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         News Articles on Mental Health- 2004, 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 2003 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 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
Treatment Approaches 2006 Chronological Index
Trauma & Recovery 2007 Chronological Index
Women's Issues 2008 Chronological Index
Miscellaneous Topics  
The Best of 2000-2008


Addictions:
Alcohol-

Associated Press, 2/14/2004- Studies: Alcohol Damages Fetal Brain
Associated Press, 3/8/2004- Smoking, Drinking on Rise in Military
New York Times, 3/9/2004- Long Before Oprah, A Celebrity Bared Her Soul
New York Times, 3/23/2004- Driving Drunk: A Study Looks at Child Deaths
ABC News, 3/27/2004- Alcohol Is Behind Many ER Visits, Study Finds
Associated Press, 4/5/2004- Study Details Midwest Binge Drinking
Reuters News, 4/14/2004- Heavy Social Drinkers Show Brain Damage
Associated Press, 5/16/2004- Liquor Sales Jump in Michigan

New York Times, 5/18/2004- Alcoholism a Significant Risk Factor for Retirees
Associated Press, 6/11/2004- Alcohol Abuse Up, but Alcoholism Down
New York Times, 7/22/2004- British Worry That Drinking Has Gotten Out of Hand
Washington Post, 7/25/2004- For DUI, Personal Costs Are High
Washington Post, 7/25/2004- Shame Starts In the Drunk Tank
Associated Press, 7/26/2004- Study Aims to Sort Out Safe Alcohol Usage
Associated Press, 7/31/2004- Analysis Lays Out Conflits in Health Benefits of Alcohol
Associated Press, 9/8/2004- Gene May Link Alcoholism and Depression
Chicago Tribune, 9/10/2004- Mom Fights to Bring Awareness of Disorder
Denver Post, 9/19/2004- Students' Binge Drinking Getting Heavier, Report Says
Ann Arbor News, 10/24/2004- Sobriety Court Aims to Prevent Repeat Drunk Driving
Associated Press, 11/28/2004- Bay County Has Michigan's Higest Drinking Rate
New York Times, 11/30/2004- Remedies: This Is Your Brain on Beer
Newsday, 12/28/2004- Alcohol Abuse Among Young Girls on the Rise

Gambling-
Christian Science Monitor, 2/19/2004- Backlash Against Gambling Industry
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 2/23/2004- Gambling Addiction Nearly Tore a Family Apart
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 2/24/2004- Addict: 'Gambling Just Took Over My Life'
Seattle Post-Intelligencer- 2/25/2004- Washington Problem Gamblers Abandoned
Seattle Post-Intelligencer- 2/25/2004- $3 Mil a Year for Oregon Gambling Addiction TX
Associated Press, 6/12/2004- Few Treatment Options for Problem Gamblers

Heroin
Associated Press, 1/7/2004- Methadone Overdose Deaths on Rise in Maryland
New York Times, 1/20/2004- Testing; Drug Eases Heroin Withdrawal
Chicago Tribune, 1/30/2004- Flood of Heroin Ravaging Chicago
Chicago Tribune, 2/13/2004- Methadone Abuse on the Rise
Associated Press, 2/15/2004- Clinic Seeks Vermont OK for Take-Home Methadone Plan
Associated Press, 3/15/2004- Addict Is Denied Bail to Spare Unborn Triplets
Associated Press, 4/5/2004- Fatal Heroin Overdoses on Rise in Massachusetts
Associated Press, 10/3/2004- Illegal Methadone Distribution Is Increasing Worry

Marijuana
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Los Angeles Times, 5/1/2004- Marijuana Use Is Pushing Teens into Treatment
Associated Press, 5/4/2004- Marijuana Abuse Is Up Among U.S. Adults
Associated Press, 6/4/2004- Study Examines Teen Summer Marijuana Use
Reuters News Service, 7/20/2004- Stronger Pot A Concern
Associated Press, 12/2/2004- Gov't Targets Drugged Driving Among Teens

Methamphetamine
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New York Times, 1/4/2004- Across the Rural Midwest, Drug Casts a Grim Shadow
New York Times, 2/23/2004- Meth Lab Plague Spreading
Los Angeles Times, 2/28/2004- Police in Midwest Battling Meth 'Epidemic'
Chicago Tribune, 3/7/2004- Kids of Meth Addicts Bear Scars
New York Times, 3/11/2004- Gays' Use of Viagra and Meth Is Linked to Disease
Associated Press, 3/14/2004- Meth-Makers Become Addicted to N.C.
Associated Press, 5/16/2004- Fears of Crystal Meth Crisis Rise in NYC
New York Times, 7/20/2004- This Is Your Brain on Meth
Associated Press, 7/23/2004- Meth Use Up, Testing Reveals
Boston Globe, 8/7/2004- Tennessee Struggles to Curb Methamphetamine Use
New York Times, 8/29/2004- No Man Is a Crystal Meth User Unto Himself
Associated Press, 9/4/2004- Doctor Founds Ministry to Fight Meth Addiction
Associated Press, 11/7/2004- Vermont Police Trained in Dangers of Methamphetamine
Associated Press, 12/3/2004- Meth's Sexual Effect Explains Addictions

Miscellaneous-

Associated Press, 1/6/2004- Substance Abuse, Mental Illness, Top Maine Prisoner Complaints
ABC News, 1/11/2004- Teens Are Abusing Over-the-Counter Cold Pills
ABC News, 1/16/2004- Teen Habits Die Hard for Middle-Aged
Chicago Tribune, 2/13/2004- Abuse of Cold Medicine on the Rise
Associated Press, 3/18/2004- Government Warns of Inhalant Abuse Among Kids
Ann Arbor News, 3/18/2004- Livingston County, MI Drug Overdose Cases Escalate
Boston Globe, 3/20/2004- Victims Had Lived Tragic Lives
ABC News, 4/1/2004- Ecstasy Use Rising
Los Angeles Times, 4/4/2004- Cough Medicine: A Bad Trip That Kills
New York Times, 4/6/2004- Jittery? Peevish? Can't Sleep? What Are You Drinking?
Washington Post, 4/16/2004- Method Claims Hypnosis Treatment Can Cure Addictions
Associated Press, 4/18/2004- 'Huffing' a Continuing Problem in N.E.
Wall Street Journal, 4/18/2004- Coffeehouses Pack Blends with Caffeine
Associated Press, 5/27/2004- Over-The-Counter Drug Abuse Rises in Wyoming
New York Times, 6/15/2004- Now At Your Drugstore: A Cheap & Dangerous High
Associated Press, 8/6/2004- Survey: NH, Vermont Have Highest Drug Rates
Newhouse News Service, 10/2/2004- Experts: Taper Off Caffine Use
Associated Press, 10/6/2004- Drugs, Alcohol Mixed in With Youth Crime
Washington Post, 10/8/2004- Household Medicine Abused by Young
Knight Ridder, 10/10/2004- Drug Addiction Chief a Study in Contrasts
Seattle Post Intelligencer, 11/9/2004- Program Aims to Get Drug Users Off the Street
Baltimore Sun, 11/24/2004- Caffeine Addiction Not in Head
Associated Press, 12/21/2004- U of M Study Surveys Teen Drug Use
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 12/24/2004- Drug Courts Are Not A Right Washington State Rules

