Wednesday, May 14, 2003
Medscape Journal Scan - Psychiatry, April 2003 "Journal Scan is the clinician's guide to the latest clinical research findings in the
American Journal of Psychiatry, The Lancet, Archives of General Psychiatry, Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, and
Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology. Short summaries of feature articles include links to the article abstracts and full text, when available." [Viewing
Medscape resources requires registration, which is free].
NIH Awards Grants For Six New Autism Research Centers NIH press release at
InteliHealth - "The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded grants to support six new research centers of a major network focusing on the biomedical and behavioral aspects of autism. These centers will join two that were funded last year. The overall initiative, called STAART (Studies to Advance Autism Research and Treatment) Centers Program, demonstrates NIH commitment to autism research and responds to a need expressed in the Children's Health Act of 2000."
The Welcome Back Awards Web site associated with the awards created by Eli Lilly and Company "to fight the stigma associated with depression and promote the understanding that depression is treatable. Each year, an independent committee of national mental health leaders selects honorees in the following categories: lifetime achievement, community service, destigmatization, primary care and psychiatry. These individuals serve as guiding lights for the depression community - people who, through determination and commitment, have made a difference." The site includes a list of the
2003 honorees and a copy of the related
newsletter.
Mental Risk High in Children of Schizophrenic Mom Reuters Health story at Yahoo - "While it's long been known that children of schizophrenics are at increased risk of the illness themselves, a new study suggests that such children are more likely to have a host of mental health problems in young adulthood, such as depression, anxiety and substance abuse." Thestory is based on findings published this week in the
Archives of General Psychiatry.
Councilors to push for mental-health center (Massachusetts) Lowell Sun story - "On the heels of being ignored over presenting a resolution to protest the state's decision to close the Solomon Mental Health Center, city councilors last night formed a subcommittee to muster regional support to persuade the state to reconsider."
Depression costs firms $33B: study (Canada) Financial Post story - "Productivity losses due to depression, anxiety, substance abuse and burnout run at about $33-billion a year in Canada, according to findings to be released today by a high-powered panel of corporate leaders and health-care experts. A report by Bill Wilkerson, co-founder and chief executive of the Global Business and Economic Roundtable on Addiction and Mental Health, will also reveal that those who suffer from a mental illness are 300% to 400% more likely to take time off work."
Push is on for mental health funds (Illinois) Copley News Service story - "Mental health advocates on Tuesday pushed to restore $18 million and 120 state psychiatric beds cut in Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s budget proposal, claiming the mentally ill have borne enough of the state’s financial burden."
Mental health services face reorganization (Virginia) Visalia Times-Delta story - "In a move that reorganizes Tulare County's mental health services, the county Board of Supervisors approved $1.8 million in cuts to that program Tuesday. The cuts help to close a $3 million gap between revenue and expenditures in the mental health division of primary care in the county's Health and Humans Services Agency. The loss of money is because of a lack of growth in mental health money from state sales taxes as well as projected reductions in Medi-Cal money..."
