Thursday, May 15, 2003

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Annual Report
Includes information on the Foundation's grants and contracts in the past year. See also the printable Adobe Acrobat version of the report.  
  

Healthcare for US children: controversial budget-cut target
Christian Science Monitor article on the curtailing of health insurance for children through the SCHIP program - "From Connecticut to Montana, budget cutbacks are affecting everything from gym classes to fire stations. But one of the most emotional areas that may be pruned is children's healthcare. While every downturn brings fiscal dilemmas, the current quandary poses piercing questions about whether medical care is a right or a commodity, and where federal responsibility lies in caring for the vulnerable."  
  

Mentally ill are more often victim than perpetrator
Article in the Herald-Review - "According to the National Mental Health Association 1 in 5 Americans has a mental illness, which means more than 54 million Americans live with a mental disorder ranging from schizophrenia, bi-polar depression, dissociative disorder to obsessive compulsive behavior, anorexia and bulimia in any given year. This makes mental illness more prevalent than cancer, lung and heart disease combined." The story notes, too, that a recent study conducted by researchers at North Carolina State University and Duke University led by Sociologist Virginia Hiday "found that people with mental illnesses are twice as likely to be victims of violent crime than others."