Nicotine-

Atlanta Constitution, 1/16/2004- Anti-Tobacco Efforts Have Grown Over 40 Years
Reuters News Service, 2/1/2004- Report on Smoking Is Broken Down by Ethnicity
Associated Press, 2/16/2004- Tests Suggest Some Predisposed to Smoke
Associated Press, 3/9/2004- Poor Children Exposed to Smoke at Risk
Associated Press, 3/10/2004- New Pill Helps With Smoking and Weight
New York Times, 3/23/2004- A Nicotine Patch to Match Your Genes
New York Times, 3/30/2004- Habits: A Smoke Much Sweeter
New York Times, 4/6/2004- A Smokeless Alternative to Quitting
Associated Press, 4/22/2004- Patch Helps New Yorkers Quit Smoking
New York Times, 4/27/2004- Habits: When a Team Tackles Smoking
New York Times, 5/2/2004- A Quitter's Dilemma: Hooked on the Cure
Associated Press, 5/27/2004- List Linking Smoking to Diseases Expands
Associated Press, 5/28/2004- U.N.: Smoking Kills People Seconds Apart
Associated Press, 6/22/2004- Study: Quitting Smoking Adds Years to Life
ABC News, 6/29/2004- Secondhand Smoke Is Much More Dangerous Than First Thought
ABC News, 7/28/2004- The Benefits of Quiting Smoking at Any Age
Los Angeles Times, 8/2/2004- Are Men Better Hypnosis Subjects for Smoking Cessation?
Associated Press, 8/30/2004- Study: Heart Scares May Not Stop Smokers
New York Times, 8/31/2004- Nicotine Patch Didn't Work? You May Not Have Used It Enough
New York Times, 9/14/2004- Second Had-Smoke: Just Don't Breathe In
New York Times, 9/28/2004- The Claim: Hypnosis Can Help You Stop Smoking
New York Times, 11/2/2004- Habits: For Nicotine, a Too Happy Home
Associated Press, 11/4/2004- Study Targets Key to Nicotine Addiction
Los Angeles Times, 11/12/2004- When Smoking Becomes a Disorder
Detroit Free Press, 11/16/2004- How to Quit Smoking for Good
Associated Press, 11/26/2004- Study: Cigarettes Cost Society $40 a Pack
New York Times, 11/30/2004- Nicotine Addiction: A Gene for Getting Hooked
Cox News Service, 11/30/2004- If Your Teen Starts Smoking, Get Tough
Associated Press, 12/2/2004- Spending Urged for Anti-Smoking Programs

Prescription Drugs-
Associated Press, 1/22/2004- GAO: OxyContin Claims Unsubstantiated
Washington Post, 2/15/2004- U.S. Is Working to Make Painkiller Harder to Obtain
Reuters News Service, 3/1/2004- Drug Crackdown Targets Internet Pharmacies
New York Times, 3/18/2004- Drug-Fighters Turn to Rising Tide of Prescription Drugs
Associated Press, 8/18/2004- Lawsuit Against OxyContin Maker Dropped
Associated Press, 8/30/2004- Methadone Abuse on the Rise in Oregon
Associated Press, 9/9/2004- Report: Prescription Drug Abuse on Rise
Associated Press, 9/14/2004- N.M. Doctor Guilty in Painkiller Deaths
New York Times, 10/19/2004- Treating Pain Is Now Risky Business
Washington Post, 10/21/2004- DEA Withdraws Its Support of Guidelines on Painkillers
New York Times, 11/28/2004- High for the Holidays
Washington Post, 12/7/2004- Va. Doctor Defends Prescribing Pain Pills
Associated Press, 12/10/2004- Dallas Doctor Charged; Patients Died of OD
Associated Press, 12/15/2004- Virginia Doctor Guilty of Drug Trafficking
Washington Post, 12/17/2004- Pain Doctor Convicted of Drug Charges
Washington Post, 12/21/2004- Pain Doctor "Cavalier,' Jury Foreman Says

Recovery-
Washington Post, 1/5/2004- Patience, Love Replace Their Drugging Days
New York Times, 1/16/2004- On His Feet, After Many Battles With an Unseen Foe
New York Times Book Review, 3/21/2004- 'My Name Is Bill': Found in a Bottle
New York Times, 6/14/2004- My Name Is the Big Book, My Future Is Open
New York Times, 7/17/2004- Reality Radio: A Faceless Confessional

Services-

Boston Globe, 5/21/2004- Mass. Governor Wants Bigger Drug Treatment Budget
Knight Ridder News, 10/21/2004- Drug Treatment Urged Instead of Time in Prison

Treatment-
Los Angeles Times, 2/20/2004- Addiction Medication Has a Slow Start in the U.S.
Boston Globe, 5/30/2004- Mass. Law Limits Alternative Treatment for Addicts
Associated Press, 6/26/2004- New Vermont Opiate Addiction Program to Start
New York Times, 7/24/2004- For Addicts At One Center, Severity is the Key to Success
Associated Press, 7/27/2004- Vermont May Get Mobile Methadone Clinics
New York Times, 8/3/2004- New Ways to Loosen Addiction's Grip
Los Angeles Times, 8/2/2004- Are Men Better Hypnosis Subjects for Smoking Cessation?
Associated Press, 8/23/2004- New Vermont Drug Treatment Center Allows Longer Stays
Chicago Tribune, 8/27/2004- Illinois Drug Court to Be Studied
Associated Press, 8/29/2004- Scientists May Use Drugs to Stop Addiction
Los Angeles Times, 9/23/2004- Report Says 1 of 3 Finish Drug Rehab
Los Angeles Times, 11/12/2004- Doctors Often Miss Teen Substance Abuse
Associated Press, 11/17/2004- Drug that Battles Obesity Could Inhibit Addictions



Book & Film Reviews:
New York Times Book Review- 1/11/2004- 'Jung': In the Archives
New York Times Book Review- 1/11/2004- Just Do It: Writer's Block
New York Times, 1/21/2004- Putting Psychoanalysis Itself on the Couch
New York Times, 1/27/2004- 'Overlooked' No Longer
New York Times, 1/27/2004- Abuse Case Revisited, Cloudier Than Ever
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 1/27/2004- Not All Young Bullies Are Boys
Baltimore Sun, 2/15/2004- New Book Clears the Air About an Unspeakable Crime
New York Times, 2/24/2004- Victims Say Film on Molesters Distorts Facts
New York Times Book Review, 3/7/2004- 'Strangers': The Age of Uranians
New York Times Book Review, 3/21/2004- 'My Name Is Bill': Found in a Bottle
New York Times Book Review, 3/21/2004- 'Songs of the Gorilla': Scholarship & Autism
New York Times, 3/24/2004- Mothering and Its Cultural Discontents
New York Times Book Review, 3/28/2004- 'Opening Skinner's Box'
ABC News, 4/8/2004- Homesick: A Memoir of Family, Food and Finding Hope
New York Times, 4/12/2004- Book's Critique of Psychology Ignites Criticism
New York Times, 4/29/2004- A Filmmaker Inspired by Lobotomy
Newhouse News Service, 5/2/2004- Recovery From Clutter
New York Times Book Review, 5/2/2004- Unpacking Skinner's Box
New York Times, 5/9/2004- 'Acquainted With the Night': Troubled Children & Parents
New York Times, 5/9/2004- 'Mind Wide Open': This Is Your Brain
New York Times, 6/15/2004- Helping Troubled Youth
New York Times, 6/22/2004- Secrets of the Happy Life
New York Times, 6/29/2004- Parenting Toddlers to Teenagers
Detroit Free Press, 7/27/2004- A Father's Fight for Mental Health
New York Times, 7/30/2004- Film Review: Erotic Suspense After Mistaken Identity
New York Times, 8/10/2004- Into the Mind of the Autistic
New York Times, 8/11/2004- Book Review of "The Invisible Century"
Newhouse News Service- 8/15/2004- Elightenment in Dark Times
New York Times Book Review, 8/22/2004- A Man's Guide to Civilized Divorce
New York Times Book Review, 9/5/2004- Is Psychoanalysis Science or Is It Toast?
New York Times, 9/6/2004- Indicting the Drug Industry's Practices
New York Times, 9/21/2004- Strategies Against Stress
Washington Post, 9/29/2004- Rational Exhuberance
New York Times Book Review, 10/10/2004- "The Cult of Personality"
Ann Arbor News, 10/24/2004- 'Terrible Twos' Might Need Dose of Toddler Talk
New York Times, 11/2/2004- New Salvo Is Fired in Mommy Wars
New York Times Book Review, 11/14/2004- The Truth About Drug Companies
Baltimore Sun, 11/30/2004- What We Do Defines Us, Therapist Says
New York Times, 12/7/2004- Quiet Demons in Black Life
New York Times, 12/24/2004- Released From Prison, But Never Really Free



