Tuesday, April 29, 2003
Office-based Treatment, Accreditation Top AATOD's Agenda Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly article at
Medscape - "The American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence (AATOD) held its conference last week in Washington D.C., the first meeting of the association since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved buprenorphine for opiate addiction treatment. In addition to buprenorphine, office-based treatment for opioid dependence was a major focus of the conference, as was accreditation for opioid treatment programs." [Viewing
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Internet Delusions Article from the
Southern Medical Journal at
Medscape - "As the use of computers, the Internet, and Internet technology becomes more pervasive in society, psychopathological thought content characterized by the incorporation of the Internet into delusions and hallucinations will become increasingly common. In the following report, three cases of psychotic inpatients are briefly presented to exemplify this trend in pathoplasticity. Interestingly, patients with no real familiarity with the Internet may just as readily incorporate such computer-associated themes into delusional thought patterns." [Viewing
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FY 2003 SuperNOFA: Targeted Housing and Homeless Assistance Programs - HUD "This Fiscal Year (FY) 2003 SuperNOFA announces the availability of approximately $2.3 billion in HUD program funds covering 43 funding opportunities within programs operated and administered by HUD offices. This General Section of the SuperNOFA provides the application procedures and requirements that are applicable to all the programs in this SuperNOFA unless otherwise stated in the Program NOFA." This page is an index to a variety of related documents, including an
application and
2003 Questions and Answers.
Oklahoma Officials Hit With $34.4M Judgement AP story at
Yahoo - "A federal jury has awarded a $34.4 million judgment against three state health care officials for underpaying operators of mental-health facilities who had criticized their agency. The jury Thursday agreed with six health care providers who alleged Oklahoma Health Care Authority Director Mike Fogarty punished them for opposing his efforts in 1998 to change some of the authority's rules. The providers also had lobbied for more funding."
Hospital closures (New York) Albany Times-Union story - "Gov. George Pataki's plan to close three psychiatric hospitals and merge two mental health research centers by July 1 unraveled Monday as the state Legislature prepared to block the measure and a state Supreme Court justice ruled the governor cannot legally implement it."
Subcommittee OK's increase in Nevada mental health funding Story in the
Las Vegas Sun - "A legislative budget panel voted Monday for Gov. Kenny Guinn's plan to sharply increase funding for state services to mentally ill and developmentally disabled Nevadans. Guinn wants to spend nearly $193 million for mental health services for the upcoming two fiscal years, a 32 percent increase; and $172 million for developmental services, a 36 percent increase. The budget subcommittee approved all but one of the Division of Mental Health and Developmental Services' budgets, and approved all the Republican governor's major spending increases."
