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Archive for July, 2005

Groups lay out plan to transform U.S. mental health

Friday, July 29th, 2005

Groups lay out plan to transform U.S. mental health From the, it's so broken, can anything really fix it? file... The United States can start to transform its fragmented mental health care system requiring insurers to ...

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Pew Internet: Teens and Technology

Friday, July 29th, 2005

Pew Internet: Teens and Technology Since the turn of the 20th century, every new generation of children grows up with a new and potentially society-changing technology. From the telephone, the automobile and the "talkies", to ...

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Research debunks myth of self-reliant nuclear family

Thursday, July 28th, 2005

Research debunks myth of self-reliant nuclear family Despite the long-cherished belief that the nuclear family is independent and self-sustaining, most families with working parents depend on a network of care to manage work and family ...

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Mental-State Reasoning Is Universal Milestone in Child Development

Thursday, July 28th, 2005

Mental-State Reasoning Is Universal Milestone in Child Development A major social-cognitive achievement of young children is the understanding that other people act on the basis of their own representations of reality rather than on the ...

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Teens’ use of Internet and online services documented in new book

Thursday, July 28th, 2005

Teens' use of Internet and online services documented in new book What adults don't know about teens' use of the Internet and other high-tech services could fill a book. And has. In "I Found It on the ...

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Mental illness, addiction law under fire in Evergreen Park

Wednesday, July 27th, 2005

Mental illness, addiction law under fire in Evergreen Park Evergreen Park's move to shut nursing homes to mentally ill and drug-addicted patients may violate federal law. The ordinance, passed July 18, bars any nursing home ...

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The Suicide Bridge

Monday, July 25th, 2005

The Suicide Bridge [...] After all, she lives beneath the suicide bridge. Since its construction in 1981, the Y-Bridge has served as the launch site for 43 suicides and countless more attempts. But unlike most bridges ...

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Elephants have emotions ‘just like humans’

Thursday, July 21st, 2005

Something from the animal kingdom... Elephants have emotions 'just like humans' Elephant conservation should be considered in much the same way humans consider plans for their own health and well-being, an elephant management workshop heard on ...

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Behind the Blog

Thursday, July 21st, 2005

Behind the Blog IT was this summer's version of "Primary Colors" - at least inside fashion circles. Who is "Jolie in NYC," the anonymous magazine editor writing about gossip, graft and garments? Her identity was ...

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Web surfing costing businesses nearly $200 billion?

Thursday, July 21st, 2005

Web surfing costing businesses nearly $200 billion? As Ars Technica shows, "studies" of this nature (which are really just an estimate, based upon a survey, which gets lost in translation to the news media) leave ...

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Wife Influences Husband’s Marijuana Use During First Year of Marriage

Thursday, July 21st, 2005

Wife Influences Husband's Marijuana Use During First Year of Marriage While it's the husband among newlywed couples who has more influence on whether the couple engages in heavy drinking, it's the wife who appears to ...

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Face expert’s ability to see deception has him in demand

Thursday, July 21st, 2005

Face expert's ability to see deception has him in demand Paul Ekman, a retired psychologist, 71, is known around the world for his research on facial expressions and for his ability to carefully monitor expressions, ...

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