Stories by Rob Waters

The Horrific Toll of Depression: Suicides Linked to Recession, As Budget Cuts Force Out Mental Health Professionals

Posted on Jan 12, 2012, Source: Salon

Depression, PTSD -- even suicide -- mount nationwide while budgets for treatment and care are shrinking.

Are Psychiatrists Inventing Mental Illnesses to Feed Americans More Pills?

Posted on Dec 27, 2011, Source: Salon

Mental health professionals say new diagnoses will lead to overmedication.

Right-Wing Extremist Group on Active Military Duty?

Posted on Oct 26, 2009, Source: Southern Poverty Law Center

Extremists continue to get free military training in the U.S. armed forces.

Generation Rx

Posted on May 2, 2000, Source: Family Therapy Networker

Thanks to the 10,000 new antidepressant prescriptions being written daily, troubled kids have become guinea pigs in a uncontrolled national drug experiment.