SOCIOLOGIST SETS OUT TO DISCOVER IF TIME REALLY HEALS.(Living)

Byline: Robert Whitaker Staff writer

The popular bromide is that time heals all wounds. Sociologist Nan Lin is seeking to contact 1,000 Capital District residents he first interviewed 13 years ago as part of a study that will shed light on the truth of that cliche.

Lin, a professor of sociology at Duke University, interviewed 1,000 Albany-area residents three times from 1979 to 1982 to research how well people deal with stressful events. He did that earlier study while he was a professor at the State University at Albany, and now he has received a $1 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to gain a long-term perspective on how stressful …