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PULSE ANNUAL No. 2
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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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New drug approved for treating addicts
Beacon Journal (Ohio) story on the Food and Drug Administration's approval last week of the drug buprenorphine, "which can be prescribed by primary care physicians to treat people addicted to heroin and other opiates."  
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County drug addicts worse off than thought (California)
San Mateo County Times story on a one-year progress report released Tuesday by the County's oversight committee for the Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act of 2000 (known as Proposition 36) which indicates that "non-violent drug offenders in San Mateo County are long-term addicts to both stimulants and alcohol and often need treatment for mental illnesses."  
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Center for bipolar disorder, substance abuse to be dedicated (Ohio)
Brief item at WKYC's web site on a research center affiliated with University Hospitals and Case Western Reserve University that will focus on the more than 60 percent of adults with bipolar disorders who also abuse alcohol or drugs.  
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