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NAMI Santa Cruz County Updated on 04.29.2004

 

 

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bulletDrugmakers "Blackmail the Public"
bulletDebate Resumes on the Safety of Depression's Wonder Drugs
bulletDesire to be perfect makes treating anorexia difficult
bulletChange in UK diets 'Could Trigger Mental Health Crisis'
bulletJanssen Admits it Minimized Risk of Risperdal
bulletStudy Backs Antidepressant-Suicide Link
bulletAntidepressant drug induced Suicides: Evidence of Iceberg effect
bulletNew York State Official Sues Drug Maker Over Test Data
bulletHow Genes Affect Moods
bulletPfizer Pleads Guilty to Illegal Marketing of Neurontin
bulletMaker to Pull Antidepressant Serzone Off Market
bullet2004/Spring/NorwayTreatmentResults.pdf
bulletThe Potential of 'Brain Pacemakers'
bulletStudy Advises Against Drugs for Children in Depression
bulletStudent in Antidepressant Study Commits Suicide
bulletCan Paxil Cause Teen Suicide?
bulletA Come Back for Psychosurgery?
bulletPrescription for Disaster
bulletLeading Drugs for Psychosis Come Under New Scrutiny
bulletPERCEIVED BENEFITS OF ALTERNATIVE HEALTH CARE PRACTICES
bulletEffect of Commonly Prescribed Medications On Speech
bulletFDA Asking For Adverse Drug Reaction Reports
bulletMood drug Seroxat banned for under-18s
bulletTreating Co-occurring Disorders
bulletRisperdal and Zoloft Links
bulletFDA counsel's rise embodies US shift
bulletRESEARCH ON COMMUNITY REINTEGRATION FOR PEOPLE WITH PSYCHIATRIC DISABILITIES
bulletZyprexa linked with Diabetes
bulletRisperdal Linked to Stroke
bulletThe New Anti-Psychotic Drug Aripiprazole (ABILIFY)
bulletMedicaid: Too Many Drugs are Mis-Prescribed
bulletAntidepressant Nefazodone (Serzone) Pulled
bulletMedscape: Controversies in Schizophrenia Research
bulletNew Medications in Development
bulletPublic Response to The Secret of Seroxat
bulletMore Kids Receiving Psychiatric Drugs
bulletAntidepressants for Shopaholics?
bulletPrescription of Antipsychotics for Sedation Rather than Treating Psychosis
bulletBristol-Myers Stops Sale of Serzone in Europe
bulletPlacebo More Effective Than Zoloft
bulletImplants May Reshape Schizophrenia Treatment
bulletRU-486 - Mifepristone: Tested for Treatment of Depression
bulletSerzone (Nefazodone) Risk Study
bulletAbort Disabled: Says one Geneticist
bulletIncreased Deaths in Clinical Trials
bulletBristol-Myers Says Aripiprazole Is Safe for Schizophrenia
bulletDEA Statement on Ritalin
bulletFDA Issues Approvable Letter for Strattera for ADHD
bulletRelational Disorder - Psychiatry's Newest Category of Illness
bulletNAMI TESTIFIES AT SENATE HEARING ON SAMHSA REAUTHORIZATION
bulletNAMI Applauds Visionary Bill to Reduce Criminalization of Mental Illness.
bulletLegislation Would Weaken State Mental Illness Insurance Parity
bulletFederal Report Confirms Parents Often Give up Children to Secure Treatment for Mental Illness
bulletMontel Williams Show Airs Biased Portrayal of ADHD
bulletMedicaid Malpractice
bulletThomas Insel, MD Named New Director of NIMH
bulletMental Health In Troubled Times
bullet2002 NAMI California Conference
bulletPrescription for reform? Power of Drugmakers Challenged by Government, Researchers
bulletControversial Bill to Stop Mandatory Mental Health Screening Fails In Congress
bulletCIT Training Importance
bulletSan Diego: Special needs on the brink
bulletCMHS Outlines Collaboration
bullet2004/Summer/HousingBill.htm
bulletPresident's New Freedom Commission: Report on Housing and Homelessness
bullet2004/Summer/OlmsteadAssessment.htm
bulletNonprofits Struggle to Finance Affordable Housing
bulletBill Would Expand Mental Health Care for Older Americans
bulletNationwide Mental Health Screening Proposed
bulletBenefits: Some Cut, Some Saved
bulletHealth Insurance Firms Block Parity Bills
bulletPsychiatric Advance Directives Can Aid Mentally Ill in Crises
bulletTimothy's Law
bulletIDEA Passes U.S. Senate
bulletSection 8 Cuts Solution
bulletChange State Aid-Funded Services to Medicaid?
