NYT   By RANDALL STROSS Published: July 9, 2011 Psychiatry through a video connection was pioneered several decades ago. Today, start-up companies are trying to popularize therapy over the Internet. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/10/technology/bringing-therapists-to-patients-via-the-web.html

By TINA ROSENBERG Published: July 7, 2011  NYT How one Web site capitalized on the bonds among friends to mobilize people in New York’s gay marriage campaign. http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/07/on-gay-rights-moving-real-life-friends-to-action/

By DAVID BROOKS NYT Published: July 7, 2011 Behavioral research helps us address problems holistically and design effective policies. It’s the last thing that should be facing a slash in financing. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/08/opinion/08brooks.html

by LINTON WEEKS NPR June 23, 2011 Look closely and you may see signposts. http://www.npr.org/2011/06/24/137342682/the-end-of-gender  

By BENEDICT CAREY NYT Published: June 23, 2011 Marsha M. Linehan works with seriously suicidal people, having faced the same struggles when she was younger.

By CLAUDIA DREIFUS Published: May 30, 2011 NYT Among other benefits, the regular use of two languages appears to delay the onset of Alzheimer’s disease symptoms. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/31/science/31conversation.html

By JENNIFER FINNEY BOYLAN Published: May 27, 2011  NYT Four interviews later, she’s still a mystery to me.

By BENEDICT CAREY Published: May 21, 2011  NYT Mental health care is a profession increasingly dominated by women, giving rise to concern that some men in need of help may go without. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/22/health/22therapists.html

WSJ Mar 22, 2011 by Avery Johnson Boys’ and girls’ brains are different—but not always in the ways you might think. A common stereotype is that boys develop more slowly than girls, putting them at a disadvantage in school where pressure to perform is starting ever younger. Another notion is that puberty is a time [...]

New York Times By KEELY KOLMES Published: March 18, 2011 Online reviews of mental health services don’t help patients. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/19/opinion/19kolmes.html