http://www.miwatch.org/ News About Mental Illness en Copyright 2010 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:00:46 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss MIWatchhttp://feedburner.google.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with Pageflakes Read more on the website of Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality about antipsychotic medicines that were used to control "behavioral symptoms of dementia, such as agitation, irritability, and aggression. This was despite an FDA warning in 2005 that antipsychotic use is associated with an increased risk for death."...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MIWatch/~4/DndtFQA9zZw" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MIWatch/~3/DndtFQA9zZw/one-in-four_nursing_homes_resi.html http://www.miwatch.org/2010/03/one-in-four_nursing_homes_resi.html Did You Know Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:00:46 -0500 http://www.miwatch.org/2010/03/one-in-four_nursing_homes_resi.html <form mt:asset-id="298" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><img alt="risperdal.jpg" src="http://www.miwatch.org/pharma/risperdal.jpg" width="116" height="154" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" /></form><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=ag4Ya8UOIob0&pos=13"><em>Bloomberg News</em> obtained </a> company documents in a Louisiana trial seeking reimbursement of public funds paid to Johnson and Johnson for Risperdal. The drug was initially marketed to treat schizophrenia but its reach expanded. . .<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MIWatch/~4/vt5VsEfSlQ0" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MIWatch/~3/vt5VsEfSlQ0/move_over_zyprexa_seroquel_her.html http://www.miwatch.org/2010/03/move_over_zyprexa_seroquel_her.html News children elderly FDA investigation legal pharmaceutical schizophrenia Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:20:56 -0500 http://www.miwatch.org/2010/03/move_over_zyprexa_seroquel_her.html <form mt:asset-id="296" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Worldglobe(istock).jpg" src="http://www.miwatch.org/locations/Worldglobe%28istock%29.jpg" width="144" height="155" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" /></form<a href="http://psychservices.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/61/3/217"><em>Psychiatric Services</em></a> devotes the March issue to how the rest of the world grapples with treatment and consequences of mental illnesses. Topics span a broad range, from the public health response in <a href="http://ps.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/ps;61/3/241">Israel,</a> where schools played "a significant role" for adolescents with an emotional or behavioral problem, to <a href="http://ps.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/ps;61/3/222">programs in Russia</a> where people with mental illness are likely to be excluded from services.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MIWatch/~4/7lHGVH2eOK8" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MIWatch/~3/7lHGVH2eOK8/international_focus_on_psychia.html http://www.miwatch.org/2010/03/international_focus_on_psychia.html News diagnosis services therapies Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:50:58 -0500 http://www.miwatch.org/2010/03/international_focus_on_psychia.html The APA announces $10,000 competitive awards "to recognize and publicize national models of creative service delivery." Information available here....<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MIWatch/~4/r7gDH08v1Pk" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MIWatch/~3/r7gDH08v1Pk/april_6_psychiatric_associatio.html http://www.miwatch.org/2010/03/april_6_psychiatric_associatio.html Upcoming Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:04:01 -0500 http://www.miwatch.org/2010/03/april_6_psychiatric_associatio.html SAMHSA hosts the third and final webinar on shared decision making. Register here. Archives of the two previous webinars are also available....<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MIWatch/~4/L3Lx95CH0LY" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MIWatch/~3/L3Lx95CH0LY/april_8_webinar_free_shared_de.html http://www.miwatch.org/2010/03/april_8_webinar_free_shared_de.html Upcoming Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:14:17 -0500 http://www.miwatch.org/2010/03/april_8_webinar_free_shared_de.html "Last month, France became the first country in the world to remove transsexualism from its official list of mental disorders," writes Gaëlle Faure in Time Magazine. Read more....<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MIWatch/~4/WfZ3mZPZ7Yc" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MIWatch/~3/WfZ3mZPZ7Yc/france_dropped_transsexuality.html http://www.miwatch.org/2010/03/france_dropped_transsexuality.html Did You Know diagnosis Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:51:44 -0500 http://www.miwatch.org/2010/03/france_dropped_transsexuality.html <form mt:asset-id="291" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><img alt="binocularsistock copy.jpg" src="http://www.miwatch.org/people/binocularsistock%20copy.jpg" width="70" height="100" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" /></form>Seroquel watchers have been reporting on the New Jersey trial of AstraZeneca, alleged to have had prior knowledge of side effects of Seroquel causing excessive weight gain leading to diabetes, and heart disease. Internet coverage includes. . .<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MIWatch/~4/G7Ct6SWwa5Y" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MIWatch/~3/G7Ct6SWwa5Y/trial_over_seroquel_side_effects_continues.html http://www.miwatch.org/2010/03/trial_over_seroquel_side_effects_continues.html News legal medication pharmaceutical Seroquel Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:34:49 -0500 http://www.miwatch.org/2010/03/trial_over_seroquel_side_effects_continues.html <form mt:asset-id="290" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><img alt="paritybalance(istock).jpg" src="http://www.miwatch.org/ideas_personified/paritybalance%28istock%29.jpg" width="200" height="123" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" /></form>Equal payments for mental health services, parity for shorthand, kicked in on Jan. 1 and some people are beginning to see the effects even before the entire set of regulations go are released in July.. .