Link Minds, Like Mine TV ad (WMV format)
We are featuring the second of three TV Ads developed in New Zealand by the Link 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. It may take sometime to download this file especially if you are not using a DSL line.
Tuesday, May 11, 2004
Public opinion on the uninsured
The latest Health Poll Report from the Kaiser Family Foundation - "The debate over how to expand health insurance coverage to the 41 million Americans without it continues to be one of the most challenging issues facing policy makers. In conjunction with Cover the Uninsured Week, May 10-16 2004, this Featured Topic examines the public’s opinion on the importance of expanding health coverage for the uninsured, personal concern about their own ability to access and pay for health insurance, knowledge and perceptions about the uninsured, as well as views on different policy options for expanding access to health care for more Americans."
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The latest Health Poll Report from the Kaiser Family Foundation - "The debate over how to expand health insurance coverage to the 41 million Americans without it continues to be one of the most challenging issues facing policy makers. In conjunction with Cover the Uninsured Week, May 10-16 2004, this Featured Topic examines the public’s opinion on the importance of expanding health coverage for the uninsured, personal concern about their own ability to access and pay for health insurance, knowledge and perceptions about the uninsured, as well as views on different policy options for expanding access to health care for more Americans."
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Studying substance abuse treatment in the field
Article in the May APA Monitor - "Several members of APA's Div. 28 (Psychopharmacology and Substance Abuse) have helped initiate a multisite national research project that will give clinicians a real-world look at the effectiveness of such promising substance abuse treatments as motivational interviewing and motivational incentives. Six Div. 28 researchers are serving as principal investigators on the project, the Clinical Trials Network (CTN)--a group of ongoing clinical research protocols that the National Institute on Drug Abuse established in 1999 to take substance abuse treatment research beyond the walls of the research clinic. Network researchers test behavioral and pharmacological treatment methods in a range of community-based settings with socioeconomically and ethnically diverse populations..."
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Article in the May APA Monitor - "Several members of APA's Div. 28 (Psychopharmacology and Substance Abuse) have helped initiate a multisite national research project that will give clinicians a real-world look at the effectiveness of such promising substance abuse treatments as motivational interviewing and motivational incentives. Six Div. 28 researchers are serving as principal investigators on the project, the Clinical Trials Network (CTN)--a group of ongoing clinical research protocols that the National Institute on Drug Abuse established in 1999 to take substance abuse treatment research beyond the walls of the research clinic. Network researchers test behavioral and pharmacological treatment methods in a range of community-based settings with socioeconomically and ethnically diverse populations..."
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New research on support for family caregivers of people with serious mental illness
Item in CMHA-Ontario's Mental Health Notes - "Two recent studies looked at the challenges of developing new education and support services for family caregivers of people with serious mental illness, and the benefits of and barriers to participating in family support groups. An American study published in the Community Mental Health Journal looked at the factors that help or hinder lower-income African-American and Caucasian family caregivers in accessing support groups. The study compared 65 caregivers who were current members of a support group with 80 family members who were aware of support groups but who had never attended them. ... The second study, which took place in London, England, examined a brief intervention service offered to caregivers, most often family members, of people experiencing their first episode of psychosis. The service was designed to address caregivers’ complaints about the lack of information and support they received from psychiatric services..."
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Item in CMHA-Ontario's Mental Health Notes - "Two recent studies looked at the challenges of developing new education and support services for family caregivers of people with serious mental illness, and the benefits of and barriers to participating in family support groups. An American study published in the Community Mental Health Journal looked at the factors that help or hinder lower-income African-American and Caucasian family caregivers in accessing support groups. The study compared 65 caregivers who were current members of a support group with 80 family members who were aware of support groups but who had never attended them. ... The second study, which took place in London, England, examined a brief intervention service offered to caregivers, most often family members, of people experiencing their first episode of psychosis. The service was designed to address caregivers’ complaints about the lack of information and support they received from psychiatric services..."
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Residents, Faculty Unaware of Impact of Drug Industry Interaction
Medscape Medical News story - "Despite studies in leading medical journals warning of the ethical conflicts and high rates of prescribing that occur when physicians accept gifts from the pharmaceutical industry, many physicians and medical residents remain unaware of the impact of the drug industry's interaction with physicians, according to a new study. For example, only 9% of internal medicine residents at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and 18% of its faculty members surveyed as part of the study said they were knowledgeable about the American Medical Association's 2001 'Ethical Guidelines for Gifts to Physicians from Industry,' while 20% of residents and 67% of faculty said they were aware of industry-sponsored research at academic centers. The study was published in the May issue of Academic Medicine.." "med"
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Medscape Medical News story - "Despite studies in leading medical journals warning of the ethical conflicts and high rates of prescribing that occur when physicians accept gifts from the pharmaceutical industry, many physicians and medical residents remain unaware of the impact of the drug industry's interaction with physicians, according to a new study. For example, only 9% of internal medicine residents at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and 18% of its faculty members surveyed as part of the study said they were knowledgeable about the American Medical Association's 2001 'Ethical Guidelines for Gifts to Physicians from Industry,' while 20% of residents and 67% of faculty said they were aware of industry-sponsored research at academic centers. The study was published in the May issue of Academic Medicine.." "med"
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McLean Study Reveals Discrepancies in Care for Medicaid Recipients With Carve-Out Insurance
Ascribe Newswire press release reprinted at PsycPORT - "Health insurers commonly hire subcontractors to manage their mental and behavioral health benefits for them, but a study headed by a researcher at McLean Hospital suggests Medicaid patients with schizophrenia whose treatment is managed under a so-called "carve-out" arrangement are less likely to receive some treatments associated with improved outcomes. The study, in the May issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry, is led by Alisa B. Busch, M.D., M.S., and utilizes a large database from a single state to illustrate the effect of a carve-out on evidence-based treatments for patients with schizophrenia in a publicly funded insurance program. It found that patients with schizophrenia enrolled in the carve-out were significantly less likely to receive some evidence-based outpatient treatments, compared to those enrolled in the traditional state Medicaid program. Notably, in this Medicaid program the carve-out and associated clinical programs had a financial incentive to limit hospital and outpatient services."
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Ascribe Newswire press release reprinted at PsycPORT - "Health insurers commonly hire subcontractors to manage their mental and behavioral health benefits for them, but a study headed by a researcher at McLean Hospital suggests Medicaid patients with schizophrenia whose treatment is managed under a so-called "carve-out" arrangement are less likely to receive some treatments associated with improved outcomes. The study, in the May issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry, is led by Alisa B. Busch, M.D., M.S., and utilizes a large database from a single state to illustrate the effect of a carve-out on evidence-based treatments for patients with schizophrenia in a publicly funded insurance program. It found that patients with schizophrenia enrolled in the carve-out were significantly less likely to receive some evidence-based outpatient treatments, compared to those enrolled in the traditional state Medicaid program. Notably, in this Medicaid program the carve-out and associated clinical programs had a financial incentive to limit hospital and outpatient services."
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