bulletOregon Adopts Evidence-Based Treatment Requirement
bulletMentally ill offenders caught in bind
bulletFDA Officials Concealed Data Linking Antidepressants to Suicide
bulletNew Freedom Initiative 2004 Progress Report
bulletNew Webcast for SAMHSA Grant Applicants
bulletCourts Can't Mandate Mental Care for Kids
bullet$4.5 Million Available for State Incentive Grants for Treatmentof Co-Occurring Substance Related and Mental Health Disorders
bulletSAMHSA RELEASES TRAINING MANUAL FOR DEVELOPING COMPETITIVE GRANT APPLICATIONS
bulletAppeals Court Strikes Down Medication Law
bulletCommission’s Omission
bulletSAMHSA RELEASES EMERGENCY PLANNING GRANTS TO 35 STATES FOR MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES
bulletHHS Awards $23 Million in Grants for Homeless
bulletU.N. Approves Disability Rights Convention!
bulletCooperative Agreements for Self-Help Centers
bulletInitiative to Fight Stigma
bullet$5 Million in Grants for Children's Mental Health
bullet$3 Million in Grants For Home Modification
bulletSenate Panel Approves Bill for Students With Disabilities
bulletHomebound Demonstration Amendment Approved
bullet$4.8 Million Available for Community Treatment
bullet$2 Million in Grants Awarded for Jail Diversion
bulletHHS and NCOA Issue New Resource to Improve Health of Older Adults
bulletMENTALLY ILL MAN MAY REFUSE TREATMENT, COURT RULES
bulletHouse Passes Legislation Improving Protections for SSI and SSDI Beneficiaries
bulletConflicts of Interest in Human Subject Research
bulletCongress Completes Action on FY 2004 Budget Resolution; Cuts to Federal Medicaid Spending Rejected
bulletGovernors Resist Bush Plan to Slow Costs of Medicaid
bulletHouse Passes Child Medication Safety Act
bulletCenter for Mental Health Services Director Announced
bulletTexas law passed to protect school children from employees pushing psychiatry
bulletSupreme Court Upholds Reach of Family Leave Law
bulletSSA Updates SSDI and SSI Eligibility
bullet1.75B Program Proposed to Support Community Living
bulletHealth-Care Reforms Face High-Court Test
bulletCMHS: 2002 Year in Review
bulletCMHS Year in Review: 2002 Regional Consumer Meetings
bulletStudy: Most States Cut Medicaid Funding
bulletHundreds protest cuts in safety net
bulletOregon Seeks Federal Help For Budget
bulletPhase 2 - Ticket to Work Program Begins
bullet$2.2 MILLION AVAILABLE TO FUND TRAINING AND EVALUATION GRANTS FOR STATE EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES
bulletCMHS SUBCOMMITTEE ON CONSUMER/SURVIVOR ISSUES PROVIDES CONSUMER PERSPECTIVES ON MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
bulletSAMHSA PROPOSES CHANGE IN BLOCK GRANTS ON PERFORMANCE PARTNERSHIP PLANS
bulletClozaril Approved For Treating Suicidal Behavior
bulletCo-Occurring Substance Abuse and Mental Disorders
bulletTreatment of Mentally Ill in Prisons Still Needs Improvement
bulletSenator Paul Wellstone
bulletCOMMISSION REPORTS TO THE PRESIDENT: Mental Health System in Disarray
bulletAnalysis of Proposed IDEA Paperwork Reduction
bulletBush Prioritizes Judges in Campaigns
bulletA Court Victory
bulletNew Yorker Wins Suit Vs. Bellevue on Forced MH Confinement
bulletCatholic Diocese in Canada Passes Resolution on Dangers of Anti-Depressants
bulletMental Illness Defense
bulletPrescription for violence?
