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...that grim picture is brightening. Scientists and public-health officials are at last focusing their attention on male depression. The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has launched a nationwide television, print and Internet campaign www.nimh.nih.gov) called "Real Men. Real Depression," designed to dispel the myth that mood disorders are a sign of psychic weakness. Investigators at the NIMH and elsewhere are digging into the hormonal and genetic roots of depression, while doctors are trying to get word out that there are treatments--both psychological and pharmacological--that really work. Men who continue to suffer, they insist, do so needlessly...
...First, it's a start: the beginning of what the Americans hope will become a larger contingent. Second: politics, of course. Helping to share the heavy load seems a smart business move to many governments - because Uncle Sam is willing to make some sweet deals to dispel the impression that the U.S. and U.K. are stranded. "The biggest advantage is to demonstrate the U.S. is not alone," says a senior U.S. intelligence official. "If all the promises materialize, it will still be only one-fifth of the U.S. forces deployed there." America's needs are creating big opportunities for some...
Summertime is prime time for cuts and scrapes and other perils of outdoor activity. So although summer is already half over, it's never too late to dispel the most common myths and misconceptions associated with basic first aid. Some of the following tips, provided by the American Red Cross, may offer surprises to even the most well-informed parent or camp counselor...
...Chang says she believed she had "a personal obligation to write an honest history of Chinese America, to dispel the offensive stereotypes that had long permeated the U.S. news and entertainment media." She traces the lineage of such attitudes through 150 years of Chinese immigration. (America's first female Chinese arrival, Afong Moy, was brought to New York to serve as a living curio in a museum exhibition .) The stories of successive waves of Chinese newcomers who were witnesses and participants in America's most dynamic moments?the Gold Rush, construction of the Transcontinental Railroad, Reconstruction, the civil-rights movement...
...weekend away with Grandma or Grandpa is also a natural way to dispel stereotypes about aging. "Many kids today aren't around older people on a regular basis," says Cady Goldfield, a spokeswoman for Elderhostel, which offers almost 200 intergenerational summer programs. "To see Grandpa rappelling down a water tower or Grandma hiking up a mountain--better yet, to do it with them--is to see how vital and energetic the current population of grandparents is. It breaks all the rules for the traditional grandparent-grandchild interaction...