Like Minds, Like Mine TV Ad (Video, .WMV file)
The last 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.
Friday, July 30, 2004
New Study Shows Approximately 4 Million Living with Co-Occurring Serious Mental Illness and Substance Abuse
SAMHSA press release - "Adults with a substance use disorder in 2002 were almost three times as likely to have serious mental illness (20.4 percent) as those who did not have a substance use disorder (7.0 percent), according to a new report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The rate of serious mental illness was 19.0 percent among those with alcohol dependence or abuse, 29.1 percent among those with illicit drug dependence or abuse, and highest among adults who had both drug and alcohol dependence or abuse (30.1 percent)..." See also the report, Serious Mental Illness and Its Co-Occurrence with Substance Use Disorders, 2002.
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SAMHSA press release - "Adults with a substance use disorder in 2002 were almost three times as likely to have serious mental illness (20.4 percent) as those who did not have a substance use disorder (7.0 percent), according to a new report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The rate of serious mental illness was 19.0 percent among those with alcohol dependence or abuse, 29.1 percent among those with illicit drug dependence or abuse, and highest among adults who had both drug and alcohol dependence or abuse (30.1 percent)..." See also the report, Serious Mental Illness and Its Co-Occurrence with Substance Use Disorders, 2002.
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Testimony by Ronald Hunsicker, President/CEO National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers before The Institute of Medicine
Document, in Adobe Acrobat format, available at the Open Minds web site - " The Institute of Medicine has identified six aims for the delivery of high quality health care. Those aims were first introduced in the Crossing the Quality Chasm and include: safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient and equitable. The National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers supports those overall aims for a quality health care delivery system and urges the IOM to work to include Addictive Disease into the total understanding of a health care delivery system. We further urge the IOM to address the inherent differences in addressing chronic diseases vs. acute disease symptoms as it builds a plan for the future..."
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Document, in Adobe Acrobat format, available at the Open Minds web site - " The Institute of Medicine has identified six aims for the delivery of high quality health care. Those aims were first introduced in the Crossing the Quality Chasm and include: safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient and equitable. The National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers supports those overall aims for a quality health care delivery system and urges the IOM to work to include Addictive Disease into the total understanding of a health care delivery system. We further urge the IOM to address the inherent differences in addressing chronic diseases vs. acute disease symptoms as it builds a plan for the future..."
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FDA Approves Campral for Recovering Alcoholics
Reuters Health story at Medscape - "A new pill intended to help alcoholics not drink again after they have quit could hit the shelves by the end of this year after U.S. health officials approved the drug on Thursday. The drug, Campral (acamprosate), may not work for people who are actively drinking when they start taking the pill or who are abusing other substances, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said in a statement. It was not clear how the pill worked, health officials said, but studies showed more patients who took the drug abstained from drinking compared to those who took a placebo..." [Viewing Medscape resources requires registration, which is free].
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Reuters Health story at Medscape - "A new pill intended to help alcoholics not drink again after they have quit could hit the shelves by the end of this year after U.S. health officials approved the drug on Thursday. The drug, Campral (acamprosate), may not work for people who are actively drinking when they start taking the pill or who are abusing other substances, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said in a statement. It was not clear how the pill worked, health officials said, but studies showed more patients who took the drug abstained from drinking compared to those who took a placebo..." [Viewing Medscape resources requires registration, which is free].
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Psychological Therapy Boosts Antidepressant Compliance
Reuters Health story at Medscape - "Combined pharmacotherapy and psychological treatment of depression is more effective than drug treatment alone. This, researchers report in the July issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry, may be because of an increased adherence to antidepressant regimens." "med"
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Reuters Health story at Medscape - "Combined pharmacotherapy and psychological treatment of depression is more effective than drug treatment alone. This, researchers report in the July issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry, may be because of an increased adherence to antidepressant regimens." "med"
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