The Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism
2005-2006

Rob Waters
Freelance Journalist
Berkeley, Calif., USA

TOPIC: Write a series of articles on the mental health needs and problems of children in foster care and the creative efforts that leaders around the country are making to address them.

Networker News, Hell and High Water; Healing from disasters of nature and man
For the people of New Orleans, and for thousands of other residents of Louisiana and Mississippi, Hurricane Katrina was the opening blow in a series of overwhelming events that, for many, have yet to end: a tragically perfect storm of destruction born of nature, incompetence, and official indifference toward the poor.

Children in Crisis? Concerns about the growing popularity of the bipolar diagnosis
Ten years ago, bipolar disorder was considered a disabling adult mental illness that was almost never described in children. Today child psychiatrists are diagnosing it in a growing number of children and adolescents, fueling a surge in the use of antipsychotic medications among the young.