News Articles on Mental Health- 2002, Chronological Order

January 2002
Detroit Free Press, 1/1/2002- Computer Training Helps Schizophrenics
New York Times, 1/1/2002- Therapists Redraw Line on Self-Disclosure
Houston Chronicle, 1/2/2002- Motion Seeks Gag Order Change in Yates Trial
Associated Press, 1/2/2002- Sex Offender First to Make Trips From Washington State Halfway House
New York Times, 1/3/2002- Study Finds Beating Cocaine Takes More Than Acupuncture
Los Angeles Times, 1/4/2002- Los Angeles Juvenile Mental Health Court Offers New Options
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 1/4/2002- No Place to House 13-Year-Old Washington State Sex Offender
Washington Post, 1/4/2002- Depression
Reuters News Service, 1/4/2002- Most Molested Boys Don't Molest Others as Adults
Associated Press, 1/4/2002- OxyContin Lawsuit Is Withdrawn
Detroit News, 1/4/2002- Michigan Parents Offered Drug Test Kit for Kids
Houston Chronicle, 1/4/2002- Prominent Expert to Testify in Yates Trial
Houston Chronicle, 1/4/2002- Opposing Sides Seek Unalike Jurors
Houston Chronicle, 1/5/2002- Lawyers to Interview Hundreds in Search for Jurors for Yates's Trial
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 1/5/2002- Seattle Home Offers to Take Teen Sex Offender
Associated Press, 1/6/2002- Vermont Cities Drop Plans for Methadone Clinics
New York Times, 1/7/2002- Kentucky Domestic Abuse Ruling Stuns Advocates
Chicago Tribune, 1/7/2002- Illinois Divorce Court Aims to Keep Cost Down
Associated Press, 1/7/2002- Study Finds Wide Geographic Variations in Prescription Drug Use
ABC News, 1/7/2002- Experts Say Bishop Case May Help Them Understand Teen Suicide
Houston Chronicle, 1/7/2002- Yates Trial Gets Under Way
Reuters News Service, 1/8/2002- Studies Show Link Between Child Abuse, PTSD & Drug Abuse
Chicago Tribune, 1/8/2002- Police Learn to Spot Depressed Officers
Detroit Free Press, 1/8/2002- Detroit Mental Health Care Is Cut
New York Times, 1/8/2002- A Diagnosis Not Exactly in the Book
ABC News, 1/8/2002- Pairing Serotonin Enhancers May Boost Risk of Stroke
Washington Post, 1/9/2002- Treatment of Depression Rises Sharply
Houston Chronicle, 1/9/2002- Two Seated As Yates Jurors
Los Angeles Times, 1/9/2002- Emotionally Scarred for Life by Trauma
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 1/9/2002- Use of Meth Skyrocketing Across Washington State
Ann Arbor News, 1/9/2002- A Journey Back From the Horror of Untreated Depression
Houston Chronicle, 1/10/2002- Third Juror Selected to Help Decide Outcome of Yates Trial
Associated Press, 1/10/2002- Boy Pilot's Parents, as Teens, Tried Suicide
Associated Press, 1/11/2002- Mental Illness Not Cause for Revoking Handgun Permit in Alaska
Associated Press, 1/11/2002- Woman Accused of Shooting Son in Psychiatric Ward
Houston Chronicle, 1/11/2002- Attorneys Pick Fourth Juror for Yates Trial
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 1/11/2002- Special Ed Teachers Feeling Unsafe in Class
Washington Post, 1/11/2002- Mental Illness Is Focus of Yates Jury Selection
Washington Post, 1/11/2002- D.C. Teen Slain While Waiting for Drug Treatment
Houston Chronicle, 1/11/2002- First Man Selected to Yates Jury
Associated Press, 1/12/2002- Teen Suicide Pilot: A Live Filled with Contradictions
Chicago Tribune, 1/13/2002- HMO Arbitration Case Heads to Supreme Court
Washington Post, 1/13/2002- Suicide Crash Revives Accutane Questions
ABC News, 1/13/2002- Numbers Don't Support Accutane, Suicide Link
Denver Post, 1/14/2002- Freed Colorado Sex Offender Arrested
Knight Ridder Newspapers, 1/14/2002- Therapists Becoming Life Coaches
Washington Post, 1/14/2002- John Walker's Restless Quest Is Strange Odyssey
New York Times, 1/14/2002- The Therapy Generation
Associated Press, 1/15/2002- John Walker Lindh Bumbled His Way Through the Mideast
Associated Press, 1/15/2002- Head Injury Linked with Depression
Los Angeles Times, 1/15/2002- High Court to Examine HMO Dispute Reviews
Los Angeles Times, 1/15/2002- Drunk Driving Warnings Heeded, Statistics Indicate
Washington Post, 1/15/2002- Washington D.C. Mentally Ill's Options Vanishing
Los Angeles Times, 1/16/2002- California Judges Extend Drug Rehab for Felons
New York Times, 1/16/2002- At the Cradle Cafe, Therapy for the Troubled Mind
New York Times, 1/16/2002- Success at 14, Despite Autism
Houston Chronicle, 1/16/2002- Sixth Juror Picked for Yates Trial
Boston Globe, 1/16/2002- Doctors Who Ok'd Geoghan Lacked Expertise
Chicago Tribune, 1/17/2002- Supreme Court Hears Appeal in HMO Case
Associated Press, 1/17/2002- Paroled Sex Offenders Get Polygraph Tests in Michigan
Detroit Free Press, 1/17/2002- Ecstasy Lures Detroit Metro Kids
ABC News, 1/17/2002- Beautiful Mind Has Mixed Success in Portraying Mental Illness
Associated Press, 1/18/2002- Screening for Mental Illness in Students Difficult, Experts Say
Assoicated Press, 1/18/2002- After Teens Go Bad, Parents Often Get the Blame
Denver Post, 1/18/2002- Colorado Bill Would Trim Mentally Ill Inmates' Rights
Associated Press, 1/18/2002- Study: Stress Takes Toll on Brain
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 1/18/2002- No Such Thing As a 'Typical' Serial Killer
Associated Press, 1/19/2002- Montana Law Against Serving Drunks Booze Tough to Enforce
Washington Post, 1/21/2002- Focus on Anger May Help to Curb 'Road Rage'
The Oregonian, 1/21/2002- Experts Say Murder Suspect's Behavior Narcissistic, Psychopathic
ABC News, 1/21/2002- Report: Andrea Yates Believed She Was Possessed
Denver Post, 1/22/2002- Colorado Targets Family Abuse
Detroit Free Press, 1/22/2002- Detroit Program Strives to Help Addicts Break Cycle
Detroit Free Press, 1/22/2002- Detroit Addicts Turn to Court for Help
Washington Post, 1/22/2002- Postpartum Depression: No Easy Answers
New York Times, 1/22/2002- Comedian Tries to Save her Career After Arrest
New York Times, 1/22/2002-The Urge to Punish Cheats Isn't Merely Vengeance
New York Times, 1/22/2002- Calculating the Benefits of Managing Stress
ABC News, 1/22/2002- Study Finds Movie Characters Are Lighting Up More Often
Boston Globe, 1/22/2002- 220,000 Children in Massachusetts Are Latchkey Kids
Houston Chronicle, 1/22/2002- Jury Selection for Yates Case Grows Harder
Reuters News Service, 1/23/2002- Monkey Cocaine Study Sheds Light on Drug Addiction
Associated Press, 1/23/2002- Supreme Court Sets Limits on Confining Sex Offenders
Detroit Free Press, 1/23/2002- Detroit Grants a Reprieve to Two Mental Crisis Clinics
ABC News, 1/23/2002- Childbirth and OCD
Houston Chronicle, 1/24/2002- Three More Jurors Chosen in Yates Trial
ABC News, 1/24/2002- Kentucky Women Were Fined for Returning to Men Who Beat Them
ABC News, 1/25/2002- Anatomy of a Child's Murder Plot
Denver Post, 1/25/2002- Colorado Bill Revamps Sex-Offender List
Detroit Free Press, 1/25/2002- Michigan Cuts Funding for Training Psychiatrists
ABC News, 1/25/2002- Anger Management: Taking Simple Steps to Avoid Losing Control
Reuters News Service, 1/25/2002- Group Therapy May Help Fibromyalgia Patients
Boston Globe, 1/26/2002- Accusers' Accounts Tell of Abuse And Its Scars
Ann Arbor News, 1/26/2002- Outdoors Exercise Helps Combat the Winter Blues
Associated Press, 1/26/2002- Youth Who Killed Mom Tries to Tie It to Her Pre-Natal Alcoholism
New York Times Book Review, 1/27/2002- "The Truth Will Set You Free" by Alice Miller
New York Times Book Review, 1/27/2002- "A Life: Jane Addams" by Jean Bethke Elshtain
ABC News, 1/28/2002- Schools Have Responsibilities That Go Beyond Grades, Say Experts
Associated Press, 1/28/2002- Family of MIT Student Who Committed Suicide Sues for $27 Million
Los Angeles Times, 1/29/2002- Domestic Violence Behind the Shoji Screen
Associated Press, 1/29/2002- Jury Selected to Hear Yates Case
New York Times, 1/29/2002- Marijuana's Effects: More Than Munchies
New York Times, 1/29/2002- Study Links Anxiety, Depression and Strokes
New York Times, 1/29/2002- Latest Drug Provides a Risk of an Epidemic in the Gay Club Scene
Newsday, 1/29/2002- New Drug for Attention Deficit Disorder Tested
Hartford Courant, 1/30/2002- Research Indicates Light Treatment Helps Depression
