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.
Monday, January 13, 2003
Teen drug use associated with psychiatric disorders later in life
NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse press release on findings based on a 22-year study that tracked the self-reported substance abuse and health histories of 736 youths through their early-and mid-teen years into early adulthood.
CNN.com - Jail officials agree to mental health reforms (California)
CNN story - "County officials have agreed to a series of sweeping reforms aimed at better identifying and treating thousands of mentally ill inmates in the nation's largest jail system, heading off a possible federal civil rights lawsuit. The agreement, finalized last month, followed years of alleged abuses in Los Angeles County jails, including the use of excessive force and the improper use of restraints that led to the deaths of at least two mentally ill inmates."