Improving The Physical Health and Wellbeing of Adult Users of Mental Health Services Through Multi-Agency Working (Adobe Acrobat document)
"A number of recommendations arising from a research project exploring perceptions of the physical health of adults with serious mental health problems have been implemented in the Cambridge locality of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust, in England over the last two years. This project reported on findings from parallel focus groups discussions with service users and carers plus interviews with front-line inpatient and community mental health staff..."
Monday, December 20, 2004
Psychiatric News story - " Inmates who are bullied or whose families sever contact with them are at elevated risk for suicide, according to prison psychiatrists. For prison psychiatrists, the best suicide-prevention strategies incorporate knowledge of risk factors that extend beyond those found in the general population and the use of specialized tools designed for inmates who pose an imminent suicide risk..."
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Psychiatric News story - "Threats of future cuts to Medicaid have brought about conciliatory gestures from long-time adversaries and new ideas about how to allocate resources. With no relief in sight for strained Medicaid budgets, both state officials and health care advocates are taking a fresh look at their disagreements about how to control costs and maintain access. The Tennessee state legislature passed changes to the Medicaid program, TennCare, in May at the urging of Gov. Phillip Bredesen (D) that would curtail the number of doctor visits and prescription drugs and increase copayments and premiums..."
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Medical News Today story - "This bulletin is an annual publication which summarises information about people detained under the 1983 Mental Health Act in NHS facilities, including high security psychiatric hospitals, and independent hospitals. It includes figures for the period 1993-94 to 2003-04."
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American Medical News story - "Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna says it will spend what it expects to be more than $50 million to buy back certain assets of Magellan Health Services, including three dedicated behavioral health service centers that now serve only Aetna patients. Magellan, which emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy early this year, will lose its biggest client as a result, because Aetna will be ending a contract with Magellan under which the mental health carve-out company has provided services to most Aetna members. Aetna has been responsible for about 37% of Magellan's revenue in 2004."
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Ivanhoe Newswire story - "A new study shows children involved in the child welfare system do not receive the counseling services to prevent emotional and behavioral problems. According to the study authors, several studies have shown high rates of emotional and behavioral problems among children in the welfare system. They believe that if mental health services were given to children in a timely manner, it may reduce long-term negative consequences for these children..."
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