<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MIWatch/~4/Ca505SwikeY" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MIWatch/~3/Ca505SwikeY/benefits_of_parity_law_showing.html http://www.miwatch.org/2010/03/benefits_of_parity_law_showing.html News addiction insurance parity reform Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:12:05 -0500 http://www.miwatch.org/2010/03/benefits_of_parity_law_showing.html A New York <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/02/nyregion/02mental.html">judge ruled</a> that adult homes are unacceptable when it comes to finding the least restrictive housing for people with a mental illness. Within four years all current residents must be afforded a placement . . .<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MIWatch/~4/wddl60OeYzk" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MIWatch/~3/wddl60OeYzk/judge_scolds_ny_adult_homes_un.html http://www.miwatch.org/2010/03/judge_scolds_ny_adult_homes_un.html News advocacy community programs housing legal Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:19:59 -0500 http://www.miwatch.org/2010/03/judge_scolds_ny_adult_homes_un.html <form mt:asset-id="68" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><img alt="zyprexa.jpeg" src="http://www.miwatch.org/medicines/zyprexa.jpeg" width="96" height="96" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" /></form>Eli Lilly joins the list of companies with CEO's earning hefty compensation this year. John Lechleiter's earning package for 2009 was reported at <a href="http://">$20.9 million,</a> . . .<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MIWatch/~4/mNn9QF1I3Gc" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MIWatch/~3/mNn9QF1I3Gc/zyprexa_law_suits_add_up_while.html http://www.miwatch.org/2010/03/zyprexa_law_suits_add_up_while.html News legal Zyprexa Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:18:17 -0500 http://www.miwatch.org/2010/03/zyprexa_law_suits_add_up_while.html <form mt:asset-id="287" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Filner.jpg" src="http://www.miwatch.org/politicians/Filner.jpg" width="73" height="102" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" /></form>Calling PTSD and Traumatic brain injury "the signature wounds of the current war in Iraq and Afghanistan," said Rep. Bob Filner who opened <a href="http://veterans.house.gov/hearings/hearing.aspx?NewsID=525">House committee hearings</a> about military suicides. . .<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MIWatch/~4/QSZ-yom0FVg" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MIWatch/~3/QSZ-yom0FVg/witnesses_spar_at_hearings_over_anti-depressant_--_suicide_risks.html http://www.miwatch.org/2010/02/witnesses_spar_at_hearings_over_anti-depressant_--_suicide_risks.html News depression medication military PTSD suicide Veterans Affairs Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:31:04 -0500 http://www.miwatch.org/2010/02/witnesses_spar_at_hearings_over_anti-depressant_--_suicide_risks.html Continuing their efforts to end discrimination in Medicare coverage for mental health, Sens. John Kerry (D-MA) and Olympia Snowe (R-MAINE) <a href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s111-3028">introduced a bill (S 3028) to end the 190-day lifetime cap</a> on psychiatric hospitalization. . .<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MIWatch/~4/mxewEgQ9nw4" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MIWatch/~3/mxewEgQ9nw4/ending_medicare_hospital_cap.html http://www.miwatch.org/2010/02/ending_medicare_hospital_cap.html News Track Legislation elderly hospitals Medicare Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:03:39 -0500 http://www.miwatch.org/2010/02/ending_medicare_hospital_cap.html Pharmaceutical houses spent $1.5 billion to advertise and promote ten psychiatric medicines in 2005. Direct-to-consumer advertising is a $4 billion activity permitted only in the United States and New Zealand, and studies indicate a spike in the number of prescriptions written. MIWatch is asking readers about the impact of these ads on their behavior. Let us know in the attached poll whether you've asked your doctor to try something new after seeing an ad....<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MIWatch/~4/elsanHyDFrk" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MIWatch/~3/elsanHyDFrk/have_you_ever_asked_for_a_chan.html http://www.miwatch.org/2010/02/have_you_ever_asked_for_a_chan.html Polls Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:11:16 -0500 http://www.miwatch.org/2010/02/have_you_ever_asked_for_a_chan.html . . .evidence vs. spin<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MIWatch/~4/fMjl71iEiiY" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MIWatch/~3/fMjl71iEiiY/a_trial_and_an_ad_featuring_se.html http://www.miwatch.org/2010/02/a_trial_and_an_ad_featuring_se.html Consider This anxiety disorders bipolar disorder legal medication pharmaceutical psychiatry schizophrenia Seroquel Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:53:20 -0500 http://www.miwatch.org/2010/02/a_trial_and_an_ad_featuring_se.html <form mt:asset-id="284" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Blooddraw(istock) copy.jpg" src="http://www.miwatch.org/people/Blooddraw%28istock%29%20copy.jpg" width="180" height="134" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" /></form>Medicaid patients taking second generation anti-psychotic drugs (SGA) didn't get adequate screening for baseline serum glucose and lipids. . .<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MIWatch/~4/lK6gJUXNtYM" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MIWatch/~3/lK6gJUXNtYM/screening_absent_for_medicaid_patients_with_psychiatric_diagnosis.html http://www.miwatch.org/2010/02/screening_absent_for_medicaid_patients_with_psychiatric_diagnosis.html News chronic illness Medicaid medication Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:25:56 -0500 http://www.miwatch.org/2010/02/screening_absent_for_medicaid_patients_with_psychiatric_diagnosis.html