Associated Press, 1/30/2002- Connecticut Counseling Programs Helps Youths Stay Out of Trouble
Detroit News, 1/30/2002- Obsessive Attitude Toward Appearance Can Lead to Eating Disorders
Washington Post, 1/30/2002- Washington D.C. Area Moves to Help Mentally Ill
Washington Post, 1/30/2002- Mentally Ill Will Be Hurt By Va. Cuts, Advocates Say
Houston Chronicle, 1/30/2002- Expert: Makeup of Yates Jury May Hint at Defense Strategy
ABC News, 1/30/2002- Xanax Called 'Highly Addicting'
Associated Press, 1/31/2002- Budget Cuts Could Cost Maine's Mentally Ill
Washington Post, 1/31/2002- Treatment Focus on Anger Could Help Curb 'Road Rage'
ABC News, 1/31/2002- Demons in Barbara Eden's Family
ABC News, 1/31/2002- Rethinking The Rules of Parenting

February 2002
U.S. Newswire, 2/1/2002- HHS To Propose Increased Funding To Narrow Drug Treatment Gap
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 2/2/2002- 13-Year-Old Sex Offender Moved Again After Violating Parole
New York Times Magazine, 2/3/2002- The Trouble With Self-Esteem
Chicago Tribune, 2/4/2002- Pediatric Doctors Support Gay Adoption
ABC News, 2/5/2002- "Girl in the Mirror" by Nancy Snyderman & Peg Streep
Boston Globe, 2/5/2002- Doctor Was Troubled But Not Depressed, Therapist Says
Los Angeles Times, 2/5/2002- California Judges Say New Drug Law Is Working
Chicago Tribune, 2/5/2002- Underground Pro-Anorexia Views Linger on the Web
New York Times, 2/5/2002- A Rare Day: The Movies Get Mental Illness Right
Los Angeles Times, 2/5/2002- Concerns Over Crowded Psychiatric Hospitals
New York Times, 2/5/2002- Making the Most of Positive Role Models
Associated Press, 2/6/2002- Maine Bill to Mandate Mental Health Coverage Is Scaled Back
Los Angeles Times, 2/6/2002- California High Court to Reexamine Sexual Predator Law
Washington Post, 2/6/2002- Maryland's ERs Feel Strain of Mentally Ill
Reuters News Service, 2/7/2002- Teen Suicide Pilot Saw Sept. 11 'Justified'
Detroit Free Press, 2/7/2002- Michigan Sheriff Says Mentally Ill Prisoners Need Better Care
Reuters News Service, 2/7/2002- Data Reflect Many Abandoned Teens
Associated Press, 2/7/2002- Doctor Charged in OxyContin Deaths Testifies He Didn't Know
Associated Press, 2/8/2002- Boston Archdiocese Names 22 More Priests Accused of Sexual Misconduct
Chicago Tribune, 2/8/2002- Top DUI Cop Was Drunk When He Died
Houston Chronicle, 2/8/2002- Houston Schools Seeing Xanax Abuse Rise
Associated Press, 2/8/2002- Increase in College Students Disciplined for Drug/Alcohol Violations
Associated Press, 2/8/2002- Second Marriages Up, U.S. Census Says
Detroit Free Press, 2/9/2002- Marriages Tested by Changing Attitudes
Los Angeles Times, 2/9/2002- Reports of Priensts' Abuse Enrage Boston Catholics
New York Times, 2/9/2002- Drug Guidelines Often Written by Experts With Ties to Industry
Associated Press, 2/9/2002- Psychiatrist Says Detained Airline Passenger May Have Had Panic Attack
Washington Post, 2/10/2002- Exploring an Enron-Related Suicide
Associated Press, 2/10/2002- Coke, Crack Making Return to Massachusetts
New York Times Magazine, 2/10/2002- Staying Clean: Does Rehab Really Work?
The New Yorker, 2/11/2002- A Film Review of Frederick Wiseman's "Domestic Violence"
Associated Press, 2/11/2002- Charges in Priest Abuse Allegations Unlikely Without Victim Names
New York Times, 2/11/2002- Drug Problem Surges in Rural U.S.
Associated Press, 2/11/2002- Former Michigan Drug Addict Gets Grant to Help Other Users
Houston Chronicle, 2/11/2002- Court Contends With Jounalists Covering Yates Trial
Washington Post, 2/11/2002- Spiritual Psychotherapy A Path Around a Stigma
New York Times Book Review, 2/11/2002- Review of "Can Love Last?" by Stephen A. Mitchell
ABC News, 2/11/2002- Ecstasy: The New Cocaine?
Denver Post, 2/12/2002- Colorado Suicide Rates Soaring
Associated Press, 2/12/2002- New Indiana Mental Health Clinic Tailored to Amish Values
Associated Press, 2/12/2002- Maxey Training School Plans to Begin Layoffs
Washington Post, 2/12/2002- 'Beautiful'--but Not Rare--Recovery from Schizophrenia
Washington Post, 2/12/2002- Factors That May Support Recovery from Schizophrenia
Associated Press, 2/12/2002- Bush Aims to Cut U.S. Drug Abuse by 25% in 5 Years
New York Times, 2/12/2002- Study: Mild Depression and Eroding Immunity
Los Angeles Times, 2/13/2002- Recovering Addicts' Perspective on Marijuana Is Far From Hazy
Associated Press, 2/13/2002- Delaware Lesbian May Be Responsible for Child Support
Associated Press, 2/14/2002- Drug Company Advertising   Increasingly Targeting the Patients
Washington Post, 2/14/2002- Maryland House Panel Questions Domestic Abuse Bill
Associated Press, 2/14/2002- Study Challenges Earlier Estimates of U.S. Mental Illness
Associated Press, 2/14/2002- Free Clinic That Serves Addicts Closed by New Jersey
Associated Press, 2/14/2002- Connecticut Attorney General Blasts HMO's Mental Health Coverage
Houston Chronicle, 2/16/2002- Yates Relative Says Publicity Saps Family's Energy
Associated Press, 2/16/2002- Alabama Judge Calls Being Lesbian 'Detestable'
Houston Chronicle, 2/17/2002- Yates Court Phase to Begin
Chicago Tribune, 2/18/2002- Mom's Mental Illness on Trial
Denver Post, 2/18/2002- Use of Antibuse Brings Suit
ABC News, 2/18/2002- Prosecution, Defense Debate Houston Mother's State of Mind
Associated Press, 2/19/2002- Police Testify at Start of Yates Trial
Houston Chronicle, 2/19/2002- Discovery of Children's Bodies Described
Washington Post, 2/19/2002- Insanity vs. Awareness in Texas Child Murder Case
New York Times, 2/19/2002- Scientists Examine How 'Social Rewards' Hijack the Brain
Washington Post, 2/19/2002- A Growing List of Drugs to Help Smokers Quit
New York Times, 2/19/2002- Pulling Back the Curtain of Smoke
Hartford Courant, 2/19/2002- Connecticut Psychiatric Care in Crisis
Hartford Courant, 2/19/2002- Mental Health Coverage Faulted
Newsday, 2/20/2002- Bridging Therapist and Patient
Associated Press, 2/20/2002- Sex-Offender Web Sites To Get Supreme Court Hearing
Houston Chronicle, 2/20/2002- Mistaken Beliefs Beset Mental Illness
Houston Chronicle, 2/20/2002- Heat Felt by Yates' In-Law at Trial
Seattle Times, 2/20/2002- Compulsive Internet Users Find Help
Boston Globe, 2/20/2002- Insanity Defense Difficult in New Hampshire
Los Angeles Times, 2/20/2002- Study Finds Utah Leads Nation in Antidepressant Use
Washington Post, 2/20/2002- Virginia Social Workers Won't Be Charged
Associated Press, 2/21/2002- Youth Boot Camp Official Pleads Guilty to Negligent Homicide
Associated Press, 2/21/2002- N.J. Suspends License of Psychiatrist Accused of Having Sex with Patient
Houston Chronicle, 2/21/2002- Yates Trial Judge OKs Video, Photos
Houston Chronicle, 2/22/2002- Yates Jury Hears Tape With Confession
U. S. Newswire, 2/22/2002- Celebrity Moms Fight Against Psychiatric Drugging of Children
Associated Press, 2/22/2002- Psychologist Describes Boys' Reactions to Alleged Sex Abuse
Boston Globe, 2/23/2002- Philadelphia Inquiry Finds Evidence of 50 Child Sex Abuse Cases
Houston Chronicle, 2/23/2002- Psychiatrist Says Yates Delusional, Fixated on Satan
Associated Press, 2/23/2002- A Family Fights Autism, at Home and Everywhere
Los Angeles Times, 2/23/2002- Survey: Liberal Parents Cracking Down on Teen Children
Reuters News Service, 2/23/2002- Husbands Open Up With Age, Study Finds
Associated Press, 2/23/2002- Washington State Students Divided on Anti-Bullying Bill
Associated Press, 2/23/2002- Details in N.H. Professor Murders Raise More Questions
Boston Globe, 2/24/2002- Zantop Killings Not First to Chill a Town
New York Times Book Review, 2/24/2002- "Gracefully Insane: The Rise & Fall of America's Premier Mental Hospital
Associated Press, 2/25/2002- Mother's Fate Hinges on Testimony About Her Sanity Before & After Deaths
Associated Press, 2/25/2002- Detective Compares Internet Child Predators to Accused Priests
Denver Post, 2/25/2002- Montana Gay-Rights Battle Intensifies
Detroit Free Press, 2/25/2002- Michigan Mental Health Care up in Air
Washington Post, 2/25/2002- Mentally Ill Inmate's Fate Draws Protest
ABC News, 2/25/2002- Death Sentence for Mentally Ill Prisoner Commuted
