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PULSE ANNUAL No. 2
January 2003

Recent Trends, Challenges and Issues in Funding Public Mental Health Services in the US
March 2002

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October 2001

 

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daily link  Tuesday, October 07, 2003


Website for Maori mental health (New Zealand)
Story at Stuff.com - "A website designed to educate and test psychiatric registrars' knowledge of Maori mental health issues will be launched in Hamilton today. All psychiatric registrars will be required to receive additional specialist training in Maori mental health issues from December. The Te Iho website, developed by Auckland psychiatrists with sponsorship from pharmaceutical firm Janssen-Vilag, provides information on topics such as disparities in Maori mental health and the implications of loss of identity among Maori. It also includes formal assessments..." See also the Maori Mental Health Registrar Training Website.  
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Attack fuels concerns for safety of mental health workers (New Zealand)
Story at Stuff.com - "A suicide prevention group is reviewing its safety procedures after a supervisor was attacked last week. ... The assault comes after the Waikato District Health Board released figures showing that over a nine-month period, 15 per cent of patients admitted to its care – 535 – committed violent acts or were verbally aggressive. The results are being presented to the Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists Conference in Hamilton today. "  
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