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A bridge too far.(REEL LIFE)
Recently, for their monthly "Movie Night," our psychiatry residents chose to screen Eric Steel's 2006 production, "The Bridge," the first documentary, to my knowledge, that films suicidal acts as . . .

Inhalant info for teens.(FYI)
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration is making available a brochure that discusses inhalants. The brochure includes information on psychological risks and signs that may . . .

Drug Tx in minorities with HIV/AIDS.(FYI)
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration is accepting applications for up to 50 grants totaling $19.8 million for the fiscal year 2008 Targeted Capacity Expansion Program for . . .

FDA advisory committee meetings.(FYI)
The Food and Drug Administration, in order to implement a recommendation by the Institute of Medicine, has published in the Federal Register a tentative schedule of 2008 meetings of FDA . . .

Youth Mental Health Promotion grant.(FYI)
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration is in the process of accepting applications for a Technical Assistance Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention . . .

Clinical trial participation for seniors.(FYI)
NIHSeniorHealth, a Web site for older people, has added "Participating in Clinical Trials." This topic explains the importance of seniors' participation in trials and describes the types and phases . . .

Tool kits for reducing medical errors.(FYI)
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is offering an array of free online tool kits to help doctors, nurses, hospital managers, patients, and others reduce errors. The kits can be adapted . . .

Congress eyes Medicare Advantage pay for fee fix--again.(Practice Trends)
WASHINGTON -- With Congress scrambling to come up with the money to avert a physician fee cut scheduled for July, it appears once again that Medicare Advantage is being eyed as funding source by . . .

Similar drug names a growing cause of errors: U.S. Pharmacopeia seeks to add 'indication for use' on prescriptions, citing over
The soaring numbers of commonly used drugs with soundalike and look-alike names have prompted U.S. Pharmacopeia to ask physicians and pharmacists to include an "indication for use" . . .

Bush administration proposes Medicare reforms.(Practice Trends)
In response to a warning that the Medicare trust fund is in financial trouble, the Bush administration recently proposed legislation that would tie physician payments to quality, cap medical . . .

Sex and the psychiatric clinician.(THE ETHICAL WAY)
"Lord, what fools these mortals be!" --Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream It's April, the month of my favorite holiday: April Fool's Day. We are all foolish at times, whether at work . . .

Medicare's top 10 therapy classes in 2006.(DATA WATCH)
Medicare's Top 10 Therapy Classes in 2006 Percentage of all Part D prescriptions Antihypertensives 25.0 Lipid regulators 7.4 Antidepressants . . .

Latest figures put diabetes costs at $174 billion yearly.(Practice Trends)
WASHINGTON -- At least 24 million Americans have diabetes, which cost the nation $174 billion in direct and indirect expenditures in 2007, according to the American Diabetes Association. The ADA . . .

FDA would expand Promotion.(POLICY & PRACTICE)
The FDA last month proposed guidance to let drug and medical device makers distribute medical or scientific journal articles and reference publications on unapproved uses of their products. Drug . . .

Woodcock named CDER head.(POLICY & PRACTICE)
Dr. Janet Woodcock has been named director of the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. Dr. Woodcock, a rheumatologist, served as director of CDER in the 1990s . . .

Rx abuse worries Americans.(POLICY & PRACTICE)
Prescription drug abuse is as big a problem as illegal drug abuse, said respondents to a Wall Street Journal/Harris Interactive health care poll conducted in late February. Slightly less than half . . .

Suicide tops violence admissions.(POLICY & PRACTICE)
Suicide attempts and self-injury accounted for the greatest portion of violence-related treatment at hospitals in 2005, according to another AHRQ report, "Violence-Related Stays in U.S. Hospitals, . . .

MD mental health visits frequent.(POLICY & PRACTICE)
In 2005, Americans went to see a physician more often for depression and other mental health issues than for back problems, high blood pressure, and trauma-related reasons, according to the Agency . . .

Mental health parity progress.(POLICY & PRACTICE)
The House of Representatives last month passed its version of a bill that would put mental health coverage on equal footing with benefits for physical conditions. The Paul Wellstone Mental Health . . .

Health care spending projected to reach $4.3 trillion by 2017.(Practice Trends)
Health care spending in the United States is projected to consume nearly 20% of the gross domestic product by 2017, according to estimates from economists at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid . . .

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