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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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SAMHSA Announces $16 Million to Treat Adolescents Substance Abuse
SAMHSA press release - "Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Administrator Charles G. Curie today announced 22 awards totaling $16.2 million over three years to increase the effectiveness of alcohol and drug abuse treatment for adolescents. The programs receiving these grants will adopt or expand their use of a treatment protocol that combines two types of therapy, Motivational Enhancement Therapy and Cognitive Behavior Therapy. This Motivational Enhancement Therapy/Cognitive Behavior Therapy, a five-session protocol, was previously proved to be effective with substance abusing youth."  
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Many addicts have more than one addiction
Story in the Fitchburg Sentinel and Enterprise (Massachusetts) - "Nearly half of the 1.1 million people receiving treatment for addictions are treated for both drug and alcohol abuse, according to the 2002 National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Centers. 'The day of the single addiction is almost a dinosaur. Most people are addicted to more than one substance these days,' said Wayne Rushlow, a licensed mental health therapist and substance abuse counselor in Leominster and the surrounding area. ... The survey, released by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, showed there were 1,136,287 people receiving substance abuse treatment on a typical day in 2002. Of those people, 48 percent were being treated for both drug and alcohol abuse."  
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