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Serendip's mental health resource lists are intended to provide access to web materials which we believe are of continuing usefulness in discussions of mental health issues. This "News" section is aimed at helping people be aware of possible "growing points" relevant to mental health discussions, news reports which offer what may become important new perspectives on mental health, relating either to mental health itself or to related social, political, and economic phenomena that impact on it.

• Letting go to get care: Parents' dilemma: Give up custody for mental-health treatment, From the Philadelphia Inquirer, June 10, 2003
• Parents Giving Up Custody Of Mentally Ill Children, from Psychiatric News, June 6, 2003
• Finding the 'worrier-warrior' gene, From the Philadelphia Inquirer, June 2, 2003
• Study: Maternal Care Affects Adult Stress, From the Washington Post, June 8, 2003
• Whose Voice? Schizophrenia Digest Lets Drug Makers Speak, From the Washington Post, June 3, 2003
• Richard Gardner, 72, Dies; Cast Doubt on Abuse Claims, From the New York Times, June 9, 2003
• A Journal of Anorexia's Pain, From the New York Times, June 3, 2003
• David Is David': Growing With an Autistic Brother, From the New York Times, June 10, 2003
• Time to Forget HRT?, From the Washington Post, June 10, 2003
• Court Sets Guidelines For Forced Medication, From The Washington Post, June 17, 2003
• When to Drug a Prisoner, From The Washington Post, June 17, 2003
• Asylum Seekers Suffer Psychological Setbacks, Study Finds, From the New York Times, June 17, 2003
• Depression Hits One in Six Americans, Study Finds, From the New York Times, June 17, 2003
• Paying a Price for Pared-Down Health Plans, From the New York Times, June 15, 2003
• Insure Our Future: Tell Congress Unregulated Health Care is Bad for America
• The Senses: No Vision, but Better Memory, From the New York Times, June 17, 2003
• Advocates for mentally ill are taking case to Statehouse, From the Philadelphia Inquirer, June 16, 2003
• Quiet ill: Asian-American women, mental health, From the Detroit Free Press, June 6, 2004
• Depression's Second-Class Status, From the New York Times, June 22, 2003
• Your Zoloft Might Prevent a Heart Attack, From the New York Times, June 24, 2003
• The Club Psychiatric Patients Call Their Own, From the New York Times, June 22, 2003
• Savant for a Day, From the New York Times Magazine, June 22, 2003
• Babies Aren't the Only Beneficiaries of Breast-Feeding, From the New York Times, June 22, 2003
Tracing Brain's Regions Of Pain Sensitivity, From the Washington Post, June 24, 2003
• Rewiring the brain' for better reading skills, From the Philadelphia Inquirer, June 25, 2003
• Neuroscience offers new hope for helping those with dyslexia, From the Philadelphia Inquirer, June 25, 2003
• Quiet ill: Asian-American women, mental health, From the Detroit Free Press, June 6, 2004
• Depression's Second-Class Status, From the New York Times, June 22, 2003
• Your Zoloft Might Prevent a Heart Attack, From the New York Times, June 24, 2003
• The Club Psychiatric Patients Call Their Own, From the New York Times, June 22, 2003
• Savant for a Day, From the New York Times Magazine, June 22, 2003
• Babies Aren't the Only Beneficiaries of Breast-Feeding, From the New York Times, June 22, 2003
Tracing Brain's Regions Of Pain Sensitivity, From the Washington Post, June 24, 2003
• Rewiring the brain' for better reading skills, From the Philadelphia Inquirer, June 25, 2003
• Neuroscience offers new hope for helping those with dyslexia, From the Philadelphia Inquirer, June 25, 2003
• For Depression, the Family Doctor May Be the First Choice but Not the Best, From the New York Times, June 24, 2003
• More Americans Seeking Help for Depression, From the New York Times, June 18, 2003

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These resource lists are being maintained by Debbie Plotnick, working with Paul Grobstein, Department of Biology, and James Martin, School of Social Work and Social Research, at Bryn Mawr College. Suggestions for additions to the list are welcome, as are more general thoughts about how to most effectively make available information, and promote conversation, about issues of mental health. Contact dplotnic@brynmawr.edu - pgrobste@brynmawr.edu - jmartin@brynmawr.edu.


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