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Depressed teens paired with a "depression care manager" were twice as likely to get treatment. Corbis hide caption
About 40 percent of high schools start before 8 a.m., which contributes to chronic sleep deprivation among teens, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. Chris Waits/Flickr hide caption
Leon Evans, director of the community mental health system for Bexar County and San Antonio, broke through barriers that had hindered care. Jenny Gold/Kaiser Health News hide caption
Officers Ned Bandoske (left) and Ernest Stevens are part of San Antonio's mental health squad — a six-person unit that answers the frequent emergency calls where mental illness may play a role. Jenny Gold/Kaiser Health News hide caption
Mental Health Cops Help Reweave Social Safety Net In San Antonio
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You think it's romantic. She thinks it's creepy. Katherine Streeter for NPR hide caption
Maybe hope for just one pearl necklace, not two, Toots. GraphicaArtis/Corbis hide caption
The notion that brief interventions can catch — and stop — problem drinking started in the 1960s. Jorge Salcedo/iStockphoto hide caption
"You need to fold the worst events of your life into a narrative of triumph, evincing a better self in response to things that hurt." — Andrew Solomon James Duncan Davidson/TED hide caption