PRINTABLE PAGE Heroin Use in Russia Jumps, With Related Rise in HIV Incidence By Louis CharbonneauOriginally published by Reuters, June 26, 2002 VIENNA (Reuters) — The United Nations’ drugs watchdog said on Wednesday the use of heroin and other opiates…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Mentally Ill Children, and the Custody Crisis You Never Heard Of By Michael D. GoldhaberOriginally published in The National Law Journal, May 1, 2000 Elian Gonzalez has inspired endless rhetoric on the sanctity of the bond between parent…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Portraits of Trauma, Beyond 9/11 By Joyce PurnickOriginally published in The New York Times, May 20, 2002 In a corridor of a school on the edge of Chinatown, one wall is devoted to self-portraits sketched by fifth graders.…
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PRINTABLE PAGE San Jose Mom Found Guilty of Making Son Ill By Bill RomanoOriginally published by the San Jose Mercury News, June 3, 2001 SAN JOSE — A San Jose woman whose lawyer argued suffered from a rare mental illness…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Anorexic Men More Depressed, Anxious Than Peers By Charnicia E. HugginsOriginally published by Reuters Health, Friday April 13, 2001 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — Men who suffer from eating disorders have higher rates of depression, anxiety disorders and…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Researchers Find Clues Linking Child Abuse to Addiction Originally published in Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly 14(2), 2002 A five-year study conducted by researchers at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Mass., is providing a better understanding of the link…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Children of Alcoholics: Caged, Silenced Songbirds By Rama Pemmaraju Rao, MDChildren’s Hospital, University of Alabama Medical SchoolOriginally published by Healthology Press, June, 2001 Imagine a house in which a child feels that the walls and floors are constantly…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Children Trapped by Gaps in Treatment of Mental Illness By Carey GoldbergOriginally published in The New York Times, July 9, 2001 BOSTON, July 8 — The 16-year-old girl had needed help, no question. She was throwing chairs, she…
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Munchausen by Proxy Syndrome By Myrna R. Nieves, MD FAAP Originally published by The Pediatric Bulletin Munchausen by proxy syndrome (MBPS) is one of the most harmful forms of child abuse. It is also perplexing. MBPS involves an apparent deeply…
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CRISIS INTERVENTION RESOURCES These are Crisis Intervention Resources. Please also see:Anxiety Related || Depression || Dissociative Disorders || Eating Disorders (U.S. and Int’l)Erotomania || Self Injury || Substance Abuse (U.S.) || Substance Abuse (Int’l)Traumatic Stress Disorders || Trichotillomania (Hair Pulling)…