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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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Antipsychotic Medication During Pregnancy and Lactation in Women With Schizophrenia: Evaluating the Risk
Literature review in The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry of "studies investigating the following: whether exposing developing infants to antipsychotic medication during pregnancy and lactation is associated with increased risks of teratogenic, neonatal, and long-term neurobehavioural sequelae; whether schizophrenia itself affects pregnancy outcome; and whether the course of schizophrenia symptoms is altered by pregnancy and lactation." See also, in the same issue, a review of two recent papers, Antidepressants and the Risk of Breast Cancer.
Internet Support Groups Help Depressed Patients
Reuters Health story at Yahoo - "People with depression who use Internet support groups heavily tend to be more severely depressed and socially isolated than those who get less help on the Web, but they also may gain the greatest benefit from the support groups, new study findings indicate."
Advocates Plead For State Money (Virginia)
Washington Post story on a budget hearing in northern Virginia - "Dozens of advocates for mental health services, holding signs and standing with developmentally disabled children at their sides, pleaded with state lawmakers yesterday to protect what one termed 'our most vulnerable citizens' from Virginia's budget crisis."![]()