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.
Tuesday, September 09, 2003
A 211-page manual, in Adobe Acrobat format, produced by the Center for Urban and Community Services - "Drawing on CUCS' two decades of supportive housing experience and knowledge gathered from organizations around the country, the authors offer practical approaches to program design, staffing, service delivery, community building, conflict resolution, mental health, HIV/AIDS, and substance use. The guide also provides annotated bibliographies and links to a range of Web sites."
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Reuters Health story at Medscape - "Current statin use is associated with a lower risk of developing depression, investigators report in the September 8th issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine, adding to published evidence that statin use does not adversely impact psychological well-being. Dr. Susan S. Jick and colleagues at Boston University School of Medicine in Lexington, Massachusetts, propose that the relationship is mediated by improved quality of life among patients taking a statin. Their report follows another that suggests statins may reduce the risk of psychological disorders, independently of statins' impact on serum cholesterol levels." [Viewing Medscape resources requires registration, which is free].
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Page at the SAMHSA web site indexing documents and resources related to the National Survey on Drug Use & Health (formerly called the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse), "the primary source of information on the prevalence, patterns, and consequences of alcohol, tobacco, and illegal drug use and abuse in the general U.S. civilian non institutionalized population, age 12 and older." See, especially, the press release, the Overview (in either web or Acrobat formats), the results (also in web and Acrobat formats) and the chapter in the report, Prevalence and Treatment of Mental Health Problems.
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Center for the Advancement of Health press release at InteliHealth - "A new study of an innovative federal housing program found that parents who moved to neighborhoods with low levels of poverty reported significantly less mental distress than parents who remained in high-poverty areas."
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