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MENTAL HEALTH

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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.

• Revising the Script on Mental Illness and Violence, From the New York Times, March 4, 2003
• Top court weighs drugging of defendant, From the Philadelphia Inquirer, March 4, 2003
• Mild hyperactivity may stem from sleep problems, From Reuters Health, March 4, 2003
• Into Sinister Webs of a Jumbled Mind: Movie Review David CronenbergÕs SpiderFrom the New York Times, February 28, 2003
• A Recovery-Oriented Mental Health System, Subcommittee Report from the President's Commission on Mental Health, March 7, 2003
• Mental Health Parity Bills Reintroduced; Grassroots Support Needed, Action Alert From the Bazelon Center, March 7, 2003
• For the Troops, a Dose of Neuroscience and the Voice of Homer, From the New York Times, March 11, 2003
• Magellan Files for Bankruptcy, From the Washington Post, March 11, 2003
• Living With Cerebral Palsy, in the Gym and With a Kick, From the New York Times, March 11, 2003
• Bipolar Disorder: Two-Sided Trouble :The public's understanding of bipolar disorder is often flawed, especially when it hits celebrities, From WebMD Health, March 6, 2003
• A drug addict's mother speaks out, From the Philadelphia Inquirer, March 9, 2003
• March 2003 is National Social Work Month
• Information About Coping with Traumatic Events, from the National Institutes of Mental Health
• Springtime can push behavior to extremes, from the Philadelphia Inquirer
• Review of SPIDER: David Cronenberg's film about schizophrenia, from Slant.com
• Treatment and Training Help Reduce Stress of War, from the New York Times, March 25, 2003
• Mental Skills: Staying Sharp in Pregnancy, from the New York Times, March 25, 2003
• Depression in Black, from the Washington Post, March 25, 2003
• State Issues Apology for Policy of Sterilization, from the Los Angles Times, March 12, 2003
• Amnesty International Says Execution of Mentally Ill Death Row Inmate James Colburn Must be Stopped, News Release, March 21, 2003
• A Mentally Ill Killer Is Executed in Texas, from the New York Times, March 27, 2003
• All that's clear is the pain: Diagnosing mental disorders in children is an agonizing, frustrating task, from the Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine, March 15, 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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