And Still, Echoes of a Death Long Past
Associated Press, 12/28/2003- Teen Suicide Scare Shakes Des Moines
Associated Press, 12/30/2003- Alaska Struggles With High Suicide Rate


Treatment-

Ann Arbor News, 4/21/2003- Therapy Helps Whole Families
Ann Arbor News, 5/11/2003- Life Skills Program Meets Mental Illness Needs
Los Angeles Times, 7/1/2003- Mentally Ill Get a Chance
Boston Globe, 11/12/2003- Nicotine Studied as Treatment for Brain Disorders


Managed Care:
Associated Press, 1/15/2003- Supreme Court Hears Debates on HMO Limits
New York Times, 2/17/2003- Ruling Expands Right to Sue HMO's
Washington Post, 3/12/2003- Magellan Files for Bankruptcy
Associated Press, 5/17/2003- Parent of 12-Year-Old Suicide Lobby for Insurance Law
Associated Press, 6/15/2003- Michigan Senate Considering Requiring Equity in Mental Health
Ann Arbor News, 7/9/2003- Michigan Battle For Parity Long From Being Over
Detroit Free Press, 9/5/2003- Outlook Good for Michigan HMOs
Associated Press, 10/25/2003- Democrats Push Mental Health Bill As Tribute


Miscellaneous Topics:
Newhouse News Service, 1/1/2003- The 'I' in the 'I Think, Therefore I Am'
New York Times, 1/7/2003- When the Brain Disrupts the Night
Time Magazine, 1/13/2003- Masters of Denial
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
Associated Press, 2/16/2003- Studies Link Memories, Suggestions
Associated Press, 2/17/2003- Drought Pressures Lead Farmers to Seek Counseling
New York Times, 3/11/2003- Exploring Combat and the Psyche, Beginning with Homer
Associated Press, 3/17/2003- Recovered Memory Researcher's Methods Questioned
Associated Press, 3/30/2003- California Child Abuse Case Goes to the Supreme Court
New York Times, 4/6/2003- Therapy for Soldiers on the Iraqi Battlefield
Houston Chronicle, 4/12/2003- Center Combats Terror's Psychological Effects
ABC News, 4/25/2003- Sufferers of Hair-Pulling Disorder Speak Out
New York Times, 5/5/2003- So Much for the Madman Theory
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, 5/30/2003- 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
New York Times, 6/3/2003- Boredom and Mental Health
Associated Press, 6/20/2003- Shyness Has a Root in the Brain That Long Endures
New York Times, 7/8/2003- Two Types of Brain Problems Are Found to Cause Dyslexia
New York Times, 7/29/2003- Truth About Lies: Telling Them Can Reveal a Lot
Associated Press, 8/10/2003- A Stuttering Study Brings Suit, and Reflects a Shift
New York Times, 9/1/2003- Power of Positive Thinking May Have a Health Benefit
New York Times, 9/6/2003- Is Trauma Being Trivialized?
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
Boston Globe, 9/28/2003- Catholic Church's Therapy Guidelines Questioned
Associated Press, 10/6/2003- Troops Get Mandatory Postwar Counseling
New York Times, 12/9/2003- Humanity? Maybe It's in the Wiring
ABC News, 12/24/2003- Why Introverts Are More Vurnerable to Illness
New York Times, 12/30/2003- Patterns: Scanning a Brain for Bipolar Root
New York Times, 12/30/2003- Traversing the Mystery of Memory