bulletDeaths of young people in Ontario institutions
bulletPsychiatric Care Showing Effects of Consolidation
bullet20 Priorities for the Health Care System
bulletHomeland Security or Eli Lilly Security Bill
bulletMaker of Epilepsy Drug Used Misleading Data, Plaintiff Says
bulletPfizer Nears Drug Settlement
bulletPublic Campaign to Reach Men with Depression
bulletDrug Companies Profile Doctor Prescribing
bulletNEW ITEMS ON NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH WEB SITE
bulletMob boss Gigante Outwitted 34 Psychiatrists
bulletCourt Allows Bar Admission for Lawyer with History of Schizophrenia
bulletCan States Limit Perscription Plans?
bulletPharmaceutical Statistics - 2002
bulletSAMHSA PROPOSES CHANGE IN BLOCK GRANTS COMMENTS SOUGHT ON PERFORMANCE PARTNERSHIP PLANS
bulletHundreds Finding Help to Combat Addiction to Prescribed Drugs
bulletPSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS COMMON AMONG DETAINED YOUTH
bulletLilly Settles Prozac Lawsuit
bulletNational Mental Health Association Conference Scholarships
bulletDrugs on Campus
bulletNews
bulletAfter prison, a void
bulletLocked in The Box
bulletAsking teens about suicide thoughts
bulletCHILD PSYCHIATRY PUT ON NOTICE
bulletThe Beginning of FistFree Language™
bulletHalf of women in jail mentally ill
bulletMental Health: The Profession Tests Its Limits
bulletHolland Court Rules ADHD not a Disease
bulletWar in Courtroom over Paxil Drug TV Ads
bulletFamily sues over death of detained son
bulletState Finds Killed Autistic Teenager Was Abused
bulletZOLOFT AND DEPENDENCY
bulletBombs and Speed Kill in Afghanistan
bulletMadinAmerica-Review
bulletBush Rolls Back Rules on Privacy of Medical Data
bulletPresident Bush Commemorates ADA Anniversary
bulletDangers of Paxil Withdrawal
bulletGlaxo Can Continue Running Paxil Ads for Now
bulletI WAS TOLD TO DOPE MY KID
bulletIndia's Little Helper
bulletDeath by Perscription
bulletNY Times Profiles New NYC Mental Health Commissioner Sederer
bulletJail Suicides Underscore National Mental Health
bulletGlaxo-Smith-Kline Settles Paxil Suit Out of Court
bulletAnti-depressants not for dogs?
bulletSocial Services Role in Slaying Raised
bulletMental Health Advocates Bar Door to Prevent Dumping People with Mental Illnesses
bulletInternet Peer Support Research Study For People With Mental Illnesses
bulletStudy Ties Antidepressants to Suicide
bulletRisperdal Manufacturer Admits Misleading Claims
bulletDrug bills drain large chunk of Medicaid
bullet'Good progress' on mental health
bulletMedicare's Troubles May Be Sleeping Giant
bulletNew Smart Psychiatric Drugs
bulletDoctors Say They Will Cut Antidepressant Use
bulletKeeping Families Together Act Reintroduced
bulletCrazy Teddy Won't be Sold Anymore
bullet2005/Winter/CrazyTeddy_files/filelist.xml
bulletNAMI Joins Group Launching Resources for Families On Treating Depression in Children and Adolescents
bulletNAMI California is Moving
bulletCongress Completes Work on Omnibus Spending Bill for FY 2005
bulletMental Health Field Ushers in New Generation of Leaders
bulletMentally Ill Youths Warehoused
bulletNAMI Announces Multicultural Action Center During National Forum in Los Angeles
bullet2004/Spring/CaliforniaHousingReport5-04.pdf
bulletAnalyst: Bush Plan Saves Less on Medicaid
bulletRe-entry Issues Take Center Stage with Release of Report, Legislation
bullet2005/Winter/RecoveryNow.htm
bulletField looks to emulate success of California's Prop. 63
bulletMore mentally ill teens landing in justice system
bulletWall Street Journal Examines HHS Secretary Nominee Leavitt's Experience with Medicaid Reform
bulletMoving from Coercion to Collaboration in Mental Health Services
bulletLegislation for Mental Health Directives