Child & Adolescent Mental Health:
ADHD-
Washington Post, 1/20/2004- Paying Attention To Parents of ADHD Kids
Associated Press, 4/4/2004- Attention Deficit Linked to TV Viewing
Associated Press, 4/5/2004- Study Links ADHD Drugs to Growth Delays
Los Angles Times, 9/10/2004- Kids with ADHD May Benefit from Great Outdoors
Associated Press, 12/17/2004- Danger of Liver Problems Seen in ADD Drug
Newsday, 12/17/2004- Link Between Ritalin, Depression Explored

Autism Spectrum Disorder-
New York Times, 1/6/2004- Trials End Parents' Hopes for Autism Drug
New York Times, 1/26/2004- More and More Autism Cases
New York Times, 1/30/2004- As Autism Cases Rise, Parents Run Frenzied Race
Boston Globe, 2/8/2004- Debate Grows on Vaccine-Autism Link
Associated Press, 2/21/2004- British Journal Regrets Vaccine-Autism Link Study
Associated Press, 2/23/2004- University Program Helps Autistic Students
New York Times, 2/24/2004- Lifting the Veils of Autism, One by One by One
New York Times Book Review, 3/21/2004- 'Songs of the Gorilla': Scholarship & Autism
Associated Press, 4/1/2004- Autism Theory on Brains Sparks Debate
Associated Press, 4/12/2004- Advanced Scanning Being Used for Autism
ABC News, 4/22/2004- Out of Darkness: A Family Struggles with Autism
ABC News, 4/23/2004- Intensive Behavioral Therapy Widely Used For Autism
New York Times, 4/29/2004- An Answer, Not a Cure, for a Social Disorder
Associated Press, 5/2/2004- University Tailors a Program for Autistic Students
Boston Globe, 5/19/2004- Panel Rejects Vaccine Link to Autism
Associated Press, 6/27/2004- N.H. Autism Center Opening Later This Year
New York Times, 8/10/2004- Into the Mind of the Autistic
Chicago Tribune, 9/10/2004- Chicago Forum Tackles Autism Issues
New York Times, 9/15/2004- The Waves Don't Mind if You're Autistic
New York Times, 10/21/2004- For Families of Autistic Kids, the Fight for Ordinary
New York Times, 11/8/2004- Canada Suit Seeks Aid for Autism Victims
New York Times, 12/10/2004- For Siblings of the Autistic, A Burdened Youth
New York Times, 12/14/2004- In Autism, New Goal Is Finding It Soon Enough
New York Times, 12/20/2004- How About Not 'Curing' Us, Some Autistics Are Pleading
New York Times, 12/27/2004- To Treat Autism, Parents Take Leap of Faith
New York Times, 12/29/2004- One Boy's Journey Out of Autism's Grasp

Child Development-
New York Times, 1/13/2004- A Bully's Future, From Hard Life to Hard Time
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 1/27/2004- Not All Young Bullies Are Boys
ABC News, 2/17/2004- Emotional Bullying Continues to Scar Grade Schoolers
Knight Ridder News Service, 2/20/2004- Study: Kids Need a Pat on the Back
New York Times, 4/6/2004- Patterns: Violent Games Teenagers Play
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 5/13/2004- Violence Among Girls on the Rise
Los Angeles Times, 5/10/2004- Severely Ill Kids Aren't More Prone to Depression
Associated Press, 6/26/2004- Searching for a Cure to a Child's Cries
New York Times, 6/29/2004- Parenting Toddlers to Teenagers
New York Times, 6/29/2004- Addicted to Mother's Love
Ann Arbor News, 10/24/2004- 'Terrible Twos' Might Need Dose of Toddler Talk
New York Times, 11/2/2004- New Salvo Is Fired in Mommy Wars
New York Times, 11/9/2004- Scream at Your Own Risk (and Your Children's)
Wall Street Journal, 11/16/2004- 'Mommy, Why Do You Have to Work?'
New York Times, 12/7/2004- Tracking Stress and Depression Back to the Womb

Miscellaneous-

Associated Press, 2/9/2004- Brain Scans Being Used to Study Dyslexia
Los Angeles Times, 3/14/2004- Teach Kids to Cope With Bullies, Expert Says
New York Times, 3/24/2004- Digging Up Surprising Roots Behind a Problem Child
Houston Chronicle, 3/26/2004- Parents and Specialists Help Boy Deal With Dyslexia
Associated Press, 6/10/2004- Hanging Most Common in Young Suicides
New York Times, 6/21/2004- A Computer Test to Catch Boys Headed for the Edge
Boston Globe, 7/26/2004- Children Often Blame Themselves for Parent's Stress
Detroit Free Press, 9/14/2004- Family of Boy Makes Tough Choice
New York Times, 9/15/2004- Finding a Future for a Troubled Girl With a Past
Associated Press, 9/15/2004- Parents Don't Regret Talking About Death
Associated Press, 10/6/2004- Drugs, Alcohol Mixed in With Youth Crime
Washington Post, 10/8/2004- Household Medicine Abused by Young
Associated Press, 10/16/2004- Report: Girls Catching up to Boys in Delinquency
Boston Globe, 12/19/2004- Cruel Bargain: Parents Lose Custody to Aid Teens

Services-
Associated Press, 2/18/2004- Ecstasy Death Points Out Need for More Adolescent Services
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 5/26/2004- Bellingham Treatment Center for Youth to Close
Detroit Free Press, 7/1/2004- Treatment for Boys Phased Out at Adrian Youth Center
Associated Press, 7/7/2004- Report: Mentally Ill Youths 'Warehoused'
Detroit Free Press, 8/31/2004- Youth Finds Refuge in Therapy As She Looks for a Way Out of Drugs
Detroit Free Press, 8/31/2004- Kids' Mental Health Needs Lost in Scrambled System
Detroit Free Press, 9/7/2004- Life for a 16-Year-Old After Sexual Assaults
Detroit Free Press, 9/7/2004- Teen with History of Mental Illness Fights the Shadows
New York Times, 11/23/2004- Child Detention Centers Criticized in New Jersey

