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, October 21, 2003
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Effective for Medication-Resistant Major Depression
Medscape Medical News story - "Both high-frequency left-sided transcranial magnetic stimulation (HFL-TMS) and low-frequency stimulation to the right prefrontal cortex (LFR-TMS) are effective in the treatment of refractory major depression, according to the results of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial published in the October issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry." "med"
comment []
Medscape Medical News story - "Both high-frequency left-sided transcranial magnetic stimulation (HFL-TMS) and low-frequency stimulation to the right prefrontal cortex (LFR-TMS) are effective in the treatment of refractory major depression, according to the results of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial published in the October issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry." "med"
comment []
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Useful for Bipolar Disorder in Children
Medscape Medical News story - "Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is useful for the treatment of bipolar disorder in children, according to a presentation at the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry annual meeting in Miami, Florida. Findings from this study and an accompanying manual also will be published in a forthcoming issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry." "med"
comment []
Medscape Medical News story - "Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is useful for the treatment of bipolar disorder in children, according to a presentation at the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry annual meeting in Miami, Florida. Findings from this study and an accompanying manual also will be published in a forthcoming issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry." "med"
comment []
The Wellstone Fellowship for Social Justice
"Families USA, the national organization for health care consumers, will launch the Wellstone Fellowship for Social Justice in 2004 to honor the late Senator Paul D. Wellstone from Minnesota. Elected to the United States Senate in 1990, Paul D. Wellstone became a strong and vocal proponent of high-quality, affordable health care for all. Throughout his service in the Senate, he built a reputation as an advocate for social justice and an outspoken champion for those who lacked a voice in the national arena. The Wellstone Fellowship provides a unique opportunity to honor the memory of the late Senator Wellstone by promoting equity in health care. More specifically, the fellow will work with communities of color for the advancement of social justice through participation in health care advocacy work. Each year, Families USA will select one individual to fill this 12-month fellowship." See also the pages on the fellowship's description, qualifications, and selection process, and on application procedures.
comment []
"Families USA, the national organization for health care consumers, will launch the Wellstone Fellowship for Social Justice in 2004 to honor the late Senator Paul D. Wellstone from Minnesota. Elected to the United States Senate in 1990, Paul D. Wellstone became a strong and vocal proponent of high-quality, affordable health care for all. Throughout his service in the Senate, he built a reputation as an advocate for social justice and an outspoken champion for those who lacked a voice in the national arena. The Wellstone Fellowship provides a unique opportunity to honor the memory of the late Senator Wellstone by promoting equity in health care. More specifically, the fellow will work with communities of color for the advancement of social justice through participation in health care advocacy work. Each year, Families USA will select one individual to fill this 12-month fellowship." See also the pages on the fellowship's description, qualifications, and selection process, and on application procedures.
comment []
Job Applicants with Disabilities to Benefit from Fact Sheet on Rights Throughout Hiring Process
October 7 press release from the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission, brought to our attention by the National Mental Health Consumers Self-Help Clearinghouse - "As National Disability Employment Awareness Month begins, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today released a new fact sheet designed to educate job applicants on how Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) protects their rights throughout the hiring process. This tool is EEOC's most recent strategy in a series of efforts, under President Bush's New Freedom Initiative, to advance the employment of individuals with disabilities." See also the fact sheet, Job Applicants and the Americans with Disabilities Act.
comment []
October 7 press release from the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission, brought to our attention by the National Mental Health Consumers Self-Help Clearinghouse - "As National Disability Employment Awareness Month begins, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today released a new fact sheet designed to educate job applicants on how Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) protects their rights throughout the hiring process. This tool is EEOC's most recent strategy in a series of efforts, under President Bush's New Freedom Initiative, to advance the employment of individuals with disabilities." See also the fact sheet, Job Applicants and the Americans with Disabilities Act.
comment []
A Vast Unregulated Shadow Market: U.S. Prescription Drug System Under Attack
A Sunday, October 19 story in the Washington Post, the first of a five part series, "Pharmaceutical Roulette" - "For half a century Americans could boast of the world's safest, most tightly regulated system for distributing prescription drugs. But now that system is undercut by a growing illegal trade in pharmaceuticals, fed by criminal profiteers, unscrupulous wholesalers, rogue Internet sites and foreign pharmacies. In the past few years, middlemen have siphoned off growing numbers of popular and lifesaving drugs and diverted them into a multibillion-dollar shadow market. Crooks have introduced counterfeit pharmaceuticals into the mainstream drug chain. Fast-moving operators have hawked millions of doses of narcotics over the Internet. The result too often is pharmaceutical roulette for millions of unsuspecting Americans..." See also the related stories Drugs in short supply: higher prices, more compromises, Internet Trafficking in Narcotics Has Surged (part 2 of the series) and Doctors medicate strangers on web (part 3). You can locate other related stories to be published later this week through a page indexing the entire special report.
comment []
A Sunday, October 19 story in the Washington Post, the first of a five part series, "Pharmaceutical Roulette" - "For half a century Americans could boast of the world's safest, most tightly regulated system for distributing prescription drugs. But now that system is undercut by a growing illegal trade in pharmaceuticals, fed by criminal profiteers, unscrupulous wholesalers, rogue Internet sites and foreign pharmacies. In the past few years, middlemen have siphoned off growing numbers of popular and lifesaving drugs and diverted them into a multibillion-dollar shadow market. Crooks have introduced counterfeit pharmaceuticals into the mainstream drug chain. Fast-moving operators have hawked millions of doses of narcotics over the Internet. The result too often is pharmaceutical roulette for millions of unsuspecting Americans..." See also the related stories Drugs in short supply: higher prices, more compromises, Internet Trafficking in Narcotics Has Surged (part 2 of the series) and Doctors medicate strangers on web (part 3). You can locate other related stories to be published later this week through a page indexing the entire special report.
comment []
Sexual Abuse Huge Problem for Women in Treatment
Feature story at Join Together - "More than a third of women in addiction treatment have been physically forced to have sex, according to experts looking at the relationship between addiction, HIV, and sexual abuse among female addicts and alcoholics. ... Most treatment providers believe that domestic violence should be addressed in treatment, according to the survey. But few feel they have adequate training to address domestic violence...and some providers said that tackling such issues could distract from their focus on addiction and recovery. ... The SIG's Women's Wellness Project developed a model intervention program for abused women, and is testing it with a study group of 38 female treatment participants. The study will not only look at the model's impact on addiction but also related outcomes pertaining to HIV and unprotected sex."
comment []
Feature story at Join Together - "More than a third of women in addiction treatment have been physically forced to have sex, according to experts looking at the relationship between addiction, HIV, and sexual abuse among female addicts and alcoholics. ... Most treatment providers believe that domestic violence should be addressed in treatment, according to the survey. But few feel they have adequate training to address domestic violence...and some providers said that tackling such issues could distract from their focus on addiction and recovery. ... The SIG's Women's Wellness Project developed a model intervention program for abused women, and is testing it with a study group of 38 female treatment participants. The study will not only look at the model's impact on addiction but also related outcomes pertaining to HIV and unprotected sex."
comment []
Copyright 2003 © Bill Davis.
IIMHL Update is a project done in collaboration with MHCA and the Centre for Community Change International. IIMHL Update is powered by Radio Userland.