Tuesday, March 25, 2003

Close to Home: A Report on Behavioral Health Services for Children in Connecticut’s Juvenile Justice System
A report published last month by the Child Health and Development Institute of Connecticut and available as a series of Adobe Acrobat files - "The report is the culmination of a year-long study of behavioral health resources available to children in Connecticut's juvenile justice system and offers an analysis of current services, contrasts them with successful national effective practices and makes recommendations for system enhancements."  
  

Use of Alternative Health Care Practices by Persons With Serious Mental Illness: Perceived Benefits
A study in the American Journal of Public Health that was supported by a grant jointly funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research and the Center for Mental Health Services of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.  
  

Red Ink Blues
This link goes to the first article of a five-part series in the "Taxes/Budget" section of Stateline.org, "Govs Scramble For Soundbites To Decry Budget Crisis." See also part two, Human Impact of States’ Budget Cuts.  
  

Fewer Referrals to Specialists for Depression
Health News Digest story reprinted at PsycPORT - "The treatment strategy of major depressive disorder (MDD) is changing. As physicians gain more experience with antidepressants, referrals to specialists, principally to psychiatrists, are decreasing. In addition, the use of combination therapy is increasing and this is due to increased experience and confidence with antidepressants and the plethora of clinical trials showing the efficacy of non-antidepressant drugs."