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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

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October 2001

 

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Optimizing Treatment For Patients With Schizophrenia: Targeting Positive Outcomes
A new CME unit from Medscape that reviews "the unique pharmacologic profiles of the atypical antipsychotics and the importance of avoiding metabolic side effects in the treatment of patients with schizophrenia." [Viewing Medscape resources requires registration, which is free].  
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Improving Outcomes in Schizophrenia: Recent Advances in the Treatment of Cognitive and Affective Domains
A new CME unit at Medscape - "Tremendous gains in the treatment of this illness have been realized, but much remains to be done. Psychiatry has traditionally focused on the positive symptoms of schizophrenia, such as delusions or hallucinations, from both a phenomenologic and a treatment perspective. In recent years, researchers and clinicians have realized that understanding and treating the negative symptoms, the cognitive and the affective domains, are equally -- if not more -- important to improving the long-term outcome in patients with this illness." [Viewing Medscape resources requires registration, which is free].  
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