Treatment-
Associated Press, 5/17/2004- Kids' Behavior Drugs Get the Cash
New York Times, 6/15/2004- Helping Troubled Youth
Detroit Free Press, 9/14/2004- Nutritional Therapy Helps Boy With His Rage
Boston Globe, 10/21/2004- What's Next for Depressed Kids?
New York Times, 11/16/2004- A Panicked Child, A Worried Parent, a Controversial Pill
New York Times, 12/21/2004- Therapy? Pills? A Quandary in Britain


Criminal Sexual Misconduct:
New York Times, 1/27/2004- Abuse Case Revisited, Cloudier Than Ever
Associated Press, 2/9/2004- Megan's Law Database in Disarray
Associated Press, 2/13/2004- Study: Child Sexual Abuse Drops 40 Percent Nationwide
Associated Press, 2/16/2004- Report: 11,000 Clergy Abuse Claims Filed
New York Times, 2/24/2004- Victims Say Film on Molesters Distorts Facts
Boston Globe, 2/27/2004- Report Finds 162 Boston Priests Accused Since '50
New York Times, 3/5/2004- A Dispassionate Look at the Wolf in Priest's Clothing
Boston Globe, 3/23/2004- Massachusetts Court Says Incest Statute Could Be Changed
Boston Globe, 4/14/2004- Psychologist Uncertain About Sex Abusers
New York Times, 7/1/2004- Daughter Says Father's Confessional Book Didn't Confess Molestation
Associated Press, 7/1/2004- 1 in 10 Schoolchildren Face Sexual Misconduct
Los Angeles Times, 8/24/2004- Sex Predator's Toll: 212 Victims
Associated Press, 9/4/2004- Sex Crimes May Be Starting Younger
Associated Press, 9/10/2004- First Graduate of Sex Predator Program Seeks Release
Associated Press, 9/13/2004- California Sex Offencer Freed After Treatment
New York Times Magazine, 9/19/2004- Who Was Abused?
New York Times, 10/11/2004- British Boarding School Walls Hid Abuse



Domestic Violence:
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 2/23/2004- Domestic Abuse Gets Attention of Washington Lawmakers
Associated Press, 4/20/2004- Domestic Abuse Victims' Addresses Kept Private
New York Times, 7/14/2004- Spain Mobilizes Against the Scourge of Machismo
Los Angeles Times, 9/10/2004- L.A. Domestic Violence Hotline Stays Connected
New York Times, 10/8/2004- New Federal Rules Gather Data About Battered Women
Associated Press, 10/26/2004- Court: Women Shouldn't Lose Child Custody
Washington Post, 11/2/2004- Court Will Rule on Town's Liability in Family Violence
Ann Arbor News, 11/7/2004- Diagnosing and Responding to Child Abuse
Associated Press, 12/10/2004- Domestic Violence Expert Testifies in Michigan Trial



Eating Disorders:

Boston Globe, 1/2/2004- Blame Biology, Not Parenting, New Anorexia Theory Suggests
ABC News, 1/12/2004- How to Get Emotional Eating Under Control
Washington Post, 4/2/2004- Scientists Detail Hormone's Role in Impulse to Eat
ABC News, 4/8/2004- Homesick: A Memoir of Family, Food and Finding Hope
Associated Press, 5/11/2004- Experts: Male Eating Disorders on Rise
Associated Press, 6/22/2004- New York Funds Eating Disorders Centers
New York Times, 7/6/2004- Older Women, Too, Struggle With a Dangerous Secret
Washington Post, 9/16/2004- Pro-Anorexia Web Site Claims 'Lifestyle Choice'
Associated Press, 9/21/2004- Officials See More Eating Disorders in Men
Associated Press, 10/27/2004- Experts Urge Care Dealing With Anorexics
Reuters, 11/21/2004- In Online Setting, A Cult of Anorexia Finds Affirmation
New York Times, 11/30/2004- Sorry, Your Eating Disorder Doesn't Meet Criteria



Emotional Disorders:
New York Times, 1/13/2004- Sleep Experts Debate Root of Insomnia
New York Times, 1/27/2004- Panic Attacks Are Traced to Brain Chemical
New York Times, 1/27/2004- Often Time Beats Therapy for Treating Grief
ABC News, 2/1/2004- High Estrogen Levels Linked to Depression
Associated Press, 3/1/2004- Anger Linked to Stroke Risk in Men
Associated Press, 4/7/2004- Tips for Elderly to Beat Back Depression
Associated Press, 4/20/2004- Depression and Anxiety High Among NYC Firefighters
Newhouse News Service, 5/2/2004- Recovery From Clutter
New York Times, 6/1/2004- How Household Junk Can Grow Into Mountains
New York Times Magazine, 8/22/2004- Did Antidepressants Depress Japan?
Newsday, 8/25/2004- Depression, Anxeity Linger for Caregivers
Associated Press, 9/8/2004- Gene May Link Alcoholism and Depression
Detroit Free Press, 9/29/2004- War Takes Mental Health Toll
New York Times, 11/7/2004- The Election's Over. Are You Still Losing It?
New York Times, 11/16/2004- Oh, Fine, You're Right. I'm Passive-Aggressive
New York Times, 11/24/2004- Anger Management May Not Help at All
New York Times, 12/7/2004- Tracking Stress and Depression Back to the Womb
New York Times, 12/7/2004- Quiet Demons in Black Life
New York Times, 12/10/2004- Study Pursues a Genetic Link to Depression
New York Times, 12/14/2004- Can Strep Bring On an Anxiety Disorder?
New York Times, 12/17/2004- Study Suggests Way to Predict Whom Antidepressants Help



Family & Marital Issues:
Detroit Free Press, 1/1/2004- Study Finds Differences in the Way Sexes React
Chicago Tribune, 1/9/2004- University Of Chicago Sex Study Sees Love, Loneliness
ABC News, 1/19/2004- Dealing With the New "Non-Traditional" American Family
Newhouse News Service, 2/3/2004- Lies, Secrets Undermine Relationships
ABC News, 3/15/2004- As Workloads Increase, More Professional Moms Opting Out
San Antonio Express-News, 7/26/2004- Experts Debate Divorce's Long-Lasting Effects
New York Times, 8/8/2004- Divorced Parents Move and Custody Gets Trickier
New York Times Book Review, 8/22/2004- A Man's Guide to Civilized Divorce
Wall Street Journal, 11/30/2004- Make It a Fair Fight



Forensic Psychology:

