Article: This is Your Brain on Drugs; Savvy marketing, not good medicine, has created a boom in antidepressants.

Article: Television Viewing Habits and Their Relationship to Tolerance Toward People with Mental Illness.
Journal of Mental Health Counseling;  April 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......advocates as contributing to the stigma of mental illness. In this study, college-aged individuals who received their information about mental illness primarily from television were investigated...viewing habits and their tolerance toward mental illness. Results of trend analyses ...

Article: The stigma of mental illness.(Practice & Theory)(Report)
Journal of Counseling and Development;  March 22, 2008 ;     700+ words ...People suffering from mental illness and other mental health problems...false assumptions connected with mental illness may be as harmful as the disease...first review the definitions of mental illness and stigma and then review the...

Article: U. Oklahoma Students find passion for mental illness awareness
University Wire;  April 5, 2007 ;     382 words ......public relations seniors led the Mental Illness Awareness Conference for the National Alliance on Mental Illness Tuesday night. Josh Crow, Kellie...of "did you know" questions about mental illness, all of which were met with a unanimous...

Article: Progress marks mental illness fightDuring Mental Illness Awareness
Courier-News (Elgin, IL);  September 29, 1998 ;     591 words ...Progress marks mental illness fight During Mental Illness Awareness Week, October 4-10, I would like to call...to the need for widespread education about serious mental illness. As a NAMI Kane County families educator and advocate...

Article: MENTAL ILLNESS AND POVERTY: DOES ONE CAUSE THE OTHER?
The Boston Globe;  March 8, 2005 ;     700+ words ......decades: Does the misery of poverty breed mental illness, or does the burden of mental illness cast people down into poverty? The two...whether patients who were hospitalized for mental illness then "drifted down" to less affluent ZIP...

Article: MENTAL ILLNESS AND THE DEMAND FOR ALCOHOL, COCAINE, AND CIGARETTES
Economic Inquiry;  April 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......estimates the effect of mental illness on demand for addictive...and simultaneity between mental illness and addictive consumption...individuals with a history of mental illness are 26% more likely to...

Article: Darkness Is My Only Companion: A Christian Response to Mental Illness
Anglican Theological Review;  October 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Companion: A Christian Response to Mental Illness. By Kathryn Greene-McCreight. Grand...medical and theological responses to mental illness. Greene-McCreight recognizes that the...to consider the relation of God to mental illness, and she observes that the church often...

Article: Mental illness stigma: problem of public health or social justice?(Column)
Social Work;  October 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......highlighted the public health impact of mental illness stigma. Using a medical model, several...effect on public health by describing mental illness as a disease of the brain that can...useful for reducing blame related to mental illness. Unfortunately, such public health...

Article: Survey finds acceptance of mental illness; Anoka County found that most believe mental health can be hurt by factors out of somebody's control. But, especially among groups such as men, tolerance only goes so far.(NORTH)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  May 3, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Sarah McCann; Staff Writer Mental illness. What do the two words conjure in your...a safety net for people with severe mental illness. Anoka County wants to use that knowledge...wilderresearch.org. Attitudes toward people with mental illness (by percentage who strongly agree ...

Article: Stamp out the stigma of mental illness
Jerusalem Post;  October 2, 2005 ;     700+ words ......10-02-2005 Headline: Stamp out the stigma of mental illness Byline: Judy Siegel-Itzkovich Edition...colleague at work had a history of mental illness - schizophrenia, bipolar disorder...were with the unfortunate victim of mental illness. It isn't that we're bad people, but...

Article: Crimes against People with Mental Illness: Types, Perpetrators, and Influencing Factors.
Social Work;  April 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......on studying why people with severe mental illness are potentially violent has overlooked...person-in-environment conceptualization of severe mental illness, the nature, scope, and effect of crime...individuals with a diagnosed major mental illness; what types of victimization ...

Article: Bazelton Center advocates for people with mental illness.(Originated from Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  May 3, 1996 ;     700+ words ...If you have a mental illness, do you know where to go in your area right...the more than 40 million Americans with mental illness (including the 5-6 million who have significant mental illness such as manic depression or schizophrenia...

Article: Bazelon Center advocates for people with mental illness.(Originated from Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  May 16, 1996 ;     700+ words ...If you have a mental illness, do you know where to go in your area right...the more than 40 million Americans with mental illness (including the 5-6 million who have significant mental illness such as manic depression or schizophrenia...

Article: Class helps families cope with mental illness.(Neighbor)
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  August 25, 2007 ;     574 words ......a loved one diagnosed with a mental illness can be stressful experience for families. Often the stigma of mental illness prevents them from discussing...chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness offers a free 12-week course...