Read more on the website of Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality about antipsychotic medicines that were used to control "behavioral symptoms of dementia, such as agitation, irritability, and aggression. This was despite an FDA warning in 2005 that antipsychotic use is associated with an increased risk for death."... Full Story
Posted on: March 11, 2010
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"Last month, France became the first country in the world to remove transsexualism from its official list of mental disorders," writes Gaëlle Faure in Time Magazine. Read more.... Full Story
Posted on: March 3, 2010
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Read Genes and Circuitry, Not Just Clinical Observation, to Guide Classification for Research about the overlap of depression and bipolar disorder on Chromosome 3, one of the many genes researchers believe will one day influence classification, diagnosis and treatment.... Full Story
Click here to download a pdf of The History of the Mental Health Consumer/Survivor Movement.... Full Story
Posted on: January 27, 2010
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Click here to find your state. The average nationwide was 60 percent, with a low of 42 percent in Texas and a high of 82 percent in Pennsylvania. The 2007 statistics were compiled by the National Survey of Children's Health.... Full Story
Posted on: January 6, 2010
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Read more in the New York Times about the increase in the cost of drugs based on analysis by Credit Suisse and IMS Health which tracks the pharmaceutical industry. This amounts to $21 billion more than expected and the hikes anticipate changes in negotiation over drug pricing should health reform succeed.... Full Story
Posted on: November 16, 2009
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Read more from the National Institute of Drug Abuse about patterns of drivers, age 12 and older, reporting alcohol and drug use.... Full Story
Posted on: November 10, 2009
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Read more about restoring benefits and re-establishing life in a community: LIFELINES: Linking to Federal Benefits for People Exiting Corrections published by the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law.... Full Story
Posted on: October 30, 2009
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Read more about this is in the Surgeon General's Report on Mental Illness.... Full Story
Posted on: October 19, 2009
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Read more about the disproportionate distribution of services to meet need in the October issue of Psychiatric Services.... Full Story
Posted on: October 12, 2009
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Read more about the process by whiche Dr. John Cade learned that lithium had a calming effect in the laboratory. To test the properties of lithium, Cade used took it himself before giving it to 10 patients on an experimental basis.... Full Story
Read the proclamation signed 20 years ago, Sep. 29, 1989. This year Mental Illness Awareness week will be observed Oct. 4-11.... Full Story
Posted on: September 29, 2009
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Read more from the opening statement of Sen. Dick Durbin at the (Sept. 15, 2009) Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Hearings, "Human Rights at Home: Mental Illness in U.S. Prisons and Jails."... Full Story
Posted on: September 16, 2009
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Read more about this study from SAMHSA.... Full Story
Posted on: September 4, 2009
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"Off Label Use of Antipsychotic medications in the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System" appears in the September issue of Psychiatric Services. Abstract available.... Full Story
Posted on: September 1, 2009
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To read more from The Lancet series about global mental health services, download Barriers to Reform (pdf).... Full Story
Posted on: August 24, 2009
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For information about this, and findings of other polls, see Kaiser Health News. The poll reflects a CNN opinion poll taken May 14-17, 2009.... Full Story
Posted on: August 18, 2009
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Posted on: August 18, 2009
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Read more from a report titled Olmstead. from the Bazelon Center for Mental Health... Full Story
Read more about the lack of training clinicians in evidence-based therapies in "National Survey of Psychotherapy Training in Psychiatry, Psychology, and Social Work," by Myrna M. Weissman, et. al, in the Archives of General Psychiatry.... Full Story
Read more about atypical antipsychotic medication in Health Affairs.... Full Story
Posted on: July 21, 2009
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Read more about this in Schizophrenia Bulletin... Full Story
Read more about this study of China between 2001 and 2005 in The Lancet.... Full Story
Posted on: June 15, 2009
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Read more about Medicaid and Medicare from National Health Policy Forum.... Full Story
Posted on: June 11, 2009
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Read more about dual disorders from AHRQ (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality).... Full Story
Download Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century (2001), from the Institute of Medicine.... Full Story
Posted on: May 14, 2009
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Read more of this testimony before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, April 30, 2009.... Full Story
Posted on: May 5, 2009
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Read more from the National Instutitue of Mental Health.... Full Story
Posted on: April 28, 2009
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Read more from Psychiatric Services.... Full Story
Posted on: April 20, 2009
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Read more and download the GAO (Government Accounting Office) report at Teen Advocates USA.... Full Story
Posted on: April 13, 2009
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Read more about community health centers and Recovery Act grants.... Full Story
Posted on: April 6, 2009
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Posted on: March 29, 2009
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Posted on: March 9, 2009
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Read more from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).... Full Story
Posted on: March 2, 2009
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Read more about the origins of the nation's oldest mental health advocacy organization (originally called National Committee for Mental Hygiene).... Full Story
Posted on: February 23, 2009
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Read "Alcohol misuse needs a global response" in The Lancet.... Full Story
Posted on: February 9, 2009
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Read more from the National Institute of Drug Abuse.... Full Story
Posted on: February 2, 2009
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Read more from the Kaiser Family Foundation.... Full Story
Posted on: January 26, 2009
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Statistics available from the National Institute of Mental Health.... Full Story
Posted on: January 20, 2009
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Findings from this study published in 1996 are repeated in a 2005 review of psychiatric epidemiology. Registration required to read more.... Full Story
Posted on: January 12, 2009
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To read more about the accidental discovery of this, and other drugs used in psychiatry, see Neuron.... Full Story
Posted on: December 29, 2008
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Read more about the movement to empty state psychiatric hospitals.... Full Story
Posted on: December 15, 2008
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Read more from America's Health Rankings.... Full Story
Posted on: December 8, 2008
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Download The National Hospital Bill from HCUP (Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project).... Full Story
Posted on: November 30, 2008
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Read the report based on 2006 data from the Agency for Health Research and Quality.... Full Story
Posted on: November 17, 2008
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Posted on: November 10, 2008
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Read more about this from the HPD crisis intervention team.... Full Story
Posted on: November 3, 2008
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Read the report from the Office of Applied Studies.... Full Story
Posted on: October 20, 2008
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Read this press release from the New York Department of Health.... Full Story
Posted on: October 15, 2008
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Posted on: October 10, 2008
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Read the report from Healthcare for Uninsured.... Full Story
Posted on: October 7, 2008
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Read more from a SAMHSA report (p. 56).... Full Story
Posted on: October 2, 2008
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Read more from a SAMHSA report (p. 56).... Full Story
Posted on: October 2, 2008
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Read more about this statistic from the UN.... Full Story
Posted on: September 29, 2008
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Posted on: September 23, 2008
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Read more in an article in the New York Times.... Full Story
Posted on: September 22, 2008
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Read more from Healthy Minds, a program of the American Psychiatric Association.... Full Story
Posted on: September 20, 2008
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Read more about activities of the Memphis police.... Full Story
Posted on: September 17, 2008
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Read more from the American Prospect.... Full Story
Read more at Healthcare for Uninsured.... Full Story
Posted on: September 9, 2008
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