Reuters, 2/26/2002- Taisho, Merck Work on Schizophrenia Drug
Houston Chronicle, 2/26/2002- Vision of Knife, Voice of Satan Haunted Yates, Doctor Testifies
Washington Post, 2/26/2002- Is 'Sensory Integration Dysfunction' a Legitimate Diagnosis
ABC News, 2/26/2002- Treating Tics and ADHD
Associated Press, 2/26/2002- Judge: Connecticut Violating Rights of Children in Need of Mental Health Services
Houston Chronicle, 2/26/2002- Mistaken Beliefs Beset Mental Illness
New York Times, 2/26/2002- One by One, A Family Is Treated
Associated Press, 2/26/2002- Teen Drinking Called an 'Epidemic'
New York Times, 2/26/2002- A Book Review of 'The Silent Child'
Houston Chronicle, 2/27/2002- Doctor: Yates Did Not Know Actions Wrong
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 2/27/2002- Teen Sex Offender Temporarily Placed in Pennsylvania
Detroit Free Press, 2/27/2002- Michigan Mental Health Center's Services Shrinking
Associated Press, 2/27/2002- Hundreds of N.Y. Firefighters Suffer Stress-Related Ailments
Hartford Courant, 2/27/2002- Connecticut Child-Ruling May Be Appealed
Houston Chronicle, 2/28/2002- Yates' Husband Testifies

March 2002
Associated Press, 3/1/2002- Police Shooting of Mentally Ill Recluse Questioned by Sister
Houston Chronicle, 3/1/2002- Witness Tracked Lack of Care of Yates
Washington Post, 3/1/2002- Yates Says He and Wife Made Joint Decisions
Seatle Post-Intelligencer, 3/1/2002- Washington State Jury Listens to Psychiatric Interview
Houston Chronicle, 3/2/2002- New Witness Challenges Yates' Sanity
Boston Globe, 3/3/2002- Massachusetts Group Stirs Debate Over Schizophrenia
Associated Press, 3/4/2002- Study Suggests Link Between Sleep Problems & ADHD
Houston Chronicle, 3/4/2002- Yates' Fate Hinges on Which Psychiatrist Can Sway Jury
Houston Chronicle, 3/5/2002- Yates Lacked Signs of Psychosis, Doctor Testifies
Detroit Free Press, 3/5/2002- Study: Gamblers May Have Other Addictions
Associated Press, 3/5/2002- Schizophrenic Man Doesn't Know He Killed His Father
Detroit Free Press, 3/6/2002- Michigan Drug Court Aims to Help Addicts, Not Punish Them
Houston Chronicle, 3/6/2002- Doctor: Yates Was in 'Severe' State of Psychosis
San Francisco Chronicle, 3/6/2002- Heavy Pot Use Impairs Brain, New Study Finds
Associated Press, 3/7/2002- New Mexico to Allow Non-Physicians to Prescribe Psychotropic Drugs
Denver Post, 3/7/2002- Psychological Study of Columbine Killers to Air
Associated Press, 3/7/2002- Courts Often Can't Stop Nearby Domestic Attacks
Houston Chronicle, 3/7/2002- Yates on Video: 'Psychosis Seems to Have Left Me'
Houston Chronicle, 3/8/2002- Key to Yates' Defense Disputed
Associated Press, 3/8/2002- Psychiatrist Can't Say Whether Yates Was Legally Insane
Boston Globe, 3/9/2002- MIT Cites Parents As Issue in Suicide Case
U.S. Newswire, 3/8/2002- Physician Group Claims Unlimited Forced Drugging Ok'd by Court
Houston Chronicle, 3/9/2002- Yates Knew Drownings Were Wrong, Expert Says
Associated Press, 3/9/2002- Nebraska Court Rejects Attempts by Lesbians to Adopt
Houston Chronicle, 3/9/2002- Yates Children Still Alive When Put on Bed, Pathologist Testifies
Boston Globe, 3/10/2002- Massachusetts Murder-Suicide Eyed As Act of Depression
Los Angeles Times, 3/10/2002- Police Learning to Deal With Mentally Ill
New York Times Book Review, 3/10/2002- "Electroboy: A Memoir of Mania
New York Times, 3/10/2002- Beautiful Minds Can Be Reclaimed
Ann Arbor News, 3/10/2002- Runaway Cases Are Tough for Parents and Police
ABC News, 3/10/2002- Ordering Prescription Drugs Online From Canada Is Cheaper
ABC News, 3/10/2002- Louisiana Tries Out Sentencing Policy for Nonviolent Offenders
Associated Press, 3/11/2002- Men Seek to End Violence Through Counseling
Houston Chronicle, 3/11/2002- Yates Case Exposes Holes in Insanity-Plea Laws
New York Times, 3/11/2002- Covering Up of Priests' Cases Can Take Bigger Toll
ABC News, 3/11/2002- Treatment for Young Drug Addicts
Associated Press, 3/12/2002- Analysis: Women Report Gambling Problems as Often as Men
Chicago Tribune, 3/12/2002- Illinois Mental Health Cuts Labeled Dire
Houston Chronicle, 3/12/2002- Testimony Completed in Deaths of Children
Houston Chronicle, 3/12/2002- Russell Yates on Trial with Public's Commentary
Houston Chronicle, 3/12/2002- Acquittal Not Equal to Free for the Insane
Associated Press, 3/13/2002- 'Cutter' Shares Her Secret in Effort to Help Others
Boston Globe, 3/13/2002- All Faiths Question Handling of Sexual Abuse
Boston Globe, 3/13/2002- Letter Against Mentally Ill Prompts Rights Probe
Associated Press, 3/13/2002- Michigan State University Gets Alcohol Counseling
Bloomberg News Service, 3/13/2002- Obesity Triggers More Ailments Than Smoking or Drinking
Houston Chronicle, 3/13/2002- What's in Store for Yates in Prison?
ABC News, 3/13/2002- Insanity Defense Rarely Works
Associated Press, 3/13/2002- Yates Trial Seen As Opportunity to Reform Mental Health Care
Associated Press, 3/13/2002- Uphill Battle for Prosecutors Likely in Yates Punishment
Associated Press, 3/13/2002- N.J. Doctor Who Treats Addicts Can Keep Practice
Houston Chronicle, 3/13/2002- Texas Autism Program's End Shocks Clients
Los Angeles Times, 3/13/2002- Priest's Sex Scandal Sparks U.S. Ripple Effect
Associated Press, 3/13/2002- Study Estimates 7.5 Percent of School Children Have ADHD
ABC News, 3/14/2002- Rosie O'Donnell Talks About Being a Gay Mom
Houston Chronicle, 3/14/2002- Yates' Defense to Plead for Life Imprisonment
ABC News, 3/14/2002- Yates Defense Attorneys Plea for Mercy
Washington Post, 3/14/2002- Yates Team Aims for Life Imprisonment
Chicago Tribune, 3/14/2002- Experts Say Love of Nicotine Is All in the Mind
Los Angeles Times, 3/14/2002- Jim Brown Is Jailed in Domestic Violence Case
New York Times, 3/14/2002- Authors as Patients: Analysts Read Between Their Lines
Chicago Tribune, 3/15/2002- '2 Strikes' Measure Against Pedophiles Is Passed by House
Associated Press, 3/15/2002- Complaint Filed Over Yates' Psychiatric Treatment
Houston Chronicle, 3/15/2002- Yates' Mom Asks Jurors for Mercy
New York Times, 3/15/2002- Groups Fight Florida's Ban on Gay Adoptions
ABC News, 3/15/2002- Three States Ban Gays From Adopting
ABC News, 3/15/2002- Prosecutors Mull Case Against Russell Yates
ABC News, 3/15/2002- Stress of Travel Can Mean Poor Health for Those Left Home
ABC News, 3/15/2002- Fast-Track Kids: Critics Debate How Much is Too Much
USA Today, 3/15/2002- Millions of U.S. Kids Have Huffed to Get High
Detroit News, 3/15/2002- Teen Abuse of Cold Drug on the Rise
Houston Chronicle, 3/16/2002- Jury Gives Yates Life Term with No Parole for 40 Years
Houston Chronicle, 3/16/2002- Medical Community, Legal System Come Under Fire
Associated Press, 3/16/2002- Michigan Mother Cleared by Reason of Insanity
Palm Beach Post, 3/16/2002- Gay Dad Tells of Life with Adopted Son
Associated Press, 3/16/2002- Proposed Home for Mentally Ill in Connecticut Sparks Legal Battle
Denver Post, 3/17/2002- The Meth Menace
Denver Post, 3/17/2002- Child Neglect a Byproduct of Addiction
Houston Chronicle, 3/17/2002- Yates Defense Targets Appeal
New York Times, 3/17/2002- Maternal Madness
Washington Post, 3/17/2002- After Sept. 11, Psychic Wounds Slow to Heal
Houston Chronicle, 3/18/2002- Jurors Say They Believed Yates Knew Right From Wrong
ABC News, 3/18/2002- Andrea Yates' Mom Says Son-In-Law Didn't Provide Help
Associated Press, 3/18/2002- Connecticut Considers Bills to Protect Domestic Violence Victims
Houston Chronicle, 3/19/2002- Yates Faces the End Alone
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 3/19/2002- Woman's Triumphs Break Myths About Schizophrenia
Washington Post, 3/19/2002- Acceptance for Gays and Lesbians
Boston Globe, 3/20/2002- Treatment Center for Priest Called Site of Abuse
Denver Post, 3/20/2002- Postpartum Depression Undertreated
Detroit Free Press, 3/20/2002- Michigan Plan Cuts $1 Million From Recovery Programs
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 3/20/2002- Autistic Boy Learns How to Spell Success
Washington Post, 3/20/2002- Can Smarter Marriages Stem the 'Starter' Marriage Trend?
