WBUR Newsroom Election 2008 CommonHealth Blog Boston Weather BBC World News NPR Top Stories NPR's Morning Edition NPR Topics: Books NPR Topics: Movies Fresh Air All Things Considered Marketplace Submit a Story Idea RSS Feeds Podcasts Screening Kids' Mental Health By Karen Brown Listen to story (Real Audio) Increasingly, regular checkups include mental health screening for kids. AMHERST, Mass. - February 28, 2008 - Recently, the state started requiring that all pediatricians screen their young medicaid patients for mental health problems. It's a court-mandated move aimed at identifying troubled children and getting them earlier treatment. But some also worry the screenings could put more stress on a mental health care system that's already under strain. From WFCR in Amherst, Karen Brown has more on this story. Audio for this story will be available on WBUR's web site later today. RELATED LINKS CommonHealth Blog    From The WBUR Newsroom Trial for Ex-FBI Agent Opens BOSTON (September 08, 2008) WBUR's David Boeri speaks with Bob Oakes about the first-degree murder trial of John Connolly, the former FBI handler of James "Whitey" Bulger already serving 10 years in prison for racketeering. Kennedy Stays Home BOSTON (September 08, 2008) The U.S. Senate returns from its summer recess today, but Senator Edward Kennedy will not be in Washington, instead recuperating from his brain cancer on Cape Cod. Curbing Campus Drinking BOSTON (September 08, 2008) As thousands of new college students settle into Boston, one topic on the minds of administrators is curbing college drinking. Kennedy Will Not Return for Fall Session HYANNIS PORT, Mass. (September 07, 2008) Senator Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) will stay at home as Congress reconvenes for the fall this week. Kennedy's doctors have avised him to work from home.