Associated Press, 1/5/2004- Court: Antipsychotic Drugs Can't Be Forced on Inmates
Houston Chronicle, 1/25/2004- Psychiatrist's Testimony Could Get Yates a New Trial
Associated Press, 1/25/2004- Yates' Husband Says Trial Was Unnecessary
Houston Chronicle, 1/25/2004- Pain, Work Relentless in Yates Case
New York Times, 2/4/2004- Insanity Issue Lingers as Texas Execution Is Set
Houston Chronicle, 2/5/2004- Schizophrenic Killer Get 60-Day Reprieve
Washington Post, 2/10/2004- Early Trauma Altered Sniper, Psychologist Says
Baltimore Sun, 2/15/2004- New Book Clears the Air About an Unspeakable Crime
Associated Press, 3/31/2004- Psychiatrist: Yates Sane, East Texas Mom Not
Associated Press, 4/1/2004- Psychiatrist's Video Shows Contrast in Mom's Trial
Associated Press, 4/3/2004- Jury Acquits Texas Mother Who Killed Sons
Associated Press, 4/5/2004- Psychiatrists Key in Recent Child Murder Cases
Associated Press, 4/17/2004- Texas Insantiy Law Under New Scrutiny
Associated Press, 5/8/2004- Doctor Tells Story of Life Spent Studying Serial Killers
Houston Chronicle, 5/10/2004- Debate Renewed Over Executing the Mentally Ill
New York Times, 5/15/2004- Columbine: Parents of a Killer
Associated Press, 5/16/2004- Klebold Parents Not Seeking Forgiveness
Associated Press, 6/7/2004- Hinckley Still Patient in Mental Hospital
Associated Press, 7/20/2004- Study Backs Antidepressant-Suicide Link
Houston Chronicle, 7/21/2004- Andrea Yates' Medical Condition Worsens
Houston Chronicle, 7/22/2004- Schizophrenic's Lawyers Will Get to Fight Execution
Associated Press, 12/2/2004- Accused Mother Described As Gentle Soul
Associated Press, 12/5/2004- Pastor Decried After Child's Arms Severed
Associated Press, 12/6/2004- 'Improvement' Seen in Mom Who Cut Off Baby's Arms
Associated Press, 12/7/2004- Texas Mother Not Herself, Grandmother Says
Associated Press, 12/14/2004- 'Law And Order' at Heart of Andrea Yates' Appeal
Houston Chronicle, 12/15/2004- Mom to Officer: 'I Felt Like I Had to'
Associated Press, 12/23/2004- Report: Infanticide Suspect Slit Her Wrist



Gay, Lesbian & Gender Issues:
ABC News, 1/22/2004- Our Sexual Identity Has Little to Do With Sex Organs
New York Times Book Review, 3/7/2004- 'Strangers': The Age of Uranians
New York Times, 3/11/2004- Gays' Use of Viagra and Meth Is Linked to Disease
Associated Press, 6/20/2004- Lesbian Community Assesses Health Issues
Chicago Tribune, 6/21/2004- Gays' Breakups Raise Legal Conflicts
New York Times, 8/14/2004- Two Women Stand by Governor McGreevey
New York Times, 8/29/2004- No Man Is a Crystal Meth User Unto Himself
New York Times, 9/19/2004- When Gender Isn't a Given



Major Mental Illness:

Alzheimer's Illness-
New York Times, 3/23/2004- A Wife Learns to See With Alzheimer's Eyes
Chicago Tribune, 6/7/2004- Seeking Origins of Alzheimer's
Chicago Tribune, 7/4/2004- Brain Therapy May Ease Alzheimers
Los Angeles Times, 12/17/2004- A Need to Know: Is It Alzheimer's?

Bipolar Illness-
New York Times, 2/11/2004- For Hollywood Misery, an Alter Ego Helps
New York Times, 2/17/2004- When Bipolar Masquerades as a Happy Face
Detroit News, 3/9/2004- Bipolar Teen and Family Win Struggle for Peace

Depression-
New York Times, 1/13/2004- Dealing With Depression & the Perils of Pregnancy
Associated Press, 1/17/2004- Missing Actor Gray Long Battled His Fears
New York Times, 3/16/2004- New Clues to Women Veiled in Black
Detroit Free Press, 4/27/2004- Depression on the U of M Campus
Baltimore Sun, 5/14/2004- Depression Research Finds Mental Health Experts Optimistic
Ann Arbor News, 6/27/2004- Depression: Climbing Out of the Dark
Reuters News Service, 8/12/2004- Brain Circuit Is Linked to Depression

Miscellaneous-
Associated Press, 1/11/2004- Foundation Works to Dispel Mental Illness Stigma
Houston Chronicle, 1/18/2004- Police, Mentally Ill Can Make Lethal Combination
New York Times, 1/27/2004- In a Mental Institute, The Call of the Outside
Associated Press, 2/17/2004- N.Y. Keeps Forced Mental Health Treatment
New York Times, 3/3/2004- Overhaul of System Protecting the Unfit Needed
Chicago Tribune, 3/25/2004- Mental Health Courts Seen Soon in Chicago
Associated Press, 5/2/2004- Kin May Have to Pay for Legally Insane
Chicago Tribune, 5/13/2004- Chicago Mental Health Court Handles First Cases
Chicago Tribune, 5/30/2004- Aversive Shocks Used to Control Autistic Man
Associated Press, 6/1/2004- Study: Mental Illnesses Are Under-Treated
New York Times, 6/2/2004- Large Study on Mental Illness Finds Global Prevalence
Associated Press, 6/19/2004- Man: Mental Illness Caused Wife's Rampage
Chicago Tribune, 6/29/2004- Court Would Assist Mentally Ill
Houston Chronicle, 7/1/2004- Empathy for Mentally Ill Increasing, Survey Shows
Detroit Free Press, 7/27/2004- A Father's Fight for Mental Health
Chicago Tribune, 10/29/2004- Mental Illness on Stage for Cops
New York Times Magazine, 10/31/2004- A Death in the Box
Los Angeles Times, 11/3/2004- Mental Patient Dies in UCLA's Psychiatric ER
Associated Press, 11/10/2004- MI Senate Passes Mental Health Reform Bill
Boston Globe, 11/23/2004- Scientists Peer into Mental Illness
Ann Arbor News, 12/30/2004- Michigan Law Takes Effect to Require Mental Health Care

Schizophrenia-
Reuters News Service, 2/20/2004- Study: Grain Allergy a Risk Factor for Schizophrenia
ABC News,4/7/2004- Schizophrenia Meds Ignored

Services-
Chicago Tribune, 1/6/2004- Chicago Mentally Ill Find Guidance After Jail
New York Times, 1/14/2004- Crackdown Falters on Adult Homes for Mentally Ill
Boston Globe, 1/18/2004- Boston Area Mental Health Services Widened
Associated Press, 1/20/2004- N.H. Mental Health Bill Gets Panned
Detroit Free Press, 1/22/2004- More Cases Test Mental Health Workers
Chicago Tribune, 1/26/2004- Illinois to Change Kid's Mental Aid
Washington Post, 1/26/2004- Maryland Deficit Limiting Mental Illness Care