ABC News, 3/20/2002- Best Friend Says She Begged Russell Yates to Get Help
Tacoma News Tribune, 3/20/2002- Washington State Fires Therapist from Sex-Predator Program
ABC News, 3/20/2002- Dying or Lying: Fabrication of Impending Demise
New York Times, 3/20/2002- This Time, 'Forgetting' Is Healthy
Associated Press, 3/21/2002- Bias Complaint Against Alabama Justice Rejected
Associated Press, 3/22/2002- Study Shows Nevada Leads Nation in Problem Gamblers
Associated Press, 3/23/2002- Mauling Case Opens Door for Gay Rights
Los Angeles Times, 3/23/2002- Therapist Gets 90 Years in Sex Case
Washington Post, 3/23/2002- Slaying Raises Mental Health Care Questions
San Antonio Express News, 3/23/2002-Texas Drug Court to Offer Jail Alternative
Boston Globe, 3/24/2002- The Internet Fix: Easy Narcotics
New York Times, 3/24/2002- 'A Beautiful Mind'? She Hasn't Seen It, but She's Heard the Voices
Associated Press, 3/24/2002- Gay-Straight Clubs Spread Through High Schools Nationwide
Ann Arbor News, 3/25/2002- Prescription Drug Abuse: Lethal Roulette
Ann Arbor News, 3/25/2002- U-M Study Says Alcohol Most Serious Threat at Universities
Boston Globe, 3/26/2002- Employers Look to Sidestep HMOs
Associated Press, 3/26/2002- Connecticut Center Treats Pedophile Priests
Houston Chronicle, 3/26/2002- District Attorney Weighs More Charges in Yates Case
ABC News, 3/26/2002- Yates' Spiritual Adviser Vehemently Warned About Satan
New York Times, 3/26/2002- Psychologists Get Prescription Pads and Furor Erupts
New York Times, 3/26/2002- Two Constrasting Portraits of Children of Divorce
Los Angeles Times, 3/27/2002- Trauma Therapy's New Focus
ABC News, 3/27/2002- Evangelist Says He Tried to Save the Yates Family
Houston Chronicle, 3/27/2002- Defense: Anti-Depressant Use Caused Insanity
Associated Press, 3/28/2002- Tens of Thousands of New Yorkers Suffered Mental Problems
Associated Press, 3/28/2002- Defense in Office Shooting to Argue the Accused Was Schizophrenic
Houston Chronicle, 3/29/2002- Attorneys Make Case for Appeal by Yates
Associated Press, 3/29/2002- Study Finds Genes for Depression Differ in Men & Women
Associated Press, 3/30/2002- Columbine Killers Showed Signs of Depression Before Massacre
New York Times, 3/30/2002- Listening for the Voices of Women
Denver Post, 3/31/2002- Sex Abuse Cases Often Tough to Prosecute
Denver Post, 3/31/2002- Jailed Pedophile Describes His Approach with Victims
New York Times, 3/31/2002- Where Postmodern Art and Schizophrenia Intersect

April 2002
Associated Press, 4/1/2002- Insanity Defense Seen As Long Shot in McDermott Trial
Associated Press, 4/1/2002- Teen Mental Health Targeted in Rhode Island Schools
Reuters News Service, 4/1/2002- Study Links 3-Generation Home, Behavior Problems
Chicago Tribune, 4/2/2002- Art Therapy Is Displayed--and Lived
Los Angeles Times, 4/2/2002- More California Students Training as Drug Counselors
Reuters News Service, 4/2/2002- Internet Making Steady Inroads Into Health Care
ABC News, 4/2/2002- More Americans Support Gay Adoption
New York Times, 4/2/2002- Hidden Plague of Alcohol Abuse by the Elderly
Associated Press, 4/3/2002- Washington State To Cut Some Drug Sentences
Boston Globe, 4/3/2002- Priest Treatment Unfolds in Costly, Secretive World
Boston Globe, 4/3/2002- Insanity Verdict Rarely a Way Out
Associated Press, 4/3/2002- Detroit Officials Fear Teen Moms Are Falling Through Cracks
New York Times, 4/3/2002- Psilocybin & Schizophrenia Bring On the Voices
Houston Chronicle, 4/4/2002- Gay Teens, Texas Educators Discuss Harassment Issues
Associated Press, 4/4/2002- Michigan Pain Management Center Reflects Treatment Trend
Houston Chronicle, 4/4/2002- Lawyers Submit Notice of Appeal in Yates' Conviction
Reuters News Service, 4/4/2002- Rate of Binge Drinking in Pregnancy Unchanged
Boston Globe, 4/5/2002- Plea, Sentencing End Zantop Murder Case
Houston Chronicle, 4/6/2002- Cleric Says He's Not to Blame for Yates' Demons
Los Angeles Times, 4/6/2002- 'Cutters' Learn How to Heal Their Scars
New York Times, 4/6/2002- A Woman Walking the Edge of Madness
Chicago Tribune, 4/7/2002- Illinios Psychologists Seek Rx Power
Boston Globe, 4/8/2002- Mystery Veils a Son's Attack on N.H. Judge
Los Angeles Times, 4/8/2002- California Behavioral Health Agency Under Fire
Chicago Tribune, 4/9/2002- Lemak Gets Life Term for Killing Her Three Kids
ABC News, 4/9/2002- College Drinking Responsible For Killing 1,400 Students a Year
Associated Press, 4/10/2002- Pending Vermont Bill Creating New Substance Abuse Department
Boston Globe, 4/11/2002- Defense Lawyer Says McDermott Is Insane
Denver Post, 4/11/2002- Gay Parents Win in Colorado Senate
Houston Chronicle, 4/11/2002- Family Files Complaint Against Yates' Psychiatrist
Boston Globe, 4/12/2002- McDermott Tells of Killings, Stirs Outrage
Boston Globe, 4/12/2002- Insanity Seen Hard to Present
ABC News, 4/12/2002- Judge: Put Gays in Mental Institutions
ABC News, 4/12/2002- Father Sues Teen's Friends Over Ecstacy Death
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 4/12/2002- Even Under State's Protection, Many Children Are Dying
Associated Press, 4/12/2002- N.J. Doctor Files Class-Action Lawsuit Against HMOs
ABC News, 4/12/2002- Study Suggests Dyslexics Have More Suicidal Thoughts
Boston Globe, 4/13/2002- Prosecutor Says McDermott Is Faking
Associated Press, 4/13/2002- Sex Abuse Researchers, Therapists Fault Church & Society
Boston Globe, 4/15/2002- Young Smokers Hooked in Few Weeks, Study Says
ABC News, 4/16/2002- Divorce Can Often Have Devastating Financial Consequences
ABC News, 4/17/2002- Research Shows Binge Drinking Damages Brains
Associated Press, 4/17/2002- For Children's Mental Health, Parents Give Up Custody
Boston Globe, 4/17/2002- Doctor Says McDermott Mentally Ill
Associated Press, 4/17/2002- Psychologist Says Prozac May Have Contributed to Gunman's Rage
Associated Press, 4/17/2002- Economic Loss From Smoking at $7 a Pack
Detroit News, 4/17/2002- Beyond the Nicotine Patch
Associated Press, 4/18/2002- Congressman Urges Autism Research
Associated Press, 4/19/2002- Child Abuse Cases Rise in 2000
Associated Press, 4/20/2002- Michigan HMOs Report Loss of $1.1 Million in 2001
Boston Globe, 4/20/2002- Psychiatrists Say McDermott's Faking
Los Angeles Times, 4/21/2002- Adolescents and Recovery from PTSD
New York Times, 4/21/2002- The Mind Inside the Madness
Associated Press, 4/23/2002- Officials Say Methodone Prescribed Properly for Heroin Addiction
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 4/23/2002- Gays, Lesbians Await Tacoma Vote
New York Times, 4/23/2002- A Psychiatrist's-Eye View of Murder & Insanity
Associated Press, 4/23/2002- HMO Denial of Behavioral Health Treatment No. 1 Cause of Complaint
Associated Press, 4/23/2002- South Carolina Physicians Sue HMO Over Reimbursements
Boston Globe, 4/25/2002- McDermott Convicted, Gets 7 Life Terms
Boston Globe, 4/25/2002- To the Jurors, Defendant 'Sick' But Not Psychotic
Associated Press, 4/25/2002- Florida Psychiatrist Free of Charges
Associated Press, 4/25/2002- Ex-Drug Rehab Leader Charged with Florida OxyContin Thefts
Washington Post, 4/25/2002- Bush Plans to Endorse Mental Health 'Parity'
Associated Press, 4/26/2002- Poor Teens More Prone to Depression & Suicide, Research Found
New York Times, 4/27/2002- Abusive Priests Are Varied, but Treatable
Washington Post, 4/27/2002- DSM-IV Takes On More Weight
Associated Press, 4/27/2002- Bereavement Camp Held for Children of Sept. 11 Victims
New York Times, 4/27/2002- Finding Faith's Place in Psychiatric Treatment
Associated Press, 4/28/2002- 177 Priests Removed in 28 States
New York Times, 4/28/2002- For Mentally Ill, Death and Misery
New York Times, 4/28/2002- Who Was Responsible For Elizabeth Shin?
