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White House announces push to combat growing heroin epidemic
By MARY ANN TOMAN-MILLER The White House is zeroing in on the growing heroin epidemic, announcing federal funding Monday to combat use of the drug with a focus on both public health and safety. About $2.5 million from President Obama's anti-drug programs will target heroin abuse in New England, Appalachia and East Coast cities, and $1.3... read more
(ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA) Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today introduced sweeping criminal justice reform legislation aimed at reducing mass incarceration of people with mental illness. The Mental Health and Safe Communities Act would expand federally proven programs aimed at providing treatment for people with mental illness before they become involved in confrontations with law enforcement, a strategy long... read more
By Kyle Harvey, Eyewitness News Jul 28, 2015 BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) – The Board of Supervisors Tuesday made Kern the ninth county in California to adopt Laura’s Law, a bill aimed at increasing mental health care for potentially high-risk patients who refuse treatment. Laura’s Law, authored by Assemblywoman Helen Thomson (D-Davis), passed the state legislature... read more
Hear SDPS Past President Steven Ornish, MD on KPBS discussing the Colorado theater shooting trial
Click here for the full interview: https://www.kpbs.org/news/2015/jul/15/jurors-start-deliberating-colorado-theater-shootin/
APA acted to correct a significant inaccuracy in an editorial in yesterday’s New York Timesabout the American Psychological Association and its policies regarding the involvement of psychologists in the use of torture in the war on terror. The Times corrected the error. The editorial, titled “Psychologists Who Greenlighted Torture (July 10),” followed an article by Times reporter... read more
The long-term effects of being bullied by other kids are worse than being abused by an adult, new research shows. Among a large group of children in England, those who were bullied were 60% more likely to have mental health problems as adults than were those who suffered physical, emotional or sexual abuse. And among... read more
ARLINGTON, Va., July 1, 2015 — Several new specialty care programs are improving the mental health of people with schizophrenia through comprehensive and aggressive treatment in the earliest stages of illness. These efforts are described in a special section in the July issue of Psychiatric Services. Schizophrenia is a serious mental illness affecting roughly 1 percent... read more
By ADAM LIPTAK JUNE 25, 2015 WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that President Obama’s health care law allows the government to provide nationwide tax subsidies to help poor and middle-class people buy health insurance, a sweeping vindication that endorsed the larger purpose of Mr. Obama’s signature legislative achievement. The 6-to-3 ruling means that it is all... read more
Early, Consistent Exposure to Psychiatry Attracts More Medical Students to the Field Mark Moran, 02 June 2015 by Mark Moran The concept of “no health without mental health” is codified into the entire medical school curriculum at Florida International University, where psychiatry is taught as integral to quality medical care in all clinical rotations. At... read more
The Secret Sadness of Pregnancy With Depression
Women often fear taking the antidepressants they rely on. But not treating their mental illness can be just as dangerous. By ANDREW SOLOMON MAY 28, 2015 At the beginning of spring in 2013, Mary Guest, a lively, accomplished 37-yearold woman, fell in love, became pregnant and married after a short courtship. At the time, Mary... read more