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PULSE ANNUAL No. 2
January 2003

Recent Trends, Challenges and Issues in Funding Public Mental Health Services in the US
March 2002

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October 2001

 

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Medscape Resource Center - Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
A new Medscape Resource Center - regularly updated collections of Medscape's key clinical content on AD/HD information and diagnosis, practice guidelines and drug information, treatment and patient information. [Viewing Medscape resources requires registration, which is free].  
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Study: Revamped D.A.R.E. Curriculum Shows Promise
Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly at Medscape - "A revamped D.A.R.E. curriculum for seventh-graders is being linked to improvements in those students' drug-refusing skills and other skills and beliefs that make students more resistant to substance abuse, according to research findings released late last month." [Viewing Medscape resources requires registration, which is free].  
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MH Commission Issues Searing Indictment of Nation's System
Mental Health Weekly article at Medscape on the report issued last month by the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health. [Viewing Medscape resources requires registration, which is free].  
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Software detects possible link between childhood attention-deficit disorder, adult drug addiction
University of California-Irvine press release - "UC Irvine College of Medicine researchers made a surprising find recently: Many drug addicts had a childhood history of attention-deficit disorder. And while this discovery may prove invaluable for treating ADD and drug abuse, it was how the researchers came across this link that immediately interested them."  
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Bellin may prefer partnership (Wisconsin)
Green Bay News-Chronicle story - "Bellin Health's plan to privatize Brown County mental-health operations might end up as a plan to collaborate instead."  
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Reform the Baker Act (Florida)
Editorial in the St. Petersburg Times on changing the law under which mentally ill people are involuntarily hospitalized to allow court-ordered treatment.  
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Action Plan Pointing The Right Way Ahead (UK)
Herald Express story on a four tier model is designed to offer effective delivery of intervention services against drug misuse among young people in Torbay.  
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