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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

PULSE ANNUAL No. 1
October 2001

 

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Racism Should Be a Public Health Issue
Article in Medscape Medical News - "Racism plays a key role in the development of illness and countering it should be considered a public health issue, says a psychiatrist in the latest issue of the British Medical Journal. ... The health effects of racism are well documented. One British study of 4,800 people finds that those who felt victimized by discrimination and forms of racism were twice as likely to develop psychotic episodes in the next three years." [Viewing Medscape resources requires registration, which is free].  
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Mental health director leaving (Indiana)
Story at the Indianapolis Star on Janet Corson, who "will step down today as director of state mental health services after a decade leading a move from institutional to community-based care."  
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Agencies: Mental health funds wasted (Tennessee)
Story in the Jackson Sun News - "Millions of dollars are being wasted by the state in delivering services to people with mental retardation and developmental disabilities, leaders of local agencies said at a forum Thursday."  
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Request for Testimony to Improve the Quality of Treatment for Substance Use Disorders
Press release at the JoinTogether web site on The Treatment Quality Improvement Panel, which is "now accepting testimony to develop recommendations to improve the quality of treatment for substance use disorders. The testimony will be used in a report that will give clearer meaning to the concept of treatment quality, produce increased urgency to address quality issues, and propose broad community strategies for increasing treatment impact through quality improvement."  
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Support networks
Story at The Guardian (UK) - "The internet is helping to break through the isolation that often accompanies mental illness as well as providing a wealth of information on different disorders."  
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