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.
Thursday, November 20, 2003
Health Day News story at Yahoo - "A new class of antipsychotic drugs may offer improved relief for elderly people with schizophrenia, says an international study in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. Most elderly people with schizophrenia are treated with conventional antipsychotic drugs. This study concludes they would have better treatment results if they were switched to a new class of atypical antipsychotic medications now widely used to treat people in other age groups."
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Reuters Health story at Medscape - "The U.S. House Wednesday approved legislation to write into law rules requiring drugmakers to test their products on children and provide labeling instructions on pediatric use. The Senate had passed the 'Pediatric Research Equity Act' in July, and the bill now goes to President Bush, who is expected to sign it." [Viewing Medscape resources requires registration, which is free].
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Medscape Medical News story - "The connection between mental and physical health can have significant repercussions on patients' general health and in the workplace, with potential barriers to care when minority race or ethnicities are involved, according to a symposium held by the National Mental Health Association in New York City. ... Depression is a risk factor for the development of cardiovascular disease and stroke, and it can affect treatment of diabetes mellitus and increase the risk of many other infections. In addition, mental health problems can exacerbate or produce physical problems." [Viewing Medscape resources requires registration, which is free].
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Newsday story - "The National Institute of Mental Health is reducing the portion of its $1.3 billion budget that goes for research on serious mental illness while supporting studies on such subjects as fish communication and the mental processes of pigeons, advocacy groups say. A report Wednesday by the Treatment Advocacy Center and Public Citizen said that the institute was spending 5.8 percent of its research budget on "clinically relevant" serious mental health issues." See also the full report, "A Federal Failure in Psychiatric Research: Continuing NIMH Negligence in Funding Sufficient Research on Serious Mental Illnesses" at the Treatment Advocacy Center web site. The report is also available in Adobe Acrobat format.
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