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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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Comprehensive Mental Health Parity Legislation
Mental Health Weekly article at Medscape - "Legislation to enact comprehensive mental health parity officially landed in the 108th Congress last week, marking yet another attempt to bring mental health insurance coverage more in line with medical and surgical coverage." [Viewing Medscape resources requires registration, which is free].  
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Mental health facilities' new funding just a 'drop in the bucket' (South Carolina)
Greenville Online story - "Four community mental health centers around the state will share nearly $400,000 to provide crisis intervention services to mentally ill people who have substance abuse problems. The state hopes the funds will take some of the pressure off hospital emergency rooms and jails, where mentally ill patients have been warehoused with increasing frequency because of budget cuts and the reduction of psychiatric beds."  
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Closing gets closer for mental health center (Nebraska)
Story in the Omaha World Herald on Omaha's Richard Young Center, which stopped admitting psychiatric patients Monday and is on schedule to close April 1.  
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