Boston Globe, 4/29/2002- Child Sexual Abuse Cases Harder to Track, Verify
New York Times, 4/29/2002- Here Life Is Squalor and Chaos
ABC News, 4/30/2002- Could Anger Be a Heredity Trait?
Los Angeles Times, 4/30/2002- Mental Health Parity Urged by Bush
Houston Chronicle, 4/30/2002- Prosecution Witness in Yates Trial Assailed
New York Times, 4/30/2002- Voiceless, Defenseless And a Source of Cash
New York Times, 4/30/2002- For Some, Marijuana Grows Mean
Associated Press, 4/30/2002- R.I. Senate Panel Hears Domestic Violence Bills


May 2002
New York Times, 5/1/2002- Inquiries Start on Conditions in N.Y. Homes for Mentally Ill
Associated Press, 5/2/2002- N.Y.C. Children Suffered PTSD Symptoms Six Months after 9/11
Denver Post, 5/2/2002- Colorado Treatment Centers for Mentally Ill Kids Shorted
ABC News, 5/2/2002- Parents Often Favor One Child Over Another
ABC News, 5/2/2002- Multiple Personality Insanity Defense
Denver Post, 5/3/2002- Colorado Lags on Mental Health
New York Times, 5/5/2002- The Never Promised Rose Garden & the Snake Pit
Washington Post, 5/7/2002- Against Depression, a Sugar Pill Is Hard to Beat
Associated Press, 5/7/2002- Connecticut Gives Approval to Expanded Rights for Gay Couples
Detroit Free Press, 5/8/2002- Teen Gay-Support Clubs Grow As Openness Does
Boston Globe, 5/9/2002- Massachusetts House OK's $46M for Mentally Ill
Detroit Free Press, 5/9/2002- Michigan Weighs How to Care for Mentally Ill
Seattle Post Intelligencer, 5/9/2002- Ex-Drug Abuser Makes the Most of His Second Chance
ABC News, 5/9/2002- Do Girls Learn Meanness in Middle School?
ABC News, 5/9/2002- Secondhand Smoke Hurts Performance in Kids
Boston Globe, 5/9/2002- Suicides Often Increase in the Spring
ABC News, 5/9/2002- Men, Women & Drugs
ABC News, 5/10/2002- Therapists Analyze "The Osbournes"
Associated Press, 5/11/2002- Colorado Sex Offender Challenges New Probation Rules
Washington Post, 5/11/2002- Treating the Priest, Under Church's Wing
ABC News, 5/11/2002- ABC News Tries Hypnosis on Two Smokers
Houston Chronicle, 5/13/2002- Texas HMOs Losing Mental Health Appeals
Los Angeles Times, 5/13/2002- California Sex Offenders Seek End to Extra Jail Time
New York Times, 5/14/2002- Children Are Paying a Hidden Price for 9/11
Houston Chronicle, 5/16/2002- Dying to Be Thin: Parents Channel Their Grief
Associated Press, 5/17/2002- Survey: Fewer Teens Lighting Up
Associated Press, 5/18/2002- Study: 400,000 New Yorkers Experienced PTSD After 9/11
Detroit News, 5/20/2002- Michigan Kills 'Too Drunk' Defense
Washington Post, 5/20/2002- Routine Screening for Depression Urged
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 5/21/2002- Nasty Clique Behavior Among Girls Draws Attention
Associated Press, 5/21/2002- Supreme Court to Rule on Sex Offense Law
Associated Press, 5/21/2002- Suicide Prevention Under Review Following Priest's Death
ABC News, 5/21/2002- Challenges for Gay Teens & Seniors
ABC News, 5/23/2002- 21 Days in the Wild for Troubled Teens
Associated Press, 5/23/2002- Adolescents Most Likely to Have Self-Inflicted Wounds
Reuters News Service, 5/24/2002- Depression Study Finds Therapy As Effective As Drugs
Knight Ridder Newspapers, 5/24/2002- Body Image Issues Touch Younger Kids
Associated Press, 5/24/2002- Admissions Halted at Hospital Where Priest Suicided
Boston Globe, 5/25/2002- High School Testing Eyed for Schizophrenia Signs
Associated Press, 5/25/2002- A Troubled Gaming Addict Takes His Life
Atlanta Journal, 5/25/2002- Attention Deficit Rate Higher Than Believed
Associated Press, 5/26/2002- Psychiatrists Seen Having High Rates of Misconduct
Scripps Howard - 5/27/2002- Some Doctors Say They'd Lie to Clear HMO Hurdles
Associated Press, 5/27/2002- Michigan State Study to Help Demystify ADHD
Associated Press, 5/28/2002- Florida Child Welfare Agrees to Revamp
New York Times, 5/28/2002- Why Angry People Can't Control the Short Fuse
Washington Post, 5/29/2002- Report Says Drugmakers Innovate Less, Modify More
New York Times, 5/29/2002- How to Be (a Bit) Sensible About Mental Illness
New York Times, 5/29/2002- Book Review of "Understanding Depression"
New York Times, 5/29/2002- Book Review of "Writing to Heal the Soul"
Los Angeles Times, 5/29/2002- California HMOs May Be Forced to Pay Promptly
Reuters News Service, 5/29/2002- Creative Minds Share Traits with Mentally Ill
ABC News, 5/29/2002- Pills, Profit and the Public Health
Associated Press, 5/30/2002- N.Y. Woman Suicides After Emergency-Room Wait
Associated Press, 5/31/2002- HMO Clerk Bonus Tied to Fewer Visits
Atlanta Journal, 5/31/2002- More Couples Get Premarital Counseling

June 2002
Detroit News, 6/1/2002- Why Managed Care Failed
Boston Globe, 6/1/2002- Psychiatrists Fight Blurring of Line with Psychologists
Washington Post, 6/1/2002- Debate About Sex Offenders' Treatment
Washington Post, 6/3/2002- D.C. Addicts Seeking Help Find Line Instead
Washington Post, 6/3/2002- Haunted by Wounds of the Church
ABC News, 6/3/2002- Among Kids, Competition to Belong Is Fierce
Boston Globe, 6/4/2002- Massachusetts' Oversight of Health Professionals in Trouble
Detroit Free Press, 6/4/2002- Michigan's Sex Offender List Ruled Unlawful by Court
New York Times, 6/4/2002- Connecting Depression and Artistry
New York Times, 6/4/2002- Mental Patients Are Shuffled Between Troubled Institutions
Atlanta Journal, 6/5/2002- Study: HMO Premiums to Zoom
Detroit Free Press, 6/5/2002- Michigan Privatized Mental Health Care Likely
ABC News, 6/5/2002- Genes May Be a Factor In Eating Disorders
Associated Press, 6/6/2002- Maine Methadone Clinics Limit Take-Home Prescriptions
Boston Globe, 6/7/2002- Massachusetts Town to Drop Methadone Clinic Fight
Associated Press, 6/7/2002- Michigan Courts to Implement Drug Courts
Atlanta Journal, 6/7/2002- Lawsuit: Foster Care System Imperils Georgia Kids
Washington Post, 6/9/2002- Hundreds of Priests Removed Since '60s
Reuters News Service, 6/10/2002- Brain Scans Cited in Treating Depression
Associated Press, 6/10/2002- Meth Use Among Women Growing
Washington Post, 6/10/2002- D.C. Domestic Partner Plan Approved
Associated Press, 6/10/2002- Case Raises Questions About Keeping Teen Therapy Confidential
San Francisco Chronicle, 6/10/2002- Interview with Andrew Berman, Author of "Electroboy"
Detroit Free Press, 6/11/2002- When Picky Becomes a Problem
Washington Post, 6/11/2002- Exercise May Treat Depression
ABC News, 6/11/2002- Group Seeks Solutions for Imprisoned Mentally Ill
New York Times, 6/11/2002- Anorexia Strategy: Family As Doctor
New York Times, 6/11/2002- Experiment Offers Look Through Eyes of Autism
Associated Press, 6/13/2002- Hospital Cited for Priest's Suicide
ABC News, 6/13/2002- Apologies Can Benefit Society & Individuals
ABC News, 6/13/2002- Palcebo May Impact Depression as Much as Medications
Boston Globe, 6/14/2002- Massachusetts Methadone Clinic Granted License
Detroit Free Press, 6/14/2002- Oakland County Mental Health Care to Grow
Boston Globe, 6/15/2002- Study Finds Web of Deceit on Mental Tests
Atlanta Journal, 6/15/2002- Georgia Regional Closes Children's Psych Ward
Houston Chronicle, 6/15/2002- Release of Video of Yates Talking About Drownings
ABC News, 6/17/2002- Yates Told Doctor She Tried to Save Children From Hell
Reuters News Serivce, 6/17/2992- Abuse Kids Tend to See Anger in Faces
ABC News, 6/17/2002- A Troubled Mind
Washington Post, 6/18/2002- Study OCD Linked to Strep Infection
Detroit Free Press, 6/18/2002- Oakland County Mental Health Services Cutback
New York Times, 6/18/2002- Stress Management for Kindergartners
New York Times, 6/18/2002- Progress Can Be Fragile for the Young Witnesses of  9/11
New York Times, 6/18/2002- For Depression, a Speedy Switch
ABC News, 6/18/2002- Sending Children To Other Parent For The Summer
ABC News, 6/18/2002- Are Super Moms Turning to Meth?
