July 02, 2010
Kennedy Says Addiction Treatment In The US Is Lacking.
CQ HealthBeat (6/24, Reichard) reports, "With federal officials nodding in agreement, a visibly angry and distressed Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy of Rhode Island on Wednesday slammed the way addictions are treated in the United States."
During "a House subcommittee hearing, Kennedy called even the programs with the finest reputations 'losers' because they treat people away from their communities and lack a consistent way of tracking behavior and keeping patients 'on the wagon' when they get back home." Kennedy "also dismissed as misplaced an entreaty by witness Nora D. Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, that incentives be created for pharmaceutical companies to develop treatments to counter addiction."
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May 02, 2007
Psychiatry-Related Websites
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Psychiatry and Related Fields
- American Psychiatric Association
- Maryland Psychiatric Society
- National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
- National Mental Health Association
- Maryland Mental Health Online
- Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygeine
- Maryland Board of Physicians (State medical licensing board)
- Mental Health Statistics
- APA Responds to Tom Cruise's Anti-Psychiatry Remarks (PDF File)
- Let's Talk Facts page at the HealthyMinds.org
- President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health: "Achieving the Promise: Transforming Mental Health Care in America"
- DepressionIsReal.org *NEW*
Help With Your Medical Insurance
School Shootings and Related Violence
- Psychology of the School Shootings *NEW*
- Student Violence in America's Schools *NEW*
- Warning Signs of Youth Violence *NEW*
- Youth Violence: A Report of the Surgeon General
Public Information about Psychoanalysis
Drug and Alcohol Abuse
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
- PREVLINE: Prevention Online, SAMHSA
Workplace and Mental Health Initiatives
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