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As we do every morning, we go through our handy Times email and scan the headlines for things of personal relevance. So of course we noticed today's health piece on mental illness — which reminded us of Sunday's health piece on mental illness. Which, in turn, reminded us of last Tuesday's health piece on mental illness.

Okay, so the Times is a quasi-sensitive, NYC paper, and practically everyone in NYC is fucked up, so one can easily explain a publication's desire to speak to its readers. But what, then, of Benedict Carey, the Times health writer who's responsible for three stories about the crazies in just one week? A handy LexisNexis search for "mental illness and Benedict Carey" reveals 19 articles under his name, the highlights of which include:

· Depressed? New York Screens for People at Risk
· A Study Ties Loss of a Child To Mental Ills
· Hypomanic? Absolutely. But Oh So Productive!
· Oh, Fine, You're Right. I'm Passive-Aggressive.
· Is Prozac Better? Is It Even Different?
· For Psychotherapy's Claims, Skeptics Demand Proof
· With Toughness and Caring, a Novel Therapy Helps Tortured Souls
· Pills or Talk? If You're Confused, No Wonder

Uh-huh. Everything okay, Mr. Carey? Do you need to talk? Or maybe take your pills?