Report to Washington State legislative committee recommends tracking mental health services and determining their effectiveness. Study shows doubled suicide rate among divorced or separated men. Editorial supports grant to provide mental health care. Seattle Post-Intelligencer November 13, 2000. Grant will provide psychiatric nurse training in rural areas.
Children suffer depression, too, say experts.
Teens starting college especially vulnerable. Herb may serve as antidepressant without Prozac's side effects. Court ruling clears way for marketing of generic fluoxetine. Seattle Post-Intelligencer August 3, 2000. New study indicates relatively high numbers of Washington children suffer from emotional and behavioral problems.