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08/20/08
Boston University: Recovery Model Through ‘Innovations Institute’
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"The conventional psychiatric model of “mental illnesses” as incurable biological disorders requiring lifetime medical management is undergoing a paradigm shift - away from hopelessness, and toward recovery.
This new model is built on the foundation of peer support, and consumer-based advocacy, with a focus on system transformation. It is no small change; its time has come."
Discover and Recover (Boston University), Aug. 19, 2008 READ ARTICLE
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08/20/08
‘Natural News’: Fascinating Article on the Benefits of Exercise
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"We’ve all heard about the benefits of exercise for our hearts and to reduce cholesterol, but what about for happiness, improving intelligence and memory as well as for alleviating addiction, stress and aggression."
Natural News (reported in Boston University's "Discover and Recover," Aug. 18, 2008) READ ARTICLE
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08/11/08
‘Economic Turmoil’ Takes Mental Health Toll on CEOs
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"A program that has gained attention in executive circles for combining psychiatric services, coaching and other holistic programs has been helping San Diego executives deal with the kinds of troubles they’re not likely to talk about in a boardroom."
San Diego Business Journal, August 11, 2008 READ ARTICLE
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08/06/08
Brain Pathway Yields Clues to Cigarette Addiction
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"New insight into how the brain processes the rewarding and addictive properties of nicotine sheds light on why some people seem to become addicted once they have their first cigarette, say Canadian researchers."
HealthDay News, Tuesday, August 5, 2008 READ ARTICLE
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08/06/08
Fewer Psychiatrists Providing Psychotherapy
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"Fewer office-based psychiatrists are personally offering psychotherapy to their patients according to an article released on August 4, 2008 in Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals."
from "Medical News Today," August 6, 2008 READ ARTICLE
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07/10/08
A leap in mental care for children
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"IN THE 31 years since I chaired the first presidential commission on mental health, medical science has made significant strides in the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of mental illnesses. "
By Rosalynn Carter, The Boston Globe, July 10, 2008 READ ARTICLE
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06/23/08
close to an agreement on mental illness insurance parity legislation
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"As the NAMI Policy Staff has been reporting, we are now very close to an agreement on mental illness insurance parity legislation. . . . With this important debate looming, NAMI’s allies in Congress are asking us to come forward with personal stories of how insurance discrimination has impacted consumers and families. "
by Sue Abderholden, NAMI MN, Public Policy Update, June 22, 2008 READ ARTICLE
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06/18/08
School’s Out! Help Your Kids Maintain Healthy Sleep Schedules This Summer
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"The National Sleep Foundation provides two thorough sections - Children and Sleep and Teens and Sleep - that are designed help you better recognize your child’s need for sleep, better understand sleep problems with children, and even sleep’s relation to your child’s mental health, as well as Sleep for Kids, a Web site geared toward helping children understand the importance of sleep, and Fast Sleep Facts, which provides some tips on how to get better sleep."
by Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader, B5Media, June 17, 2008 READ ARTICLE
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06/18/08
Mental health “services” involve much more than prescribing pills
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“'One of the biggest challenges for those with mental health problems is accessing services,' said Ed Eide, executive director of the Mental Health Association of Minnesota. 'The Mental Health Initiative, passed during the 2007 Legislature, was an important step for getting resources to the people that need them,' Eide said."
by Dennis Geisinger, Southside Pride, June 18, 2008 READ ARTICLE
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06/11/08
Report Finds Schizophrenia Twice as Common as HIV/AIDS
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"Twice as many Americans live with schizophrenia than with HIV/AIDS, but a major report by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) reveals most Americans are unfamiliar with the disease."
PR Web Press Release News Wire, June 11, 2008 READ ARTICLE
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