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ifeminists January 26, 2005 Tony Zizza	NAMI Is Dead Wrong On Mental Health Screening It's time to relentlessly put President Bush's mental health screening monster and groups like NAMI in their place. Mandatory mental health screening is child abuse.
American Family Physician August 15, 2002	Medicines for Mental Health During Pregnancy What mental problems may occur during pregnancy?... Can pregnancy cause these mental problems? Does it make them worse?... Are mental health medicines safe to use during pregnancy?... What should I do if I have a history of a mental disorder and want to get pregnant?... etc.
ifeminists May 24, 2006 Tony Zizza	The Trouble With TeenScreen While some of our young people may properly rebel against TeenScreen and other dangerous in-school mental health propoganda that helps Big Pharma, what about all the young people who come running home convinced they are -- mentally ill?
ifeminists May 5, 2004 Tony Zizza	Depression Screenings Don't Belong In Our Schools A recent article in the Denver Post reports Denver Health's School-Based Health Centers are screening every student - for depression - who steps inside any one of the 11 school-based "clinics."
ifeminists September 15, 2004 Wendy McElroy	Mandatory Mental Health Screening Threatens Privacy, Parental Rights The screenings may be used to force parents to put their children on psychiatric medication. Some parents who have refused to do so under current policies have been threatened or charged with "child abuse" for no other reason than their refusal.
ifeminists July 26, 2006 Tony Zizza	Are Affluent Teens The Latest Victims Of Mental Illness? Everything in America is viewed through the prism of alleged mental illness. Affluent teenagers are just today's advertising copy for the next psych drug and insurance billing code.
ifeminists December 31, 2007 Tony Zizza	Massachusetts Takes Wrong Turn On Mental Health Screening New regulations in Massachusetts require doctors to screen for possible mental health problems in children.
ifeminists March 29, 2006 Tony Zizza	Is Debra Lafave A Bipolar Disorder Publicist? Debra Lafave, a teacher who had sex with one of her 14-year-old students, became a celebrity through a crime and through the smoke and mirrors of mental illness posturing and pandering.
Managed Care October 2003	Mental Health Coverage Woes Not All in Mind The authors of a new study find that although coverage for mental healt is now widespread among those with insurance, parity laws have not really put access to mental health services on a par with access to other services, thanks to continued limits on outpatient and inpatient visits.
Managed Care October 2002 John Carroll	National Mental Health Parity Bill Poised To Pass This Time Around After years of skirmishing over mental health parity, the battle lines are drawn. Troops are armed with a cache of talking points and data -- pro and con. And, after a brief summer truce, another big showdown looms on Capitol Hill.
American Family Physician June 15, 2006	Mental Retardation: What Caregivers Need to Know A caregiver's guide: What should I do about doctor visits for a person with mental retardation?... What if a person with mental retardation is hurt or acts strangely?... Who should make medical decisions for a person with mental retardation?... etc.
AskMen.com Michael Anthony	Beware Of Mental Traps Here are just some of the mental traps many golfers fall into. When you expect a certain level of play and watch the score to see how you are doing, you open yourself to trouble.
Managed Care February 2002 Heidi A. Sauder & Sheri Wallace	Push Is On for Improved Treatment of Women's Psychological Maladies Sure there are diagnostic and treatment challenges, but the money that can be saved for society might make this fertile ground for investment...
ifeminists June 21, 2006 Tony Zizza	Tom Cruise Was - Right! In American, when even choosing to be a jerk in your automobile is now viewed as suffering from a mental disorder that requires therapy and drugs, psychiatry is 100% -- pseudoscience.
Managed Care May 2002	House Weighs Giving Parity To Mental Health Mental health parity has resurfaced as a legislative initiative. A bill would require that insurers' level of mental health coverage be on a par with physical health coverage
HBS Working Knowledge April 6, 2015 Michael Blanding	Germanwings Lesson: Organizations Must Pay More Attention to Employee Mental Health The Germanwings tragedy catapulted the issues of mental health and corporate risk and responsibility into the world's headlines.
ifeminists October 5, 2008 Tony Zizza	The over-prescribing of America In writing "Stigma often hinders lifesaving discussion" for The Tennessean on Sept. 17, Dr. Dennis Morrison offers us more recycled bromides concerning suicide and the state of mental health.
ifeminists March 24, 2009 Tony Zizza	Mental health stats merit scrutiny I don't believe the mental health system in Tennessee, or in this country for that matter, faces a severe crisis.
ifeminists October 22, 2002 Tresa McBee	Pass the Prozac Sparring spouses seek counseling, where they are diagnosed with "relational disorder," meaning the relationship is causing problems, not the people. Relational disorder is not a recognized mental illness. Yet. If two psychiatrists convince enough people, RD could be added to the DSM.
ifeminists May 10, 2006 Tony Zizza	Is It Time To Boycott Parade Magazine? Once again Parade magazine is helping pharmaceutical companies sell depression and its drugs. If we are to take AstraZeneca seriously, and bipolar disorder seriously, then we must completely reject the idea of free will, personal responsibility, and good/bad consequences.
Managed Care July 2005	Two Major Studies Focus On Mental Health Two major studies on mental health say that while strides have been made in awareness of the problem and the willingness of patients to seek help, much more needs to be done.
AskMen.com Dave Golokhov	Mental Health And Women A new report shows that one in four American women use prescription medication to combat mental disorders, and the numbers are on the rise.
ifeminists December 5, 2008 Tony Zizza	Don't We All Have A Personality Disorder? On December 2nd, the Fox News website posted this from the AP: "1 in 5 Young Adults Has Personality Disorder, Study Finds." Isn't this lovely?
