Question: A few months ago, Dr. Ken Duckworth, a psychiatrist in Massachusetts, was swimming in his community's pool, chatting with other swimmers. When he mentioned his career, one man wanted Duckworth's opinion on his struggles with depression; another asked for advice on a family member's mental illness. 

"I was sort of amazed. They were talking openly about their mental disabilities with a stranger in a swimming locker room, " said Duckworth, "That wouldn't have happened 15 years ago. " 

New research shows that these swimmers aren't the only ones opening up. According to a new study, more American adults than ever are reporting being disabled by the symptoms of depression, anxiety or other emotional problems. 

The report, published Thursday in the American Journal of Public Health, found that people who said they couldn't perform everyday tasks or engage in social and leisure activities because of a mental illness increased from 2 percent in 1999 to 2.7 percent in 2009. That increase amounts to nearly 2 million more people disabled by mental distress in the past decade, the report said. 

Although people did not say they felt more mental distressed compared to past years, they reported that their mental health problems had a greater impact on their daily lives. 

Dr. Ramin Mojtabai, the study's author, said it's unclear whether the findings tell a sad story of greater mental distress in recent times or point to a victory for public education about the importance of acknowledging and evaluating mental illness. 

"It is possible that people are realizing the effects of mental illness more acutely now than before," he said. "People could be becoming more aware. " 

Mojtabai said it's also possible that a number of factors could be taking a toll on the population's mental well-being. High unemployment, economic hardships and a growing sense of isolation could be putting greater stress on Americans. 

But Duckworth said there could be a more positive explanation -- like his fellow swimmers, people may be getting more comfortable with talking about their mental distress. 

"I wonder if this tells us that American culture is becoming more open and is giving people the ability to speak about it," he said. "If people have this problem and are willing to acknowledge it, then we're getting closer to dealing with it." 1. Where did Dr. Duckworth work? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Massachusetts

Q: As his case meanders through the Bolivian justice system, an American businessman imprisoned there for a year without formal charges is finding support from a leading human rights advocate in the U.S. Congress. 

Jacob Ostreicher, a 53-year-old flooring contractor from Brooklyn, New York, has been held at the notorious Palmasola prison in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, since June 2011 on suspicions of money laundering. 

Ostreicher and his family have claimed from the beginning that he is innocent, and presented a judge what they say is evidence that all of the money invested in a rice growing operation came from legal sources. But repeated delays have kept him imprisoned. 

The case is now getting more attention in Washington, as U.S. Rep. Chris Smith, a New Jersey Republican, has become a vocal advocate for him. 

Smith traveled to Bolivia this week to meet with Ostreicher in prison and to accompany him to a hearing Monday. 

At that hearing, the judge transferred the case to a higher court, a move likely to create further delays. 

"Justice delayed is justice denied," Smith said in a statement. "Jacob has been cooperative, patient to the extreme. There is no evidence offered against him. The rule of law must prevail in Bolivia. Innocent people must have a path to justice. He must be released." 

Ostreicher is nearly two months into a hunger strike to protest his imprisonment. 

Smith reported that Ostreicher appeared "frail and anguished." 

The lawmaker's trip follows a hearing last week before the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health and Human Rights, which Smith chairs. 

1. Jacob Ostreicher
2. 53
3. flooring contractor
4. Brooklyn
5. Palmasola
6. Money laundering.
7. No.
8. Chris Smith
9. Yes.
10. To meet him.
11. Accompany him
12. To a hearing.
13. Monday.
14. No.
15. He's doing a hunger strike.

Numbered questions:
1. Who is in jail?
2. How old is he?
3. What is his career?
4. Where is he from?
5. Where is he in jail?
6. Why?
7. Has he been charged?
8. Who is advocating for him?
9. Did the representative go to Bolivia?
10. Why?
11. And?
12. Where?
13. WHen?
14. Is Ostreicher eating well?
15. Why not?

input: Edmonds, Washington (CNN) -- For Michael Reagan, the portraits always start the same way. 

"I do the eyes first so I get this connection with the face," he said. "I am pretty exhausted after a picture. Just try staring at a photograph for five hours without any distractions." 

Reagan, a professional artist for 40 years, is known for his vivid etchings of politicians, celebrities and athletes. 

Today, he has a new subject: fallen members of the military. 

It all started three years ago when the wife of a Navy corpsman who was killed in Iraq asked Reagan to draw her late husband. 

Reagan insisted on doing the portrait for free. Then he had a realization. 

"I looked at my wife and told her what happened and said, 'Now we need to do them all,' " Reagan remembered. 

"Doing them all" meant closing his art gallery and reaching out to the families of fallen service members. 

Most of the troops Reagan draws are U.S. service members killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. He has recently started drawing portraits for family members of British and Canadian troops killed in those conflicts. 

Many families were unsure why someone would offer to do a portrait for them at no cost. They wanted to know why someone would volunteer to, as Reagan puts it, "participate in the worst time of their life." 

Slowly, word among military families spread and requests for portraits began pouring in. Reagan, a Vietnam veteran, grew to know the faces of hundreds of troops lost to war.  1. How long has Reagan been an artist?
2. What is his new subject?
3. How do the portraits start for Reagan?
4. Did it all start 5 years ago?
5. How long ago did it start?
6. What are most of the troops Reagan draws?
7. Has he drawn portraits for troops from other places?
8. Where were they from?
9. What are most families unsure of with him?
10. Is Reagan a veteran?
11. Of which war?
12. Who first asked Reagan to draw her late husband?
13. Did he draw the picture for free?
14. What was his realization?
15. What is Reagan known for?
16. Does he feel energized after a picture?
17. How does he feel?
18. Did he keep his art gallery open? Return numbered answers in your output.

output:
1. 40 years
2. fallen members of the military
3. He does the eyes first.
4. no
5. three years ago
6. U.S. service members killed in Iraq and Afghanistan
7. yes
8. Britain and Canada
9. why he would offer a free portrait
10. yes
11. Vietnam
12. the wife of a Navy corpsman
13. yes
14. That he needed to do them all
15. for his vivid etchings of politicians, celebrities and athletes.
16. no
17. exhausted
18. no