Psychologists debate social media role in suicide interventions
February 03, 2012 CHICAGO - In her sophomore year at Lake Forest College, Sam Sekulich had reached a breaking point. On top of the pressure she felt from classes and student clubs, she was fighting with her parents and not consistently taking medication for her bipolar disorder. Feeling anxious and overwhelmed, she went...

US Marine fights conviction for suicide attempt
February 02, 2012 HAGERSTOWN, Md. - A discharged Marine private who slit his wrists in a suicide attempt is fighting his military conviction for deliberately injuring himself, arguing the punishment is inconsistent with the armed forces' efforts to battle a rise in suicides during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

A change for better treatment
January 27, 2012 Jan. 27--Gov. Pat Quinn announced plans last week to close two state mental health institutions and move their patients into community-based care. The governor is getting a ton of heat over this decision, from politicians, from parents of patients and from community leaders. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. said the state...

Millions now manage aging parents' care from afar
January 26, 2012 WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Kristy Bryner worries her 80-year-old mom might slip and fall when she picks up the newspaper, or that she'll get in an accident when she drives to the grocery store. What if she has a medical emergency and no one's there to help? What if,...

Welcome to dementia's world
January 24, 2012 Jan. 24--STOCKTON -- At first, you feel a bit silly. You're with a bunch of strangers and you're wearing goggles that blur your vision, oversized gardening gloves that impair your fingers and prickly insoles inside your shoes that tickle the bottoms of your feet.

14 years after inmate gives birth in jail, trial begins
January 24, 2012 Jan. 24--More than 14 years after Imka Pope gave birth alone in a King County Jail cell, a jury in U.S. District Court this week will hear her claim that jail nurses and corrections officers violated her civil rights by dismissing her claims that she was pregnant as the ramblings...

Stress is no laughing matter
January 21, 2012 I read with dismay your glib coverage of the release of my organization's annual "Stress in America" survey ["Too much stress? See, that is what worries us . . . ," Style, Jan. 12]. Reducing a serious health threat to a string of jokes does a great disservice to the...

You know someone who had mental illness last year
January 24, 2012 Jan. 24--A new government survey shows that mental illness is vastly undertreated in the United States.

Help for your mental health
January 23, 2012 What do you do if you need mental health support but you don't have money for a psychologist? Or maybe you feel your issue is not worth a full course of psychotherapy. Can you really find legitimate help that won't break the bank or take years to complete?

Diagnosis changes worry autism advocates
January 21, 2012 Jan. 21--Those who have spent years fighting for services for autistic loved ones now face more uncertainty: Doctors soon may adjust exactly what it means to be autistic.

Picking a therapist
January 20, 2012 "Being in therapy is great," comedian Caroline Rhea once joked. "I spend an hour just talking about myself. It's kinda like being the guy on a date."

Army reports suicides down, but violent crimes up
January 19, 2012 WASHINGTON - A new Army report says the number of suicides among soldiers has been leveling off, but there has been a dramatic jump in domestic violence, sex crimes and other destructive behavior in a force that has been stressed by a decade of war.