Webhealth
Webhealth has been specifically developed to provide access for people to
connect with Health and Social Services. This web-based approach builds on
the strengths of people and families to determine their support needs. Within the Webhealth website is Linkage. Linkage is a
partnership between an NGO, Pathways; primary health care, Pinnacle; and a
secondary provider/hospital, Health Waikato. It offers early intervention
services with a “one stop shop” in central Hamilton and New Plymouth.
Wednesday, June 11, 2003
A February report (in Adobe Acrobat format) from the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University that was brought to our attention at the Join Together web site, which notes, "This report, published by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASA), examines the pathways to addiction for girls and young women between the ages of 8 and 24. It contributes to CASA's goal of looking seriously at substance abuse among American women of all ages."
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Article in the June Psychiatric Times - "The inability to create an accurate picture of self-awareness is a feature in many mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia, autism, ADHD, personality disorders and substance abuse. At a Kansas City, Mo., conference, researchers begin to establish a biological basis for self-awareness and hope to isolate the deficits in the brain that causes abnormal functioning."
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Article in the June issue of Psychiatric Times - "In the wake of the report issued by the Institute of Medicine detailing the number of medical errors each year, the American Psychiatric Association has issued a set of patient safety recommendations. Will these recommendations reduce the number of psychiatric patient deaths and injuries?"
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Article in Health Affairs - "Health care spending per privately insured person increased 9.6 percent in 2002, a slight reduction from the 10 percent increase in 2001. This is the first time in five years that the spending trend did not accelerate. Nonetheless, health care spending grew nearly four times faster than the U.S. economy grew in 2002. Growth in hospital spending accounted for the largest portion of the overall increase (51 percent) for the second straight year. Moreover, hospital price inflation—which accelerated significantly in 2002—accounted for a larger share of hospital spending growth in 2002 than in 2001. Premium increases accelerated again in 2003, despite 2002’s slight deceleration of the overall spending trend." The article is also available in Adobe Acrobat format. See also the related Data Bulletin and news bulletin from the Center for Studying Health System Change.
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Selections from the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Archives of General Psychiatry and the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. [Viewing Medscape resources requires registration, which is free].
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"Journal Scan is the clinician's guide to the latest clinical research findings in the American Journal of Psychiatry, The Lancet, Archives of General Psychiatry, Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, and Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology. Short summaries of feature articles include links to the article abstracts and full text, when available. [Viewing Medscape resources requires registration, which is free].
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Copyright 2003 © Bill Davis.
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