Associated Press, 6/19/2002- Many Youth With Mental Health Crises Not Getting Care
Atlanta Journal, 6/20/2002- Survey: Most Kids Pick Up Smoking at Home
ABC News, 6/20/2002- Stepmoms Must Re-Shape Maternal Instincts
Washington Post, 6/21/2002- Right of Second Opinion for HMO Patients Upheld
San Francisco Chronicle, 6/21/2002- Former Student Found Insane in Pedestrian Killings
Reuters News Service, 6/21/2002- Company Gets FDA OK for Fast Ecstasy Test
Reuters News Service, 6/21/2002- Eating Disorders May Be Rising Among College Men
Houston Chronicle, 6/23/2002- Young Victims Struggle to Heal From Sexual Abuse
Washington Post, 6/24/2002- Mentally Ill Find More Doors Shut
New York Times, 6/25/2002- Can the Placebo Treat Depression? That Depends
Associated Press, 6/25/2002- Spanking Study Draws on 60 Years of Data
Associated Press, 6/26/2002- CDC: More Teenagers Using Cocaine
Reuters News Service, 6/27/2002- Swedish Clinic Unveils Anorexia Treatment Success
Washington Post, 6/27/2002- 3,000 Domestic Abusers Bought Guns, Report Says
Boston Globe, 6/29/2002- Officials Release Zantop Papers
Detroit Free Press, 6/29/2002- Wayne County Mental Health Appoints New Director
New York Times, 6/30/2002- Antidepressants Lose 'Miracle Drug' Label

July 2002
ABC News, 7/1/2002- Parents Ask, To Spank or Not to Spank?
Washington Post, 7/1/2002- For Psychiatrists, a Bitter Pill in New Mexico
Houston Chronicle, 7/1/2002- Fixing Texas' Mental Health Care
Reuters News Service, 7/1/2002- Guns a Factor in Older White Male Suicide
Associated Press, 7/4/2002- Lawsuit After Prozac Arrives in Mail
New York Times, 7/4/2002- Schizophrenia May Be Tied to Two Genes
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 7/5/2002- Did Mental Disorder Lead Woman to Accuse Husband?
Reuters News Service, 7/6/2002- Researchers Probe Shyness and Internet Link
New York Times, 7/7/2002- Portfolios Depressed, Traders Seek Therapy
Boston Globe, 7/8/2002- Special Ed Gender Gap Stirs Worry
Associated Press, 7/8/2002- Mandated Licensing for N.Y. Psychotherapists
ABC News, 7/8/2002- The Divorce Debate
Washington Post, 7/9/2002- Health Care's Soaring Cost Takes a Toll
Boston Globe, 7/10/2002- Brain Imaging Holds Key to Understanding Substance Abuse
ABC News, 7/11/2002- Study: Teen Runaways Abused at Home
Washington Post, 7/11/2002- Psychiatrists Testify on Serial Killer
Chicago Sun-Times, 7/11/2002- Ritalin Roulette
New York Times, 7/11/2002- Debating Diagnosis of a Sensory Malady in Children
Boston Globe, 7/12/2002- Massachusetts Seeks Psychiatric Drug Cuts
Chicago Sun-Times, 7/12/2002- Divorce No Guarantee of Happiness, Study Finds
Houston Chronicle, 7/12/2002- Texas Mental Health Agency Turning Away Patients
Detroit Free Press, 7/13/2002- Wayne County Mental Health Choice Supported
Reuters News Service, 7/14/2002- Three Million U.S. Teens Think of Suicide
Associated Press, 7/14/2002- N.J. Drug Treatment Center Called Into Question
Kansas City Star, 7/15/2002- Alcoholics Say Many Employers Too Lush with Tolerance
Houston Chronicle, 7/16/2002- Texas Psychiatric Center Goes on "Drive-Bye"
Boston Globe, 7/17/2002- Massachusetts Man Shot Said to Have Mental Illness
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 7/17/2002- Mentally Ill   Man's Compentency Trial Begins
Associated Press, 7/18/2002- Maine Hospitals to Bar Psychiatric Patients From Smoking
Associated Press, 7/18/2002- Outreach Worker to Help Victims of Priest Abuse in Maine
Associated Press, 7/18/2002- Anti-Anxiety Drug Ruled a Factor in Air Crash
Associated Press, 7/18/2002- Boston Rehab Director Suspended Over Abuse Allegation
New York Times, 7/19/2002- Making an Impression on Smokers
New York Times, 7/19/2002- Facing New Costs, Some Smokers Say 'Enough'
ABC News, 7/19/2002- Prescription Drug Abuse Becoming Mainstream
Atlanta Journal, 7/20/2002- Children's Shelters Given Closing Deadline in Georgia
New York Times, 7/21/2002- A Child Study Is a Peek; Not the Whole Picture
ABC News, 7/22/2002- Idaho Man Denied Custody Because He's Gay
Associated Press, 7/23/2002- Gender Has Its Place in Memory, Study Says
Los Angeles Times, 7/23/2002- Pills Aren't the Only Way
Associated Press, 7/23/2002- Millionaire Says Hypnotherapist Stole his Jewelry, Cash
San Francisco Chronicle, 7/24/2002- Accused Murderer To Be Examined by Psychiatrist
New York Times, 7/24/2002- Why We're So Nice: We're Wired to Cooperate
New York Times, 7/24/2002- Book Review: Learning & Accepting As the Days Grow Few
Associated Press, 7/24/2002- Organizers Prepare for Vermont's First Methadone Clinic
Washington Post, 7/25/2002- Study Looks At Women, Marriage And Divorce
Associated Press, 7/26/2002- Psychiatric Hospital Charged with Underreporting Use of Restraints
Atlanta Journal, 7/26/2002- Fewer Than 5% of Smokers Quit for Good
New York Times, 7/26/2002- Member of Sex Abuse Panel Upsets Some
Houston Chronicle, 7/26/2002- Texas Psychiatric Centers 'Busting at Seams'
Reuters News Service, 7/27/2002- Study: Narcissists Make Lousy Long-Term Lovers
Washington Post, 7/27/2002- Slayings of Four Wives Stun Ft. Bragg
Boston Globe, 7/28/2002- Prison Inmates Warned About Sex Therapy
Washington Post, 7/29/2002- How Deep The Scars of Sex Abuse?
ABC News, 7/29/2002- Positive Attitudes Are Increasing Longevity
ABC News, 7/30/2002- U.S. Military Reconsiders PTSD
Washington Post, 7/30/2002- Paying Attention to Adult ADHD
New York Times, 7/30/2002- A Protected Space, Where Art Comes Calling
New York Times, 7/30/2002- The Mother Often Stays In the Picture
New York Times, 7/30/2002- After Treatment, A Fight for Insurance Often Follows

August 2002
Washington Post, 8/1/2002- Study: New Drug May Aid Autistic Children
ABC News, 8/1/2002- Treatments of Autism Raise More Questions
ABC News, 8/1/2002- Stress May Be Linked to Army Wives Killings
Boston Globe, 8/2/2002- Study Links Past Abuse, Gene to Violent Acts
Washington Post, 8/4/2002- OxyContin Probe Focuses On N.Va. Doctors
Ann Arbor News, 8/4/2002- Fatal Overdoses Rise at Alarming Rate
Ann Arbor News, 8/4/2002- Ann Arbor Police Investigating OxyContin Abuse
Associated Press, 8/5/2002- Alternative Therapy Offered to Maine Abuse Victims
Associated Press, 8/5/2002- Police Say Ft. Bragg Marriages Were Rocky
San Francisco Chronicle, 8/5/2002- Psychiatric Outcast Ponders Parasitic Mental Illness
New York Times, 8/5/2002- Psychiatrist Says He Was Surprised by Furor
Reuters News Service, 8/6/2002- Study: U.S. Child Abuse Deaths Underestimated
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 8/7/2002- Psychiatric Disorder Gained Notoriety in 1990s
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 8/7/2002- Persecuted Parents or Protected Children?