Los Angeles Times, 1/28/2004- Report Criticizes Mental Health Care for California Inmates
Associated Press, 1/29/2004- Nebraska Govenor Defends Mental Health Reform
Detroit Free Press, 1/30/2004- Michigan Board Aiming to Fix Mental Health Woes
Ann Arbor News, 2/20/2004- Livingston County Mental Health Services Demand Growing
Chicago Tribune, 2/20/2004- Illinois Mental Health Experts Wary of Losing Center
Los Angeles Times, 2/25/2004- Poor Care Reported at California Mental Facility
Associated Press, 2/25/2004- Mental Health Providers Urge Efficiency for Vermont System
Chicago Tribune, 2/27/2004- Door Opens for Chicago Mentally Ill
Los Angeles Times, 2/29/2004- Lack of Funding Slows Treatment for Mentally Ill
Los Angeles Times, 3/3/2004- Patient Hangs Self at Los Angeles Mental Hospital
Ann Arbor News, 3/9/2004- U of M Focusing on Depression
Ann Arbor News, 3/10/2004- U of M Stresses Access to Mental Health Aid
Detroit News, 3/9/2004- Bipolar Teen and Family Win Struggle for Peace
Associated Press, 3/14/2004- New Mental Health Hospital to Open in Detroit
Boston Globe, 3/27/2004- About 250 Set to Leave Massachusetts Psychiatric Hospitals
Associated Press, 3/30/2004- Vermont Mental Health Agency Threatens Cuts
Detroit Free Press, 4/14/2004- Royal Oak Delays Mental Health Facility
Associated Press, 4/19/2004- Couple Donates $10 Million for U-M Depression Center
Associated Press, 4/22/2004- U-M Approves Design for Depression Center
Detroit Free Press, 4/27/2004- Depression on the U of M Campus
Associated Press, 5/9/2004- Mental Healthy Care to Increase for Veterans
Chicago Tribune, 5/18/2004- Chicago Mental Health Center Backed
Washington Post, 6/19/2004- D.C. Opens Another Mental Health Facility
Houston Chronicle, 7/29/2004- Texas Mental Health Agency Wants Fewer Patients
New York Times, 8/5/2004- Queens Home for Metally Ill Settles Lawsuit
Houston Chronicle, 8/11/2004- A Call to House the Mentally Ill
New York Times, 8/22/2004- Troubled Home for Mentally Ill Gets Troubled Operator
Detroit Free Press, 8/31/2004- Youth Finds Refuge in Therapy As She Looks for a Way Out of Drugs
Detroit Free Press, 8/31/2004- Kids' Mental Health Needs Lost in Scrambled System
Boston Globe, 9/2/2004- Massachusetts Probes Two Psychiatric Facilities
Detroit Free Press, 9/7/2004- Life for a 16-Year-Old After Sexual Assaults
Detroit Free Press, 9/7/2004- Teen with History of Mental Illness Fights the Shadows
New York Times, 9/9/2004- Operator Fired From Two Homes for Mentally Ill
Washington Post, 9/12/2004- Without Psychiatric Beds, Patients and Police Must Wait
Associated Press, 10/17/2004- Connecticut Prison Used to Treat Mentally Ill Inmates
Detroit Free Press, 10/26/2004- Michigan Mental Health Commission Issues Final Report
Houston Chronicle, 10/28/2004- Possible Closure of Texas State Hospitals Prompts Worry
Associated Press, 11/6/2004- New Maine Psychiatric Hospital Running at Capacity
Washington Post, 11/9/2004- Patients at St. Elizabeth's 'In Peril,' Report Says
Washington Post, 11/17/2004- Mental Health Care Emergency Looms in N. Va.
Los Angeles Times, 11/23/2004- L.A. County Lacks Beds for Mental Patients
Associated Press, 11/25/2004- Michigan Panel Pushes Mental Health System Reform
Chicago Tribune, 11/28/2004- New Court Aims to Aid Mentally Ill
Washington Post, 11/29/2004- Mental Illness Sends Many to Foster Care
Detroit Free Press, 12/9/2004- New Mental Health Unit Planned for Wayne County

Suicide-
New York Times, 1/4/2004- Suicide Prevention: Punks Earnest New Mission
Associated Press, 1/17/2004- Many Knew Daniel Was a Troubled Boy, But No One Helped
Associated Press, 2/8/2004- Every Month, They Come to Las Vagas to Commit Suicide
Associated Press, 3/7/2004- Case of Spalding Gray Baffles
New York Times, 3/9/2004- Spalding Gray Is Confirmed Dead
Associated Press, 4/20/2004- Blacks Less Likely to Show Suicide Factors
Associated Press, 6/10/2004- Hanging Most Common in Young Suicides
Reuters News Service, 7/8/2004- U.S. Senator, Sobbing for Son, Pleas for Suicide Bill
Associated Press, 9/6/2004- Sixth NYU Student in Year Commits Suicide
Chicago Tribune, 11/19/2004- Finding Hope After a Suicide
New York Times, 11/23/2004- In Land Torn by Violence, Too Many Troubling Deaths
New York Times, 12/3/2004- Worried Colleges Step Up Efforts Over Suicide

Treatment-
Ann Arbor News, 2/19/2004- Critics Unjustly Criticize Electroconvulsive Therapy
Los Angeles Times, 5/1/2004- Bursts of Magnetic Energy May Ease Severe Depression
Washington Post, 6/16/2004- FDA Panel Backs Implant to Counter Depression
Los Angeles Times, 12/21/2004- Exercise Specially Fit to Mentally Ill People



Managed Care:
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 4/19/2004- Mentally Ill Seek Equal Coverate in WA State
Associated Press, 6/10/2004- Health Insurance Firms Block Parity Bills



Miscellaneous Topics:
Associated Press, 1/4/2004- Social Workers Embattled but Not Embittered
Newhouse News Service, 1/11/2004- Forgiveness & Mental Health
ABC News, 1/29/2004- Soldiers Returning From Iraq Face Mandatory Counseling
Associated Press, 2/19/2004- Study Says Empathy May Cause Real Pain
Los Angeles Times, 3/19/2004- Value of Emotional Intelligence Tests Questioned
Associated Press, 3/22/3005- Increase in Students Seeking Mental Health Help
Associated Press, 3/23/2004- Psychotherapy May Help Hypochondriacs
ABC News, 4/1/2004- Experimental Surgery Corrects Tourette Syndrome
New York Times, 4/6/2004- New Lesson for College Students: Lighten Up
New York Times, 4/29/2004- An Answer, Not a Cure, for a Social Disorder
New York Times, 5/9/2004- The Disability Movement Turns to Brains
New York Times, 5/15/2004- Was a Tyrant Prefigured by Baby Saddam?
Boston Globe, 6/13/2004- McSorley's Death Recalls a Life Long Lost
New York Times Magazine, 6/20/2004- Band on the Couch
New York Times, 6/22/2004- Fear in the Workplace: The Bullying Boss
New York Times Magazine, 7/18/2004- Adult ADHD: Office Messes
New York Times, 7/18/2004- Dreams: Inward Bound
New York Times, 7/27/2004- Payback Time:Why Revenge Tastes So Sweet
New York Times, 7/27/2004- All in a (Scientifically Monitored) Night's Sleep
Detroit News, 8/7/2004- 1 in 7 Have Personality Disorder
New York Times, 8/10/2004- Tourette's Syndrome: Seeking the Beauty of Stillness
Cox News Service, 9/3/2004- Growing Number Are Seeking Help for Sleep Disorders
New York Times, 9/7/2004-Employers Provide Stress Reduction Programs
New York Times, 9/10/2004- Cracking Under Pressure? It's Just the Opposite, for Some
New York Times, 9/21/2004- Case Studies: New Clues on Dream's Origins
New York Times, 10/26/2004- The Dorms May Be Great, but How's the Counseling?
New York Times, 10/27/2004- Sports Psychology: Dealing With the Invisible Injuries
New York Times, 11/9/2004- Long After Kinsey, Only the Brave Study Sex
Washington Post, 11/9/2004- So You're a Loser
Los Angeles Times, 11/17/2004- The Kinsey Effect
Los Angeles Times, 12/9/2004- A Better Measure of True Happiness



