(USA TODAY) -- The nation's most elite fighting forces -- celebrated this year in film and best-selling books -- are under more emotional strain after a decade of war than commanders realized, according to the senior non-commissioned officer for special operations.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- They might not want to talk about the gunshots or the screams. But their toys might start getting into imaginary shootouts.

WASHINGTON (Canadian Press) -- Some U.S. Republicans now say they're willing to discuss the politically treacherous issue of gun control, along with mental health issues and violent video games, while formerly pro-gun Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat, says it's time to place gun control on the table in the wake of last week's Connecticut school shooting.

(USA TODAY) -- An online confession from the overwhelmed mother of a mentally troubled teenager -- titled "I Am Adam Lanza's Mother" -- has become an instant Internet sensation, spurring discussion about the needs of families of mentally ill patients.

(The New York Times News Service) -- As the world wonders what demons caused 20-year-old Adam Lanza's killing spree, Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy offered an explanation of his own Sunday on CBS' "Face the Nation." "This is mental illness ... dressed in evil."

SYDNEY (Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa)) -- The onset of diabetes more than doubles a patient's risk of suffering depression or other mood disorders.

PHNOM PENH (Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa)) -- Mental health infrastructure is "critically deficient" in Cambodia where "alarming" rates of trauma-related mental disorders have been documented, a report released in Phnom Penh on Friday found.

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- For Alzheimer's patients and their families, desperate for an effective treatment for the epidemic disease, there's hope from new studies starting up and insights from recent ones that didn't quite pan out.

WASHINGTON (Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa)) -- A new study suggests that mild but repeated brain injuries often sustained by athletes can lead to degenerative brain disease in the long run.