Like Minds, Like Mine Ad (WMV movie file)
During the next three months, we will feature a series of TV Ads developed in New Zealand by the Like Minds, Like Mine programme. This highly successful anti discrimination programme has been very effective in presenting to the people of New Zealand how mental health problems affect many of our neighbors and friends. You can see the first of the three ads about Lana on our IIMHL website via the link above. It may take some time to download this file especially if you are not using a DSL line. These ads are the most recognizable component of the five year campaign. I encourage you to visit their web site where you can download a copy of their 2003-2005 national plans.
Monday, March 01, 2004
"The recent International Congress of Biological Psychiatry meeting, held in Sydney, Australia, offered a number of posters presenting new and interesting findings in the treatment of mood disorders, particularly in the areas of bipolar depression and long-term management, anxiety disorders, and schizophrenia." [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." "med"
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Item in the Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report based on reporting in the Wall Street Journal (not available online) - "The Wall Street Journal on Monday examined states' inclusion of mental health medications on preferred-drug lists in an effort to lower prescription drug costs for Medicaid programs by "steering doctors to less-costly but clinically equivalent medications." While 25 states have legal provisions to exempt mental health medications from preferred drug lists, states such as Kentucky, West Virginia and Texas include such drugs in their formularies, excluding the most expensive..."
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