Professional Issues:
Los Angeles Times, 2/3/2004- Memo Left Out Key Psychologist's Report on Jackson
Associated Press, 2/10/2004- Vermont Mental Health Workers Rally for Salary Hikes
Los Angeles Times, 3/1/2004- Psychic Didn't See Counseling Sting
New York Times, 3/16/2004- When Big Brother Invades the Consultation Room
Associated Press, 4/12/2004- Michigan Law Requires Licenses for Social Workers
Washington Post, 4/16/2004- Method Claims Hypnosis Treatment Can Cure Addictions
Baltimore Sun, 6/13/2004- Psychologists Seek Power to Prescribe
Ann Arbor News, 8/1/2004- U of M Forum Focuses on Diversity in Psychiatry
New York Times, 10/19/2004- A Patient's Suicide, a Therapist's Pain
Associated Press, 11/11/2004- Medical Board Takes Radio Psychiatrist's License



Psychoanalysis:
New York Times, 1/21/2004- Putting Psychoanalysis Itself on the Couch
New York Times, 3/23/2004- Dreams Ride on Freud's Royal Road, Study Finds
New York Times, 5/29/2004- Calling All Ids: Freudians at War
New York Times, 6/29/2004- The Perils of Putting National Leaders on the Couch
New York Times, 8/11/2004- Book Review of "The Invisible Century"
New York Times Book Review, 9/5/2004- Is Psychoanalysis Science or Is It Toast?



Psychotropic Medications:

Anti-Depressants & Suicide Risk:
New York Times, 1/22/2004- Panel Says Zoloft Doesn't Increase Suicide Risk
Associated Press, 1/26/2004- FDA Weighs Anti-Depressant Risk to Kids
Washington Post, 1/29/2004- Antidepressant Makers Withhold Data on Children
Boston Globe, 2/2/2004- FDA to Hear Views on Drugs' Suicide Link
ABC News, 2/2/2004- Prozac Nation Under Fire
Washington Post, 2/2/2004- Data Link Use of Antidepressants, Suicidal Thoughts
New York Times, 2/3/2004- Stronger Warning Urged on Antidepressants for Teens
Los Angeles Times, 2/3/2004- Parents Blame Medicines for Suicides
Detroit Free Press, 2/6/2004- Prozac Is to Blame in Killings, Doctor Testifies
New York Times, 2/12/2004- Student, 19, in Trial of New Antidepressant Commits Suicide
Associated Press, 3/5/2004- Drug Maker Alters Study After Suicide
Boston Globe, 3/5/2004- Bill Would Curtail Prescriptions for Mentally Ill Children
Associated Press, 3/15/2004- Group Sues FDA for Ban on Antidepressant
Associated Press, 3/22/2004- Suicide Warning Sought for Antidepressants
New York Times, 3/23/2004- Regulators Want Antidepressants to List Warning
New York Times, 3/24/2004- Overprescribing Prompted Warning on Antidepressants
New York Times, 3/30/2004- Learning from Prozac: Will New Caution Shift Views?
Reuters News Service, 4/3/2004- Antidepressant Use Seen to Rise in Young Children
Los Angeles Times, 4/6/2004- FDA Sat on Report Linking Suicide, Medications
New York Times, 4/9/2004- Study Advises Against Drugs for Depressed Children
Associated Press, 4/15/2004- House Panel to Probe FDA, Antidepressants
New York Times, 4/16/2004- Expert Kept From Speaking at Antidepressant Hearing
Associated Press, 4/17/2004- Families Battle for Antidepressant Reform Nears End
Washington Post, 4/17/2004- Antidepressant Use in Children Has Its Limits
Washington Post, 4/23/2004- Antidepressants Called Unsafe For Children
Washington Post, 4/28/2004- Regarding Kids and Antidepressants, Treatment Shifts to Talk
New York Times, 5/25/2004- Two Conutries, Two Views on Antidepressants
New York Times, 6/2/2004- Antidepressant Effective in Treatment of Adolescents
Washington Post, 6/2/2004- New York Sues Paxil Maker for Misrepresenting Use
Associated Press, 6/8/2004- As Part of Settlement, Pfizer Pleads Guilty
Associated Press, 6/16/2004- Paxil Said Ineffective for Depressed Kids
New York Times, 6/20/2004- Antidepressants Restudied for Relation to Child Suicide
Boston Globe, 6/27/2004- Family Questions Antidepressant's Role in Teen's Death
Washington Post, 7/6/2004- Drug Firms Violate Law By Not Registering Trials
Associated Press, 7/6/2004- Drug Makers Accused of Aiding in Deaths
Associated Press, 7/20/2004- Study Backs Antidepressant-Suicide Link
Associated Press, 7/24/2004- Drug Maker Acknowledges Misleading Claims
Washington Post, 8/10/2004- Drugs Linked to More Suicides Among Children
New York Times, 8/20/2004- Antidepressant Study Seen to Back Expert
New York Times, 8/23/2004- Boy's Murder Case Entangled in Antidepressant Debate
Washington Post, 8/27/2004- Paxil Maker Settles
Houston Chronicle, 9/6/2004- Prozac Concerns Intensify
Associated Press, 9/7/2004- Drug Industry Website Will Show Drug Trials
Washington Post, 9/9/2004- Journals Insist Drug Trials be Registered
Associanted Press, 9/10/2004- Drug Makers Explain Trials to Congress
New York Times, 9/12/2004- New Warnings Sought on Antidepressants
Associated Press, 9/13/2004- F.D.A. Holds Hearing on Antidepressants and Children
New York Times, 9/14/2004- F.D.A. Links Drugs to Being Suicidal
New York Times, 9/14/2004- Doctor Puts the Drug Industry Under a Microscope
Washington Post, 9/15/2004- Child Anti-Depressant Warning Urged
New York Times, 9/16/2004- Doctors Say They Will Cut Antidepressant Use
Los Angeles Times, 9/18/2004- Doctors Weigh Antidepressants
Associated Press, 9/18/2004- Parents Wary of Antidepressants for Kids
New York Times, 9/21/2004- Is Prozac Better? Is It Even Different?
Associated Press, 9/21/2004- Number of Kids on Antidepressants Drops
Los Angeles Times, 9/23/2004- Parent's Crusade Forces Antidepressants Into Spotlight
Washington Post, 9/24/2004- FDA Analyst Told to Cover up Data on Antidepressants
Associated Press, 9/28/2004- FDA to Study Suicide Risks in Adults
Associated Press, 10/11/2004- Experts Urge Close Eye on Depression Drugs
Associated Press, 10/15/2004- FDA Orders Strong Antidepressant Warnings
New York Times Magazine, 11/21/2004- The Antidepressant Dilemma
Associated Press, 12/4/2004- Dad Cites Boy's Antidepressants in Deaths
Associated Press, 12/7/2004- Pfizer to Turn Over Zoloft Research
Associated Press, 12/31/2004- Lilly Said to Know of Prozac Risk in '80s