Detroit Free Press, 8/8/2002- Study Shows 1 in 5 Gay Men Considers Suicide
Associated Press, 8/12/2002- Drug Overdose at Florida Detox Center
New York Times, 8/13/2002- Seasonal Depression Can Accompany Summer Fun
Associated Press, 8/13/2002- Research Indicates Zoloft Safe for Heart Patients
ABC News, 8/14/2002- Study: Men & Marriage
Detroit Free Press, 8/16/2002- Cuts in Michigan Mental Health Care Worry Staff, Patients
ABC News, 8/17/2002- Eating Disorders Rooted in Childhood
Detroit Free Press, 8/21/2002- Pot Is Easy To Find and Buy, Teens Say
San Francisco Chronicle, 8/21/2002- Mental Impairment Key to California Verdict
Associated Press, 8/21/2002- Michigan Sex-Offender Register to Open
Boston Globe, 8/22/2002- A New View on Youth Violence
Detroit Free Press, 8/22/2002- Michigan Mental Health Agency Rebuilds
Associated Press, 8/23/2002- Connecticut Creates Mental Health Crisis Teams
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 8/23/2002- Bullying Common, Students Say
Reuters News Service, 8/23/2002- Aging Puts Stress in Perspective
Associated Press, 8/23/2002- Ban on Paxil TV Ads Delayed
Associated Press, 8/26/2002- Michigan Drug Measure Proposes Treatment Over Prison
Washington Post, 8/27/2002- Complaints Surface About Stopping Paxil
Detroit Free Press, 8/27/2002- Online Approach Attacks Binge Drinking
New York Times, 8/27/2002- Psychiatric Group to Study Abuses in China
New York Times, 8/27/2002- A Rebel Psychiatrist Calls Out to His Profession
New York Times, 8/27/2002- Like Drugs, Talk Therapy Can Change Brain Chemistry
Associated Press, 8/28/2002- Federal Officials to Investigate Maine Methadone Clinics
Associated Press, 8/29/2002- Woman Forced to Give Abuse Testimony
ABC News, 8/29/2002- Music As Therapy
Associated Press, 8/30/2002- Smoking by Young Teens Called a World Problem
Washington Post, 8/31/2002- Citing OxyContin Probe, Va. Doctor Closes Practice
New York Times, 8/31/2002- A Couch for Authors In Need of One
ABC News, 8/31/2002- Can New Therapy Rewrite Dreams?
Ann Arbor Observer, 8/31/2002- Life, Death and Madness

September 2002
Washington Post, 9/1/2002- Doctors Consider Diagnosis for 'Ill' Relationships
Associated Press, 9/1/2002- Yoga Instructor Helps Cancer Patients
Boston Globe, 9/2/2002- Group Suing Massachusetts Over Methadone Clinic
Detroit Free Press, 9/2/2002- OxyContin Shows Up in Metro Detroit
Associated Press, 9/3/2002- 2,000 Maine Sex Offenders Still Unregistered
Associated Press, 9/3/2002- Are Disability Benefits Unfair to Mentally Ill
Washington Post, 9/3/2002- Cognitive Therapy: A Change of Mind
Associated Press, 9/4/2002- Few Programs Treat Female Sex Criminals
Hartford Courant, 9/4/2002- Yoga: More Than Exercise
ABC News, 9/4/2002- Study: Sense of Control Affects Heart Health
ABC News, 9/4/2002- Can We Cultivate Our Own Happiness?
Associated Press, 9/5/2002- Lawsuit: Mom's Fillings Caused Son's Autism?
Associated Press, 9/5/2002- 9/11 Stress Struck Many; Few Got Help
Reuters News Service, 9/5/2002- Government Says Drug, Alcohol Abuse Up in 2001
Washington Post, 9/6/2002- Studies Raise Doubts on Trauma Counseling's Value
Cox News Service, 9/6/2002- Campaign About AD/HD
San Francisco Chronicle, 9/6/2002- Accused Murderer Sane, Renowned Psychiatrist Says
Associated Press, 9/7/2002- Girls in Juvenile Rehab Program Battle Wildfires
Associated Press, 9/7/2002- Connecticut Workers Should Have Focused on Boy's Mental Health
Chicago Sun-Times, 9/7/2002- Illinois Reopens Probe of Suicide at Maryville
Chicago Sun-Times, 9/8/2002- Smyth's Clout Has Grown With Maryville
New York Times Magazine, 9/8/2002- A Secret Society of the Starving
Chicago Sun-Times, 9/9/2002- Blunt-Talking Professor Stirred up Maryville Pot
Associated Press, 9/9/2002- Adventuresome Singles Can Try Psychotherapy's TheraDate
Associated Press, 9/9/2002- Massachusetts Budget Cuts End Free Mental Health Care For Poor
Associated Press, 9/9/2002- Connecticut Creates Mental Health Crisis Teams
Knight Ridder Tribune, 9/9/2002- Abuse Victims Need Plan Before Leaving Home
New York Times, 9/10/2002- When Grief Takes Hold of the Body
New York Times, 9/10/2002- Some Friends, Indeed, Do More Harm Than Good
ABC News, 9/11/2002- Paying for Their Son's Overdose
New York Times, 9/11/2002- Mental Health: The Profession Tests Its Limits
Reuters News Service, 9/12/2002- Study: Nicotine Patches, Gum Less Effective
San Francisco Chronicle, 9/14/2002- New California Treatment Facility for American Indians
New York Times, 9/15/2002- N.Y. Study Cites Failings at Adult Homes for Mentally Ill
Reuters News Service, 9/15/2002- Five Teens Arrested in Case of Ritalin Abuse
Knight Ridder News Service, 9/15/2002- Counseling Offered in Railway Fatalities
New York Times Magazine, 9/15/2002- Pete Domenici and Parity in Insurance Coverage
Associated Press, 9/16/2002- Mental Health System in Bad Shape, U.S. Panel Finds
New York Times, 9/17/2002- In Nature vs. Nurture, a Voice for Nature
ABC News, 9/18/2002- Migraine Sufferers Get More Options
Atlanta Journal, 9/19/2002- Georgia's Child Abuse Experts Are Seldom Used
Associated Press, 9/20/2002- Study: Most Drug Inmates Not Violent
Washington Post, 9/21/2002- Illinois Medicaid Suggests Splitting Zoloft
New York Times, 9/23/2002- Quilt Helps Patch Live Torn by Abuse
Washington Post, 9/24/2002- Bipolar Drugs: Easy Rx, Hard to Take
New York Times, 9/24/2002- Panel Urges Change In N.Y. Homes For Mentally Ill
New York Times, 9/24/2002- A Clue to Why Gays Play Russian Roulette With H.I.V.
Reuters News Service, 9/25/2002- Stressed Out? Just Forget About It
ABC News, 9/25/2002- Study: Women's Brains Better at Handling Anger
Boston Globe, 9/26/2002- Student's Prescriptions Worry Health Counselors
Houston Chronicle, 9/26/2002- Texas Judge Defends Mentally Ill
Houston Chronicle, 9/26/2002- Study: Ecstasy Party Drug May Harm Brain
Boston Globe, 9/27/2002- Murder Suspect Had Psychiatric Illness
Boston Globe, 9/27/2002- Of Massachusetts Social Workers Cut, Half Bilingual

October 2002
Associated Press, 10/1/2002- Judge: Drug Rehab Center Does Not Have to Cooperate
New York Times, 10/1/2002- Deflating Self-Esteem's Role in Society's Ills
ABC News, 10/3/2002- ADHD's Severity in Girls Overlooked
Associated Press, 10/4/2002- Pitt Leads Genetic Study of Anorexia Nervosa
Boston Globe, 10/6/2002- Mother Pushes Tracking Mentally Ill
New York Times, 10/6/2002- Mentally Ill and Locked Away in Nursing Homes
Associated Press, 10/6/2002- McCall Chastises Pataki Over Report on Care of Mentally Ill
Boston Globe, 10/7/2002- Early Pressures Tied to Drug Abuse
Associated Press, 10/7/2002- McCall Calls on Pataki to Release Records to Mentally Ill Care
Houston Chronicle, 10/7/2002- Report: Texas Mental Health Care for Poor 'Beyond Crisis'
New York Times, 10/8/2002- Jealous? Maybe It's Genetic. Maybe Not.
Associated Press, 10/10/2002- Judge Says Paxil Can Be Labeled Non-Addictive
Associated Press, 10/11/2002- Schizophrenic State Employee Gets Monetary Settlement
Boston Globe, 10/12/2002- For Women, A Sunnier View of Marriage
Associated Press, 10/13/2002- Justice Dept. to Probe Pataki Policy of Housing Mentally Ill
New York Times Book Review, 10/13/2002- Review of Adam Phillips' "Equals"
Associated Press, 10/13/2002- Four Vermont Psychiatrists Honored for Speaking Out
Washington Post, 10/14/2002- Instability Looms For Debt-Heavy Magellan Health
Associated Press, 10/16/2002- Study: Light Drinking While Pregnant Can Affect Children
Houston Chronicle, 10/17/2002- Meth Labs Flourishing As Drug Easier To Make
ABC News, 10/18/2002- Forensic Psychiatrists: Sniper Is Self-Absorbed Loner
Associated Press, 10/18/2002- Number of Detroit Police Arrested for Domestic Violence Drops
New York Times, 10/18/2002- Increase In Autism Baffles Scientists
New York Times, 10/19/2002- New York Restricts Confinements of Mentally Ill
Houston Chronicle, 10/20/2002- Schools Often Overlook Bipolar Disorder in Children
ABC News, 10/20/2002- Betty Ford Reflects on 20 Years of the Betty Ford Center
Hartford Courant, 10/20/2002- Small Town, Big-Time Heron Use
Hartford Courant, 10/21/2002- Death at Hotel Hooker
Associated Press, 10/21/2002- Meth Labs Migrating to Cities and Suburbs
Chicago Tribune, 10/21/2002- Addiction Fears Rise About Xanax
Associated Press, 10/21/2002- Mayor Says DUI Arrest Was Result of "Foolish Decision"
Boston Globe, 10/22/2002- For Gay Teens, a Place to Call Home
Hartford Courant, 10/22/2002- A Killer of Families
Hartford Courant, 10/23/2002- The Courage to Heal
New York Times, 10/23/2002- Autism Therapy Is Called Effecive, but Rare
New York Times, 10/23/2002- Good & Bad Marriage, Boon & Bane to Health
New York Times, 10/23/2002- Abortion Pill May Help Treat Severe Form of Depression
Hartford Courant, 10/24/2002- Can't Somebody Do Something?
