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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

PULSE ANNUAL No. 1
October 2001

 

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20 Priority Areas Noted for Health Care
AP story at ABC News on a set of priorities for Congress urged by the Institute of Medicine. Included in the list are major depression and "severe and persistent mental illness; improving mental health care in the public sector, including state hospitals and community centers."  
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Mental health lays off a third of staff (California)
Story at the Union Democrat - "Forty of the 120 employees at Kings View Behavioral Health, the mental health services provider for Tuolumne County, were laid off Tuesday. The layoff is a result of a $35 billion deficit in the state budget, and while Gov. Gray Davis has said no area of government will escape budget cuts, mental health services throughout the state are already taking huge hits."  
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Hundreds protest cuts in safety net (Oregon)
Story in The Oregonian - "Hundreds of protesters -- recovering drug and alcohol addicts, people with mental illnesses, their advocates and others -- took one message to the Capitol steps Wednesday: Stop cuts that threaten our health and sobriety."  
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Advocate 'dismayed' that cabinet for children will be merged (West Virginia)
Gazette Online story - "As part of his plan to restructure state government and save money, Gov. Bob Wise on Wednesday said he would ask the Legislature to merge his Cabinet on Children and Families with the state Department of Health and Human Resources."  
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Mental-Health Agency Off Hit List (Connecticut)
Hartford Courant story on the rescinding of plans to shut down Middlesex County's lead mental-health authority.  
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