Miscellaneous Topics:
New York Times, 1/6/2004- Trials End Parents' Hopes for Autism Drug
New York Times, 1/13/2004- Dealing With Depression & the Perils of Pregnancy
New York Times, 1/13/2004- Sleep Medications: Putting a Price on a Good Night's Sleep
New York Times, 1/20/2004- Drug Compaines Get Too Close for Med School's Comfort
Associated Press, 1/27/2004- Caution Urged on Anti-Psychotic Drugs
New York Times, 2/1/2004- Making Anti-Psychotic Drugs, Shaping the Rules
Detroit Free Press, 2/13/2004- Psychiatrist Says Prozac Shooter Was Not Insane
Associated Press, 2/21/2004- Lilly Warns of Zyprexa Risk for Elderly
Associated Press, 2/29/3004- Insomnia Drug Gets Tentative Approval
Associated Press, 3/10/2004- New Pill Helps With Smoking and Weight
New York Times, 3/27/2004- Why Test Animals to Cure Human Depression?
Associated Press, 4/5/2004- Study Links ADHD Drugs to Growth Delays
New York Times, 4/6/2004- The Altered Human Is Already Here
New York Times, 5/4/2004- Has the Romance Gone? Was It the Drug?
Associated Press, 5/13/2004- Pfizer to Pay $430 Million to Settle Drug Marketing Case
Associated Press, 5/17/2004- Kids' Behavior Drugs Get the Cash

Associated Press, 5/19/2004- Maker to Pull Antidepressant Off Market
New York Times, 5/25/2004- How to Stop Depression Meds: Very Slowly
Washington Post, 8/17/2004- Pills, Talk Help Adolescent Depression
Associated Press, 8/29/2004- Scientists May Use Drugs to Stop Addiction
New York Times, 9/6/2004- Indicting the Drug Industry's Practices
Associated Press, 9/9/2004- Zoloft Creator Hard-Pressed to Fathom What He Has Wrought
Houston Chronicle, 9/23/2004- Prozac Maker Sued in Death
Associated Press, 9/24/2004- Repligen Starts Obsessive-Compulsive Study
Washington Post, 10/19/2004- Controversy Over Pills to Reduce Mental Trauma
Associated Press, 10/19/2004- Michigan Requires Pre-Approval for New ADD Drug
New York Times, 10/19/2004- Treating Pain Is Now Risky Business
Los Angeles Times, 10/27/2004- Antidepressant Use Early On Affects Mice
New York Times Book Review, 11/14/2004- The Truth About Drug Companies
Associated Press, 11/17/2004- Drug that Battles Obesity Could Inhibit Addictions
Associated Press, 12/2/2004- 40 Percent in U.S. Use Prescription Drugs
Chicago Tribune, 12/2/2004- Anti-Psychotics Treat Kids' Illnesses But Pose Other Risks
Washington Post, 12/3/2004- Antidepressant Use By U.S. Adults Soars
Washington Post, 12/7/2004- British Officials Advise Less Use of Antidepressants
New York Times, 12/17/2004- Study Suggests Way to Predict Whom Antidepressants Help
New York Times, 12/17/2004- With New Sleeping Pill, New Acceptability?
Associated Press, 12/17/2004- Danger of Liver Problems Seen in ADD Drug
Newsday, 12/17/2004- Link Between Ritalin, Depression Explored
Washington Post, 12/22/2004- Safety Issue May Change Pill Culture
Baltimore Sun, 12/27/2004- Rising Prescription Drug Use Points to Deeper Problems


Trauma & Recovery:

New York Times Magazine, 2/15/2004- PTSD: The Permanent Scars of Iraq
New York Times, 3/20/2004- Increase Seen in Treatment for N.Y. Firefighters
New York Times Magazine, 4/4/2004- PTSD: The Quest to Forget
Boston Globe, 7/1/2004- Mental Toll on Troops Detailed
Seattle Post Intelligencer, 7/6/2004- Counseling Helps Adult Survivors of Sexual Abuse
Associated Press, 8/10/2004- Survey: Soldiers Suffer Stress Disorder
New York Times, 12/7/2004- Quiet Demons in Black Life
New York Times, 12/16/2004- Flood of Troubled Soldiers Is in the Offing




Treatment Approaches:
New York Times, 1/6/2003- Mental Health: Double-Teaming Depression
Boston Globe, 1/6/2004- Brain Mapping May Guide Treatment for Depression
Los Angeles Times, 1/10/2003- Doctors Find Recovery Is Aided by Hypnosis
Washington Post, 1/13/2004- Talk Therapy Beats Light Box for Seasonal Depression
New York Times, 1/15/2004- Group Therapy Helps Ease Burden of AIDS in Uganda
New York Times, 1/20/2004- Experts Try Fast-Track Fix for Children with Phobias
Los Angeles Times, 1/19/2004- Anger Managment Counseling Is Increasingly Recommended
Chicago Tribune, 2/13/2004- Psychiatric Patient Tells of Ordeal in Treatment
New York Times, 2/19/2004- On the Therapist's Couch, a Jolt of Virtual Reality
Boston Globe, 2/28/2004- Psychotherapist Uses Shamanic Trances
Washington Post, 3/6/2004- The Potential of 'Brain Pacemakers'
New York Times, 3/9/2004- Defying Psychiatric Wisdom, These Skeptics Say 'Prove It'
New York Times, 3/11/2004- For Your Own Good, Blow Your Top?
New York Times, 3/21/2004- The Socratic Shrink
New York Times, 3/30/2004- A New Era in Treating Imaginary Ills
New York Times, 3/30/2004- Doctors, Too, Have Fears
ABC News, 4/23/2004- Intensive Behavioral Therapy Widely Used For Autism
Washington Post, 4/28/2004- Regarding Kids and Antidepressants, Treatment Shifts to Talk
Ann Arbor News, 5/2/2004- Prescription for Health: Forgive Freely
New York Times, 5/4/2004- From Albert Ellis: Get Over it! Stop Whining!
ABC News, 6/7/2004- Medication vs. Talking
New York Times, 6/8/2004- Pills or Talk Therapy?
Washington Post, 6/15/2004- Sex Therapy On Call
Washington Post, 6/16/2004- FDA Panel Backs Implant to Counter Depression
Washington Post, 6/29/2004- Three Approaches to Mental Health Treatment
ABC News, 7/7/2004- Getting Better. . . Virtually
New York Times, 7/11/2004- The Shrinking of the American Band
New York Times, 7/13/2004- A Novel Therapy Helps Tortured Souls
New York Times, 8/10/2004- For Psychotherapy's Claims, Skeptics Demand Proof
Boston Globe, 8/22/2004- Tough-Love Program Targets Road Rage
New York Times, 8/25/2004- New Phone Therapy for Depression Is Effective
New York Times, 9/21/2004- Treatment: Relieving Pain Without Pills
New York Times, 9/28/2004- This Placebo Will Make You Feel Better
Boston Globe, 9/28/2004- Sleep Study Touts Therapy over Pills
Washington Post, 9/28/2004- Survey: Talk, Drug Combo Best
Washington Post, 10/19/2004- Controversy Over Pills to Reduce Mental Trauma
Los Angeles Times, 11/25/2004- Can Massage Cure?
Chicago Tribune, 11/28/2004- Drug-Less Therapies for Kids Make Waves



Women's Issues
New York Times, 1/27/2004- 'Overlooked' No Longer
ABC News, 2/1/2004- High Estrogen Levels Linked to Depression
ABC News, 2/18/2004- Many Women Stay Quiet About Sexual Dysfunction
ABC News, 3/15/2004- As Workloads Increase, More Professional Moms Opting Out
New York Times, 3/16/2004- New Clues to Women Veiled in Black
New York Times, 3/24/2004- Mothering and Its Cultural Discontents
New York Times, 7/27/2004- Patterns: Preventing Women's Migraines
New York Times, 8/22/2004- Rape Counselors See Their Work Altered by Bryant Case
Associated Press, 9/5/2004- Bryant Case Has Chilling Effect on Report of 'Acquaintance Rape'


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