ABC News, 10/24/2002- Patterns Seen in Murderers' Brains
Boston Globe, 10/25/2002- Forum on Child Abuse Eyes Role of Age
New York Times, 10/27/2002- For Addicts, Relief May Be an Office Visit Away
New York Times, 10/27/2002- Whose Urine Is It?
Associated Press, 10/28/2002- Depression May Be Tied to Cell Birth
New York Times, 10/28/2002- Serial Killing's Squarest Pegs
Boston Globe, 10/29/2002- Massachusetts Consumers Say Mental Health Care Was Denied
New York Times, 10/29/2002- On Being Male, Female, Neither or Both
ABC News, 10/29/2002- Tips For Domestic Violence in Workplace
Boston Globe, 10/30/2002- Cocaine Use Soars Among Massachusetts Youth
ABC News, 10/31/2002- Former NFL Player Speaks Out About His Homosexuality


November 2002
Los Angeles Times, 11/1/2002- At California Rape Center, Technology Is State-of-the-Art
Associated Press, 11/1/2002- Ohio to Vote on Drug Treatment Issue
Associated Press, 11/2/2002- Case Tests Reliability of Sweat Patches for Drug Testing
Houston Chronicle, 11/3/2002- Texas Schizophrenic Set to Die Wednesday
Washington Post, 11/5/2002- High Court to Rule In Psychiatric Case
Chicago Tribune, 11/5/2002- Illinois Problem Gamblers Sign on to Blacklist
ABC News, 11/6/2002- Minneapolis School Enrolls Only Recovering Teen Addicts
Boston Globe, 11/7/2002- Study Rebuts Autism Concerns
ABC News, 11/8/2002- Most Americans Favor Corporal Punishment
Reuters News Service, 11/8/2002- Schizophrenia Drugs Linked to Heart Attack Risk
Associated Press, 11/8/2002- Marital Problems, Stress Cited in 5 Killings at Base
Associated Press, 11/8/2002- Army Report: Mental Health Workers Needed in Combat Units
Los Angeles Times, 11/10/2002- Excuse for Teens to Forgo Drugs
New York Times Magazine, 11/10/2002- The Not-So-Crackpot Autism Theory
Associated Press, 11/11/2002- Two Die in Six Weeks at Texas Psychiatric Hospital
Washington Post, 11/12/2002- A World of Endless Ritual, Paralyzing Anxiety
New York Times, 11/12/2002- Jobs Rank Low As Risk Factors For Suicide
New York Times, 11/12/2002- Beyond Anger: Studying the Subconscious Nature of Rage
Boston Globe, 11/14/2002- Supreme Court Justices Question Sex-Offender Laws
Houston Chronicle, 11/15/2002- Jury Rejects Killer's Bid to Leave State Mental Hospital
New York Times, 11/15/2002- Portraying Severe Mental Illness Without Romanticizing It
Washington Post, 11/16/2002- Implants May Reshape Schizophrenia Treatment
New York Times, 11/17/2002- New York Shifts Burden by Exporting Mentally Ill
New York Times, 11/17/2002- Bouncing Around the System, With Little Help
New York Times, 11/17/2002- Fierce Entanglements
New York Times, 11/17/2002- Preschool Meds
Associated Press, 11/18/2002- Judge: Detox Doctors Not Negligent
Associated Press, 11/19/2002- Michigan Closing State Mental Hospital
New York Times, 11/19/2002- A Boy, a Mother And a Rare Map of Autism's World
New York Times, 11/19/2002- Two Perspectives on Suicide
Washington Post, 11/20/2002- D.C. Mental Health Set to Lay Off About 235
New York Times, 11/20/2002- Psychotherapy Shows a Rise Over Decade
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 11/21/2002- Seattle Housing for Alcoholics Ok'd
Reuters News Service, 11/22/2002- Smoking  Cannabis Linked to Mental Illness
Associated Press, 11/22/2002- US Drunken Driving Deaths Rise After Holding Steady in '90s
Washington Post, 11/22/2002- Battered Women's New Day in Court
New York Times, 11/24/2002- What Did You Mean by All That, Dr. Freud?
New York Times Book Review, 11/24/2002- Defending Bruno Bettelheim
Associated Press, 11/24/2002- Mentally Ill Children Unable to Get into Treatment Centers
Boston Globe, 11/25/2002- Use of Psychotropic Drug Soars Despite Controversy
ABC News, 11/25/2002- Millions of Americans Suffer from Severe Body Image Disorder
Boston Globe, 11/26/2002- Report Assails Massachusetts Family Courts
New York Times, 11/26/2002- Cast Blame.  Watch It Boomerang
Associated Press, 11/26/2002- Suicides and Violence by Divorced Men Increasing
ABC News, 11/26/2002- Psychologists Revisit Recovered Memory in Courtrooms
Knight Ridder News Service, 11/26/2002- Male Victims of Domestic Violence Speak Up
Boston Globe, 11/27/2002- Women Now Make Up Half of HIV Cases
New York Times, 11/30/2002- Legal Group urges States to Update Their Family Law

December 2002
Los Angeles Times, 12/2/2002- Addicts Treat Others' Overdoses
Reuters News Service, 12/2/2002- Study: Marijuana May Not Lead to Hard Drugs
Boston Globe, 12/3/2002- Justices Take On Gay-Rights Case
Detroit Free Press, 12/3/2002- Michigan's HMOs Make Money in '02
New York Times, 12/3/2002- To Prevent Sexual Abuse, Abusers Step Forward
New York Times, 12/3/2002- Patch Raises New Hope For Beating Depression
New York Times, 12/3/2002- What's Normal? A Look At Asperger Syndrome
Los Angeles Times, 12/5/2002- Bipolar Illness: Slowing the Roller Coaster
Los Angeles Times, 12/6/2002- Resilience: Thriving Despite It All
Ann Arbor News, 12/8/2002- Rape Victims Have Shoulder to Lean On
Washington Post, 12/9/2002- New Vaccine Clause Angers Parents of Autistic Children
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 12/9/2002- Supreme Court To Consider Foster Care Requirement
Washington Post, 12/10/2002-  ADHD Teens: The Risks of Learning to Drive
New York Times, 12/10/2002- Portraying Depression As Natural and Treatable
Los Angeles Times, 12/10/2002- Drug Ads Blur the Line Between Tension & Illness
ABC News, 12/11/2002- Hurried Woman Syndrome?
Associated Press, 12/12/2002- Addicts Have Alternative to Methadone
Chicago Tribune, 12/12/2002- Computers a Tool to Aid Mentally Ill
Associated Press, 12/13/2002- Report: New York to Evaluate Mentally Ill in Residences
Associated Press, 12/13/2002- Team Treatment for Depression Urged
Washington Post, 12/13/2002- Treatment for Childhood Sleep Disorders
New York Times, 12/14/2002- Schizophrenia Gene Verified in Scottish Study
Boston Globe, 12/15/2002- Drug Firms and Doctors: The Offers Pour In
ABC News, 12/16/2002- Kids Overdosing on Cold Medicine to Get High
Boston Globe, 12/17/2002- Blue Cross to Give Doctors Care-, Cost-Based Bonuses
New York Times, 12/17/2002- New York Lawsuit Over Adult Homes For Mentally Ill
Boston Globe, 12/18/2002- Heroin Deaths Rise Dramatically in Massachusetts
Washington Post, 12/18/2002- Virginia Mental Health Change Proposed
ABC News, 12/19/2002- Drunk Driving Laws: America the Irresponsible?
Associated Press, 12/20/2002- Pennsylvania Lesbian Partner to Pay Child Support
New York Times, 12/20/2002- Anti-Psychotics Approved To Treat Suicidal Behavior
Newhouse News Service, 12/20/2002- U.S. Mental Health System 'In Shambles'
Los Angeles Times, 12/20/2002- In Juvenile Hall, Most May Have Mental Disorders
Associated Press, 12/20/2002- Massachusetts Parents Sue Treatment Center
Associated Press, 12/21/2002- Mental Health Center Seeks Community Financial Help
New York Times Book Review- 12/22/2002- Analyzing Freud
ABC News, 12/24/2002- Child Discipline: Crossing the Line
Washington Post, 12/24/2002- The Happy Heretic
New York Times, 12/24/2002- Lab Monkeys May Reveal Secrets of Childhood Depression
New York Times, 12/24/2002- A New Dimension in Snapshot of Gay Teenagers
New York Times, 12/24/2002- Adolescent Anger or a Deeper Disorder?
New York Times, 12/24/2002- Recovering Addicts Help Educate Future Doctors
New York Times, 12/26/2002- Jailed Man Fights Efforts To Medicate Him for Trial
Hearst News Service, 12/28/2002- Increased Suicides Worry Marines
Chicago Tribune, 12/29/2002- Women Find Hope for Sex Dysfunction
Chicago Tribune, 12/29/2002- Couple Expand Anti-DUI Crusade
Los Angeles Times, 12/30/2002- A Spirited Debate Over DUI Laws
Detroit Free Press, 12/31/2002- Nicotine Can Be Beaten
Detroit Free Press, 12/31/2002- Nicotine: A Mother and Son Exchange Promises of Healthy Change
New York Times, 12/31/2002- Born To Be Happy, Through a Twist of Human Hard Wire