Wednesday, May 28, 2003
National Association of Rural Mental Health Annual Conference Web page at the NARMH web site on “Across the Generations: Rural Mental Health Needs and Opportunities,” to be held July 17-20 in Orlando, Florida. The page notes that the conference program "reflects the reality that people of all ages have important mental health needs and can contribute to solutions."
New research calls for heightened awareness of post-traumatic stress disorder following childbirth University of Warwick (UK) press release - "New research by psychologist Dr Stephen Joseph at the University of Warwick reveals that women who experience traumatic childbirth can develop symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a serious condition of anxiety usually associated with events like wars and assaults. Although health workers and psychologists are increasingly aware of postnatal depression, post-traumatic stress disorder goes widely unrecognised. Some PTSD symptoms are very similar to those experienced by those with postnatal depression, so health professionals sometimes misdiagnose the condition. However, the conditions are distinct and women with PTSD often go undetected by health workers as this is not a condition that is routinely screened for."
National Resource Center on Homelessness and Mental Illness - 2003 Exemplary Programs Nominations Sought Notice at the NRC web site - "The Homeless Programs Branch of the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) is seeking nominations for the 2003 Exemplary Program Awards. The purpose of this initiative is to identify and recognize programs that are using evidence-based and promising practices to serve people who are homeless and have mental illnesses and/or substance use disorders." The page includes a link to the nomination form.
Tips make sense of mental health maze (Oregon) Story in the
Oregonian - "Clackamas County will offer a free series of mental health classes beginning Monday that will include tips on navigating the county's mental health system amid deep state budget cuts. The classes are an annual event, and topics vary from year to year."
Mental health funding looks 'optimistic' (Illinois) Story at the
News-Gazette Online - "A campaign to avert further funding cuts for mental health and other human services programs appears to have found an ear in Springfield. The House and Senate last week approved legislation that would drop a proposed 1.25 percent cut for mental health and developmental disabilities in fiscal 2004. And a bill that would restore other funding to those programs is scheduled for a hearing before the Senate appropriations committee Thursday morning."
OCD “common in adolescent schizophrenia” Health News (UK) story - "Around one in four adolescent patients with schizophrenia also have obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), according to a study from Israel. The co-occurrence of OCD is increasingly recognised among adult patients with schizophrenia. However, although the onset of both disorders is usually in adolescence, no previous studies had examined the rate of OCD comorbidity among adolescent patients."
Study ties hormone therapy to more risk Story in the
Boston Globe - "The most common form of hormone replacement therapy, long believed to preserve mental capacity in women after menopause, instead doubles their risk of dementia, according to a large federal study that raises new questions for the 1.2 million American women currently taking such pills."
Mental health treatment hinges on question of law (North Carolina) Citizen-Times story - "Last week, an administrative law judge ordered the state Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services and Blue Ridge Center to offer after-hours crisis care to children [who need 24 hour help available].... Now the state must decide whether to comply with the decision or appeal. If there's an appeal, the case will go to federal court."