bulletAcute MH Care Must Boost Crisis Diversion, Early Intervention Services
bulletSolution to Overcrowded Jails
bulletThe Mental Health Publisher
bullet2005/Winter/Chipmunkapublishing_files/filelist.xml
bulletERs Underdiagnosing Psychiatric Illness
bulletIndiana Prison Conditions Lead to Suicide
bulletHunger, Homelessness Still On the Rise in Major U.S. Cities
bulletDealing With Depression
bulletMissouri looks to combat suicide
bulletSurvey Finds the ADA Hasn't Improved Lives
bulletConference to Look at How Racism Affects Mental Health
bulletPills vs. Talking
bulletMentally Ill Overwhelm Hospital ERs
bulletEmergency Departments See Dramatic Increase in People with Mental Illness Seeking Care
bulletMust Read Articles on Abuse of Medicine for Commercial Gain
bulletLegislation
bullet$3 Million for Jail Diversion Awarded to Ten Communities
bulletStatus of Health Care Access in America
bulletSoc. Security to Get Minimal Raise
bulletHouse Criticised for Failing to Take Up Legislation Easing Access to Generic Drugs
bulletDNC LAUNCHES DISABILITY OUTREACH NEW WEBSITE
bulletApplication of ADA to States Contested in Federal Courts
bulletBush Proclamation of Nat'l Dis. Employment Awareness Month
bulletGOVERNOR DAVIS SIGNS LAURA'S LAW
bulletPoor Hurt by Mental Health Cuts
bulletCalifornia Senate Backs Forced Mental Care
bulletHHS announces final HIPAA privacy rule
bulletAAPD Joins Lawsuit Against HHS
bulletHHS Creates New Disability Office
bulletAviation Consumer Disability Hot-line
bulletDept. of Justice Has Funds for Mental Health Courts
bulletDNC Critiques Bush's Medicare Proposal
bulletMental Health Court Funding Grants
bulletNew Freedom Commission Subcommittee on Consumer Issues
bulletSenate Veterans' Affairs Committee Hearing
bulletFY 2003 Spending Legislation for Mental Illness Research
bulletU.S. Plans Homeless Initiative
bulletAnother Defeat for the ADA in Supreme Court
bulletBazelon Center Applauds President's Focus on Mental Health
bulletLifespan Respite Care Act of 2002
bulletMedicaid Managed Care Programs
bulletMental Health Parity Not Costly
bulletMental Health Parity Likely
bulletPresident Bush Names Appointments to White House Commission on Mental Health
bulletPsychiatric expert witnesses
bulletSenate Holds Hearing On IDEA - April, 2002
bulletSocial Security Claims Backlogged
bulletSupreme Court Narrows Disability Law
bulletVermont Takes Aim at Drug Companies
bulletCriminal Justice and Mental Health Consensus Project
bulletIn California's county jails, suicides are up sharply
bulletIowa Prison Very Slow in Addressing Mental Health Issues
bulletDepressed? What Makes You Ask?
bulletDrug Cocktails Out of Hand
bulletDr. David Healy Settles Lawsuit With University of Toronto
bulletFree Prozac in the Mail!
bulletNo Miracle Drug for Depression
bulletPsychotropic Drugs Over-prescribed in the West
bulletSocial factors 'cause ethnic schizophrenia'
bulletSSRI Warnings
bulletValium Addict Wins Legal Suit
bulletVirtual reality aid for schizophrenia
bulletNAMI Condemns CBS's 60 Minutes for Sound Bite Journalism
bulletNAMI California Election
bulletConsumers Protest E. Fuller Torrey's Invitation to Speak at the NAMI National Conference
bulletTreatment Advocacy Center Retraction
bulletDairy Ad Reference to Schizophrenia Altered after Public Outcry
bulletHollywood Stigma Buster
bulletNAMI Announces Global Partnership Initiative
bulletNewsletters
bulletInformation on Email Lists
bulletAccess Abilities Issue #2
bullet2002/newsletters/AccessAbilities2_files/filelist.xml
bulletAccess Abilities Issue #3
bulletAccess Abilities Issue #4
bullet2003/Newsletters/Winter/AccessAbilities4_files/filelist.xml
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