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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.

• Young and Bipolar, TIME Cover Story: August 19, 2002
  It used to be called manic depression. Now this volatile form of mental illness is increasingly showing up in children and teenagers
• Colleges Address Student Depression, from NPR's Morning Additon: August 13, 2002
  In response to several suicides in recent years, many of the nation's top schools are now among the most proactive regarding the mental well being of their students.
• Seasonal Depression Can Accompany Summer Sun, from New York Times, August 13, 2002
  No one looks forward to spring more than people with seasonal affective disorder, who grow depressed in the waning light of winter. A smaller group of people, however, suffer on the opposite side of the calendar.
• Overnight Walk Aim to Shed Light on Suicide, from the Washington Post, August 17, 2002
  Thousands are expected to raise awareness and money for suicide prevention with an overnight, 26-mile walk.
• Study: New Drug May Aid Autistic Children, from the Washington Post, August 1, 2002
  Researchers reported parents and educators can control the tantrums, aggression and self-injurious behavior of children with autism and related disorders by placing them on an antipsychotic medicine that is approved only to treat schizophrenia in adults.
• Misguided Medicine, an article on antidepressants and the placebo effect, from the Washington Post, July 29, 2002
  A recent study unexpectedly found that antidepressants sometimes perform no better than placebos (sugar pills) in treating depression.

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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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