Thursday, October 24, 2002
Memory Deficits Key to Biological Subtypes in Schizophrenia Medscape Medical News story - "Categorizing patients with schizophrenia on the basis of memory deficits may yield neurobiologically meaningful disease subtypes, according to a report in the October issue of
Neuropsychology." [Viewing
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Children's Health Plan At Center of Dispute Washington Post article on CHIP, which is "provoking a fresh dispute among the Bush administration, Congress and a growing number of states about whether some of its basic rules need to be changed. The issue revolves around concern that the program is not providing enough money to states, which as the federal government's partners contribute about 30 percent of the cost and determine coverage eligibility."
UNC forms Conte Center for multidisciplinary schizophrenia research University of North Carolina School of Medicine press release at
EurekAlert - "The Department of Psychiatry at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has received a five-year grant of over $9.3 million to form a new Silvio O. Conte Center for the Neuroscience of Mental Disorders to study the onset of schizophrenia. The new center brings together a diverse group of experts from four universities to conduct comprehensive studies of brain development in the earliest stages of life through early adulthood, when the disease is typically diagnosed."
Questionnaire identifies depressions in children Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research press release at
EurekAlert - "Developmental psychologist Jessica van Mulligen from the University of Nijmegen has compiled a questionnaire to detect depressions in children aged six to eight years. The questionnaire is more attuned to the typical symptoms of young depressive children than a much used American questionnaire."
Researchers Closer to Finding Genetic Cause Of ADHD HealthScout News story at
Yahoo - "Researchers have taken a major step toward finding the genetic underpinnings for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, a discovery they hope will lead to better diagnosis and treatment. Interestingly, the chromosomal region implicated in ADHD is the same region that previous research has linked to autism....
Inhumane justice (New York) Albany Times-Union editorial on the state's "policy of using prisons as substitutes for mental health care."
Partnership for a Drug Free America Attitude Tracking Study 2002 Press release from the Partnership on their new study - "While nearly 3 million teenagers in America have already tried the club drug Ecstasy, only one percent of parents believe their son or daughter is among them - and half of all parents are unclear about the effects of the so-called "love drug," according to a national survey released today..."
Hill Group Faults HHS for Ideology
Washington Post story - "A dozen House Democrats have written to Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson expressing concern that 'scientific decisionmaking is being subverted by ideology' on issues ranging from cancer policy to lead safety standards."
Genetic research to target drug addiction St. Petersburg Times story on a $5.85-million federal contract that will allow researchers at the Roskamp Institute and James A. Haley VA Medical Center at the University of South Florida to trace the effects of drug abuse on the body
Mental health services combined in tri-county agency (North Carolina) Herald-Sun story - "In one of the county’s first steps toward a state-mandated overhaul of its mental health program, Durham leaders decided this week to shift management of some mental health services for children to a neighboring agency. The Orange-Person-Chatham Area Authority, a government agency providing mental health assistance in those counties, will take over the case management portion of the Durham Center’s Children’s Services..."