Professional Issues:
Associated Press, 1/1/2003- N.Y. Law Mandates Licensing for Mental Health Therapists
Associated Press, 1/3/2002- Social Worker in Missouri Resigns
Associated Press, 1/9/2003- N.Y. Psychiatrist Held on Gun Charges
Associated Press, 1/10/2003- Psychiatrist Was Enraged at Patient Who Tried to End Relationship
Houston Chronicle, 1/13/2003- Texas Psychologists Will Push to Prescribe
Associated Press, 2/8/2003- Michigan Appeals Court Upholds Revocation of Social Worker's License
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 5/8/2003- Psychiatrist Pleads Guilty to Sharing Drugs
New York Times, 7/8/2003- Doctors' Toughest Diagnosis: Own Mental Health
New York Times, 9/27/2003- Insurer Seeks Return of Fees for Therapy
Chicago Tribune, 11/7/2003- Therapist, Firm Named in Medicare Fraud Case
Boston Globe, 11/10/2003- Drugs of Psychiatric Patients Subbed Without OK
Los Angeles Times, 12/3/2003- Man Kills Wife, Self During Counseling


Psychoanalysis:
New York Times, 1/28/2003- Even in the Age of Prozac, Some Still Prefer the Couch
New York Times Magazine, 7/13/2003- The Literary Freud


Psychotropic Medications:

Associated Press, 1/4/2003- FDA OKs Prozac for Depressed Children
Reuters News Service, 1/4/2003- Drugmakers Deny Inventing a Disorder
ABC News, 1/8/2003- Testosterone Buoys Spirits of Depressed Men
ABC News, 1/12/2003- Are Headaches Triggered by Medicine?
Boston Globe, 1/14/2003- Prescription Drug Lawsuit Expected to Proceed
Washington Post, 1/14/2003- More Kids Receiving Psychiatric Drugs
Boston Globe, 1/21/2003- Drug Firms Fend Off Discount Initiatives
Washington Post, 2/4/2003- A New Choice for Treating ADHD
Los Angeles Times, 2/10/2003- New Medication for Attention Deficit Disorder
Reuters News Service, 2/21/2003- Antidepressants Prevent Relapses, Study Finds
Associated Press, 3/7/2003- Bristol-Meyers Blocked Sale of Cheaper Anti-Anxiety Drugs
Boston Globe, 3/9/2003- Massachusetts Guidelines Pushed on Child Medication
Boston Globe, 4/11/2003- Group Blames Medication
New York Times, 5/6/2003- A Zealous Quest for Chemicals to Heal Ailing Brains
New York Times, 5/20/2003- Leading Drugs for Psychosis Come Under New Scrutiny
Boston Globe, 5/21/2003- Narcolepsy Drug Eyed as Alternative to Ritalin
Los Angeles Times, 5/31/2003- Searching for the Next Prozac
Reuters News Service, 6/20/2003- FDA Warns Against Giving Children Paxil
Detroit Free Press, 6/27/2003- U.S. BuSpar Users Could Get a Refund
New York Times, 7/1/2003- Mental Health: Sticking With Antidepressants
ABC News, 7/3/2003- Antipsychotic Drug Can Help Anorexics
Associated Press, 7/15/2003- Valium Is Forty Years Old This Year
ABC News, 7/25/2003- Anti-Depressant Stifles the Urge to Shop
New York Times, 8/7/2003- Debate Resumes on the Safety of Depression's Wonder Drugs
Chicago Tribune, 8/8/2003- Antidepressants May Actually Change the Brain, Study Says
ABC News, 8/9/2003- The Truth About Paxil
New York Times, 8/25/2003- Three Schizophrenia Drugs May Raise Diabetes Risk, Study Says
New York Times, 8/27/2003- Zoloft Is Effective With Kids, Study Finds
Washington Post, 8/30/2003- Raising Doubts About Drugs
New York Times, 9/2/2003- Pancreatitis Risk Seen in Schizophrenia Drugs
Los Angeles Times, 9/17/2003- Lithium Praised As Treatment for Suicidal Patients
Washington Post, 10/7/2003- Epilepsy Drugs May Curb Obesity
Washington Post, 10/28/2003- FDA Cautions on Antidepressants and Youth
Los Angeles Times, 10/30/2003- Ban Antidepressant, Watchdog Group Says
Boston Globe, 10/30/2003- Can Drugs Help Us Conquer Phobias?
New York Times, 11/11/2003- Can Drugs Make Us Happier? Smarter?
Reuters News Service, 11/26/2003- Generic Version of Wellbutrin Gets Go-Ahead
New York Times, 12/11/2003- British Warning on Antidepressant Use for Youth

