PULSE EXECUTIVE EDITION is a free service of the Centre for Community Change International, selecting links to reports, articles, major news stories and Internet resources from CCCI's PULSE news service for leaders of mental health and consumer advocacy organizations. PULSE is researched, edited and designed by Bill Davis.
Thursday, January 02, 2003
Managing Conflict Cooperatively: Making a Commitment to Nonviolence and Recovery in Mental Health Treatment Settings
A December 2002 report from the National Technical Assistance Center (Adobe Acrobat format).
Psychiatric Disorders Common Among Detained Youth
Article in Mental Health Weekly at Medscape based on a study published in the latest Archives of General Psychiatry which found that nearly two-thirds of boys and 75 percent of girls in juvenile detention have at least one psychiatric disorder. [Viewing Medscape resources requires registration, which is free].Before the Next Tragedy
Column in the Washington Post by the director of the Center for Community Partnerships in Child Welfare on the need for partnerships between public child welfare agencies and local communities - "Because child welfare, mental health, substance abuse and domestic violence agencies typically work with the same families, community partnerships ensure that their services are coordinated."