AskMen.com Julian Marcus	Are You Bipolar? Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness, is one of the least understood and potentially most destructive mental health disorders.
Reason January 2003 Jacob Sullum	Head Games What are the rules for defining mental illness?
Job Journal May 28, 2006 Rich Heintz	Do You Have a Head for Mental Health Work? Would working in the field of mental health make you happy? Here is a look at some professions.
American Family Physician October 1, 2002	Mental Health: Keeping Your Emotional Health What is good emotional health?... What about anger?... What can I do to avoid problems?... Tips on dealing with your emotions... How does stress affect my emotions?... Can emotional problems be treated?... etc.
Job Journal November 18, 2007 Julia Hollister	Mental Health Staffing Shortages a Real Headache Trained professionals in the mental health field are in short supply.
American Family Physician October 15, 2006	Emotional Health: What You Should Know A patient guide: What is emotional health?... What about anger?... What can I do to avoid problems?... Tips on Dealing with Your Emotions... etc.
Inc. August 2003 Jess McCuan	Cleaning Up At Newsstands Mr. Sam's minions find Mental Floss more newsworthy than Maxim.
ifeminists October 4, 2006 Tony Zizza	Time To Boycott National Depression Screening Day In the U.S., whenever National Depression Screening Day rears its ugly head in the mainstream media every first week in October, we have the opportunity to review some serious doublethink that does not change much with each passing year.
ifeminists September 13, 2006 Tony Zizza	When Did Teenage Schizophrenia Become A Coupon? American children between the ages of 13-17 are now being marketed to parents clipping coupons to have their children participate in clinical research studies in which investigational "drugs for schizophrenia" are used.
Job Journal February 13, 2005 Rich Heintz	Positive Outlook for Mental Health Careers Passage of Prop 63 in California offers hope of a hiring boom.
ifeminists August 2, 2006 Tony Zizza	Wrong Verdict in Yates Case The verdict that came down in the new Andrea Yates murder trial of "not guilty by reason of insanity" is absolutely insane. She needs to spend the rest of her life in prison for drowning not one child, or two, or three, or four, but five children.
AFP eWire November 30, 2011	Bell Canada Awarded the 2012 Freeman Philanthropic Services Award for Outstanding Corporation Bell Canada has been a remarkable corporate citizen and has taken an important philanthropic leadership role through its Let's Talk Initiative.
Salon.com March 13, 2002 Janelle Brown	Swift injustice Anger and frustration dominate reactions to the quick guilty verdict in the murder trial of Andrea Yates...
ifeminists July 14, 2004 Tony Zizza	The Problem With Senator Edward M. Kennedy Surely, the nation's mental health is in danger when someone like the Massachusetts senator and all of his kind are against ensuring our children's health and safety by supporting a simply stated anti-coercion bill.
Reason July 2000 Jacob Sullum	Curing the Therapeutic State Thomas Szasz, author of "The Myth of Mental Illness," on the medicalization of American life.
Wired May 19, 2008 Katharine Gammon	WTF!? Internet Addiction Nominated for Entry in the Manual of Mental Disorders Web abuse to be added to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
Reason April 2004 Joli Jensen	Emotional Choices What story you choose to believe about antidepressants reveals a deeper truth about who you are.
ifeminists May 25, 2005 Tony Zizza	The American Psychiatric Association Is Actually The American Pill Association Psychiatry has become the legalized practice of prescribing pills, rather than the purposeful practice of assisting us with problems of the heart and soul.
Reason May 2005 Jacob Sullum	Thomas Szasz Takes on His Critics In Szasz Under Fire: The Psychiatric Abolitionist Faces His Critics, edited by Jeffrey A. Schaler, Szasz sticks to his guns and scores many points, but his responses are not always completely satisfying.
AskMen.com Jacob Franek	Mental Health For Men Greater understanding of new and emerging mental illnesses for men is important, and hopefully the following will help to raise your awareness.
ifeminists March 17, 2004 Tony Zizza	"What Do You Want To Do?" Surely, we will all yell (bravo!) when mental health professionals who have prescription pads burning in their pockets, and pharmaceutical executives come to understand, we need more compassionate psychologists in this country and fewer prescriptions.
ifeminists July 15, 2003 Todd Andrew Barnett	The Conviction of Christine Wilhelm The verdict is in: Christine Wilhelm, the mother who confessed to killing her four-year-old son Luke and attempted murder of her five-year-old son Peter in a bathtub in their home, has been found guilty of second degree murder.
ifeminists November 17, 2004 Byron Fraser	Review: Your Drug May Be Your Problem Excerpts from the book Your Drug May Be Your Problem: How and Why to Stop Taking Psychiatric Medications by Peter Breggin and David Cohen delineating the adverse effects of these medications and how to stop taking them.
Reason November 2000	Letters Vouchers for Childcare... Mad About Szasz... Reinforcing the Foundation...
ifeminists February 16, 2005 Byron Fraser	Marginalized No Longer! In Broken Brains or Wounded Hearts--What Causes Mental Illness, Ty C. Colbert elucidates his very innovative concept of a forced choice: the emotional pain model does not lay the blame on the individual, but eventually opens the door for him to take charge of his own life and set of choices.
American Family Physician November 1, 2003 Stovall & Domino	Approaching the Suicidal Patient In an attempt to help the family physician prevent suicide, this article reviews known risk factors and offers a strategy for assessing and addressing these factors in individual patients.
Reason December 2007 Will Wilkinson	The Great Depression Is an epidemic of depressive disorder really sweeping America? Book review: The Loss of Sadness: How Psychiatry Transformed Normal Sorrow Into Depressive Disorder, by Allan V. Horwitz and Jerome C. Wakefield.