New York Times, 12/16/2003- British Ignite Debate in U.S. on Drugs and Suicide
Associated Press, 12/29/2003- FDA OKs New Lilly Bipolar Disorder Drug


Trauma & Recovery:

New York Times, 2/20/2003- Long-Term Effects of Post-Trauma Events
Boston Globe, 3/5/2003- Church Hires Psychologist Who Doubts Repressed Memories
Associated Press, 5/6/2003- First Sexual Abuse Shelter for Men & Women Opens
Houston Chronicle, 5/10/2003- Abuse Survivor Starts Program to Help Kids
New York Times, 6/22/2003- Battlefield Aid for Soldiers' Battered Psyches
Associated Press, 8/6/2003- Researchers Find Varying Rates of Post-Traumatic Stress
Washington Post, 10/9/2003- Traumatic Stress Is Focus of Program
Chicago Tribune, 11/2/2003- Time on Side of Sex Abuse Victims


Treatment Approaches:
Boston Globe, 1/10/2003- Job Seekers Relying on Personal Coaches
Detroit Free Press, 1/20/2003- Counseling Group Helps Children Deal with Loss
ABC News, 1/29/2003- Obsessive-Compulsive Patients Confront Fears in Therapy
Los Angeles Times, 2/16/2003- The Mind-Body Health Connection
Washington Post, 2/18/2003- Dissociation: A Flight of Mind
New York Times Magazine, 2/23/2003- Repress Yourself
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 3/28/2003- Art Therapy Class Draws on Common Ground
New York Times, 4/1/2003- Finding Gold In the Jumble of Dreams
Los Angeles Times, 5/9/2003- Science Attempts to Explain Meditation's Mysterious Way
Boston Globe, 6/3/2003- Brain Scan a Psychiatrist's Visual Aid
Washington Post, 6/10/2003- A Coach for 'Team You'
Los Angeles Times, 6/27/2003- How Light Became a Therapy
Washington Post, 7/16/2003- Individual Treatment Gains Favor
Boston Globe, 7/24/2003- Shock Therapy Aiding Kitty Dukakis
Associated Press, 8/17/2003- Movies Make Patients' Day, Some Therapists Find
Psychotherapy Networker, Sept/Oct. 2003- Researchers & Practitioners Collide on EMDR
ABC News, 9/23/2003- Overwrought Moms Turn to Parenting Coaches
Scripps Howard News Service, 10/6/2003- Rapid Exposure to Fear May Work Best
New York Times, 10/21/2003- Experts Try Magnets for the Mind
New York Times, 10/21/2003- In Defense of Electroshock
Boston Globe, 10/27/2003- Debriefing Therapy Is Challenged
New York Times Magazine, 11/2/2003- The Cruelest Cure
Los Angeles Times, 11/15/2003- Virtual Therapy for a Real Fear
Los Angeles Times, 11/21/2003- Shock Therapy and the Brain
Los Angeles Times, 12/15/2003- Music Therapist Tunes Into Youths at Group Home


Women & Mental Health
Associated Press, 1/1/2003- Boston Rape Crisis Center Refuses Judge's Order
Associated Press, 1/7/2003- Most Women Overdrawn at Sleep Bank, Expert Says
Associated Press, 1/19/2003- Study: Women's Sex Problems Overestimated
New York Times, 1/26/2003- Privacy of Rape Accusers Clashes With Trial Rights
Detroit Free Press, 2/24/2003- Intimate Aquaintances Hurt Women More Often
Ann Arbor News, 4/4/2003- Funding Cuts May End Sex Assault Crisis Center
New York Times, 9/16/2003- Exercise Is a Habit; Here's Why to Pick It Up


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