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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.

• Suicide Around the World Every 40 Seconds, From Reuters News, September 8, 2004
• Clues to Depression Sought in Brain's Wiring,From NPR Morning Edition, August 24, 2004
• Suffering for Two: The Bind of Maternal Depression Antidepressants Pose Uncertain Risks in Pregnant Wome, From NPR Morning Edition, August 25, 2004
• Calculating the Costs of Mental Health Care Some Businesses Say Providing Coverage Saves Money, From NPR Morning Edition, August 26, 2004
• 'Secrets of the Soul': Is Psychoanalysis Science or Is It Toast?, From the New York Times, September 5, 2004
• New health query: What's your sign? Studies are finding links between the month of birth and the occurrence of some diseases, From the Philadelphia Inquirer, September 5, 2004
• Difficulties in detecting substance abuse, From the Philadelphia Inquirer, September 5, 2004
• Depression: Drug v. Talk Therapy, From CBS News, September 8, 2004
• Experts: Parents Not to Blame for Hyperactive Kids, From Reuters News, September 8, 2004
• Health Web Site Review, From the Washington Post, September 7, 2004
• National Suicide Prevention Week September 5-11, 2004
• FDA And Pfizer Link Geodon To Diabetes, From InteliHealth, September 1, 2004
• Experts: Soldier who tried to pass secrets to al Qaeda mentally ill, From CNN, September 2, 2004
• Suicide Around the World Every 40 Seconds, From Reuters News, September 8, 2004
• Clues to Depression Sought in Brain's Wiring,From NPR Morning Edition, August 24, 2004
• Suffering for Two: The Bind of Maternal Depression Antidepressants Pose Uncertain Risks in Pregnant Wome, From NPR Morning Edition, August 25, 2004
• Calculating the Costs of Mental Health Care Some Businesses Say Providing Coverage Saves Money, From NPR Morning Edition, August 26, 2004
• 'Secrets of the Soul': Is Psychoanalysis Science or Is It Toast?, From the New York Times, September 5, 2004
• New health query: What's your sign? Studies are finding links between the month of birth and the occurrence of some diseases, From the Philadelphia Inquirer, September 5, 2004
• Difficulties in detecting substance abuse, From the Philadelphia Inquirer, September 5, 2004
• Depression: Drug v. Talk Therapy, From CBS News, September 8, 2004
• Experts: Parents Not to Blame for Hyperactive Kids, From Reuters News, September 8, 2004
• Health Web Site Review, From the Washington Post, September 7, 2004
• National Suicide Prevention Week September 5-11, 2004
• Jane Pauley speaks about personally experiencing bipolar disorder. Story and book excerpt, From Dateline NBC
• Putting stability in schizophrenia: Talk therapy reinstated as part of treatment Newsday.com, September 28, 2004
• The Man Who Was Raised by a Movie Camera, From the New York Times, September 29, 2004
• When Are People Too Mentally Ill to Vote?, From Newsday.com, September 20, 2004
• ADD Without Drugs, From Health Central, September 1, 2004
• FDA panel OKs test giving stimulant to kids, From CNN, September 16, 2004
• Therapies: Mental, if Not Physical, Benefits, From the New York Times, September 29, 2004
• Aging: Sharper Minds With Bustling Feet, From the New York Times, September 29, 2004
• Antidepressant scares sway few, From the Philadelphia Inquirer, September 25, 2004
• Emotional damage follows hurricanes, From the Philadelphia Inquirer, September 29, 2004
• Did brain injury contribute to Red Baron's death?, From CNN, September 22, 2004
• Caffeine Withdrawal Is Real , From CBS News, September 30, 2004

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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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