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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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Summit explores managing mentally ill (Utah)
Salt Lake Tribune story - "For the first time, many agencies that treat, arrest and prosecute the state's mentally ill gathered Thursday to talk about ways to do their jobs better. The gathering in Salt Lake City thrilled Vicki Cottrell, the executive director of Utah's arm of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill and organizer of the NAMI Mental Health/Criminal Justice Summit. ... The summit drew more than two dozen attendees from the Salt Lake City Police Department and the city attorney, the Utah Attorney General's Office, Valley Mental Health, the Department of Corrections, the Salt Lake County Jail, the state's juvenile and criminal courts and advocate groups."  
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Mental health on radar (Pennsylvania)
Sentinel Online story - "The needs of people battling mental illness and substance abuse will be the subject of a task force convened by a local foundation with money to spend on health issues. The 30-member task force will begin meeting next week and could complete a report with recommendations as early as next fall, says Bets Clever, executive director of Carlisle Area Health and Wellness Foundation, the agency sponsoring the study."  
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Eight receive mental-health awards (Oregon)
Story in the Statesman (Portland) on eight people - among them service providers, citizen advocates and a client - who were recognized with the 2003 Mental Health Awards for Excellence, sponsored by the Oregon Department of Human Services, the Oregon Psychiatric Association and the Oregon affiliate of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill.  
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