Tuesday, October 08, 2002

Coordinating a Local Response to a National Tragedy: Community Mental Health in Washington, DC After the Pentagon Attack
Military Medicine story reprinted at PsycPORT - "Although the outpouring of assistance from mental health professionals was an effective short-term solution to the needs created by the terrorist attack, it quickly became apparent to onsite personnel that the potential long-term mental health needs created by the attack might easily overwhelm the local system's capacity to respond. In addition, the risk of duplication of some services while others remained in short supply was of increasing concern to the early responders. Addressing these issues prior to the departure of nonlocal service providers terminating their assignments was a primary focus for some of the local and nonlocal mental health professionals responding to September 11th."  
  

The theory heard 'round the world
Article in the October APA Monitor - "Albert Bandura's social cognitive theory is the foundation of television and radio shows that have changed the lives of millions."  
  

FDA Says Some Celexa Promotions Are Misleading
Reuters Health story at Medscape - "The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued Forest Laboratories Inc. a letter informing the company that certain of its promotional visual aids and brochures for its antidepressant drug Celexa (citalopram) are misleading." [Viewing Medscape resources requires registration, which is free].  
  

Mental treatment group takes over Charter Lake Hospital (Georgia)
Story in the Macon Telegraph on plans to open a 100-bed residential treatment center, which will be named Macon Behavioral Treatment System, primarily for children and adolescents.  
  

Report highlights cost of mental illness (Florida)
Story in the Daytona Beach News-Journal on The Quiet Crisis, a report prepared by the Volusia Health Alliance that indicates that "too much money is spent treating the most severe mentally ill and too little on prevention and intervention."  
  

Need for psychiatric care proved daily (Montana)
Story in the Billings Gazette on both inpatient care at the Montana State Hospital and community-based programs in the state.  
  

Local police ahead of curve in crisis training (Washington)
Story in The Olympian - "Thurston County is one of the most progressive counties in the nation when it comes to training police officers to handle mentally ill people in crisis, said Bill Pilkey, president of the Thurston-Mason chapter of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill."