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PULSE ANNUAL No. 2
January 2003
Recent
Trends, Challenges and Issues in Funding Public Mental Health Services
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March 2002
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Mental Health Recovery: What Helps and What Hinders?
A report published in October by the National Technical Assistance Center and subtitled "A National Research Project for the Development of Recovery Facilitating System Performance Indicators." (Adobe Acrobat format). The appendices do not appear in the electronic version, and are only available in the print version, which can be ordered throught the NTAC web site.
Surprising Data on Young Heroin Users
Article from the Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter at Medscape based on the treatment charts of over 100 adolescents who were in treatment for heroin dependence at the Caron Foundation Adolescent Center for heroin addiction in 1999.[Viewing Medscape resources requires registration, which is free].
Teens Online
A series of fact sheets in Adobe Acrobat format from the Kaiser Family Foundation "on topics related to children, media and health pulls together the key facts on the amount of time young people spend online; their favorite online activities; how and where young people access the web; and how use varies by age, gender and ethnicity."
Hospital ends ties to counseling center division (Minnesota)
Monticello Times - "The Monticello-Big Lake Community Hospital District, which has long prided itself in its ability to handle the acute, long-term and mental health needs of this community, pared down its services Thursday. Citing the rising costs of mental health care, the hospital district board voted 7-1 to discontinue its counseling center services starting March 1."
Regence HMO unifies behavioral health under one provider (Oregon)
Story in The Business Journal of Portland - "Reliant Mental Health Services, a recent outgrowth of Northwest Mental Health Associates (NMHA), will soon take over Regence Bluecross Blueshield of Oregon HMO's behavioral health management for the Portland area."
Bills Focus on Involuntary Commitment (Utah)
Story in The Salt Lake Tribune - "The Legislative Health and Human Services Interim Committee gave endorsements Wednesday to two bills that deal with committing Utahns against their will for treatment of a mental illness."
Creating Homes Initiative surpasses its goal easily (Tennessee)
Story in The Tennessean on a a state-initiated community housing program for people who have experienced mental illness.![]()