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Alcohol, substance abuse doubles suicide risk in bipolar disorder

Patients with bipolar disorder and comorbid alcohol and substance use disorders are twice as likely to attempt suicide as those without such comorbidity, results of a systematic review and meta-analysis show.

16 Jun 2014

State highlights: Minn.'s uninsured rate drops to 4.1%; mental health care changes in Maryland, Colorado

A selection of health policy stories from Minnesota, Maryland, Colorado, New York, California, Washington state, Michigan and Massachusetts.

13 Jun 2014

First Edition: June 12, 2014

Today's headlines include stories examining how Eric Cantor's primary defeat will change the House GOP leadership and the Republican strategy to replace the health law.

12 Jun 2014

Recover programs are expensive and hard to find for addicted teens

Families often struggle to get help for children with addiction problems. Also, a new study finds that young adults are making strong use of hospital care for mental health issues.

12 Jun 2014

Mass. to spend $20 million to combat opioid use

Governor Deval Patrick announced the plan Tuesday that will also team with five other New England states to upgrade treatment and expand coverage abuse of the drugs.

12 Jun 2014

RBCC's injectable technology poised to improve use of addiction treatment drug

Rainbow Coral Corp. received a boost recently when researchers reported that a medication that could help tens of thousands of alcoholics quit drinking are underused.

11 Jun 2014

Helix Healthcare Group offers individualized treatment for substance abuse, addiction, mental health issues

Helix Healthcare Group is the first integrated facility in Canada to offer a highly individualized approach in the treatment of substance abuse, addiction and mental health issues.

11 Jun 2014

State highlights: Mass. near 0 percent uninsured; Ga. scraps Medicaid contract bidding; states turn to public health issues

When Massachusetts passed its landmark health coverage law under Gov. Mitt Romney in 2006, no one claimed the state would get to zero, as in 0 percent of residents who are uninsured. But numbers out today suggest Massachusetts is very close. Between December 2013 and March of this year, when the federal government was urging people to enroll, the number of Massachusetts residents signed up for health coverage increased by more than 215,000. If that number holds, the percentage of Massachusetts residents who do not have coverage has dropped to less than 1 percent (Bebinger, 6/9).

11 Jun 2014

Children of parents with BD are at greater risk of developing psychiatric disorders

Bipolar disorder (BD) is among the 10 most burdensome medical conditions, according to the World Health Organization. The disorder is known for its dramatic highs of extreme euphoria, racing thoughts and decreased need for sleep, as well as its profound lows of sadness and despair.

11 Jun 2014

School prevention program can dramatically cut teen cigarette smoking in Italy

Results from a new multi-year initiative provide further evidence that a school prevention program called Botvin LifeSkills Training (LST) can dramatically cut teen cigarette smoking. After identifying LST as the top-rated prevention program, researchers in Italy translated the LST program into Italian and adapted it for Italian youth.

10 Jun 2014

Feds propose easing privacy restrictions on patients' drug treatment information

Federal officials are proposing to ease 40-year-old restrictions on the release of information about patients' drug- and alcohol-abuse treatment, so their electronic medical records can be more easily used and shared.

6 Jun 2014

Suicide risk factors are not generalisable

Canadian researchers have identified differences in suicide risk factors between people with and without bipolar disorder, highlighting the hazard of generalising suicide risk factors to all populations.

5 Jun 2014

Canadian invasive pneumococcal disease outbreak characterised

Canadian scientists have reported details of an outbreak of serotype 12F invasive pneumococcal disease that occurred in Winnipeg between 2009 and 2011 and predominantly affected people who were homeless and/or engaged in illegal drug use.

5 Jun 2014

Predictive factors ‘raise suspicion’ for emergence of bipolar disorder

Researchers have identified seven factors that predict which patients initially diagnosed with depression will later meet the diagnostic criteria for bipolar disorder.

5 Jun 2014

Citing patient danger, Minn. takes over nursing home

The state health department says it took over the Camden Care Center because of serious violations that endangered patients and a high number of regulatory violations.

5 Jun 2014

Article introduces set of proposed standards for research on cLBP

Standardized research methods are needed to make greater progress toward reducing the high burden and costs of chronic low back pain (cLBP), according to a Task Force report in the June 15 issue of Spine.

4 Jun 2014

State highlights: Mo.'s declining Medicaid caseload; N.C. budget would cut Medicaid rolls; Calif. paid sick leave

Missouri is seeing a bigger decline in its Medicaid rolls than nearly any other state, a ranking that the Nixon administration attributes to an improving economy and critics blame on application snafus.

31 May 2014

People affected by disorders of compulsivity share common pattern of decision making and brain structure

People affected by binge eating, substance abuse and obsessive compulsive disorder all share a common pattern of decision making and similarities in brain structure, according to new research from the University of Cambridge.

30 May 2014

Viewpoints: Who is responsible for mentally-ill shooters?; privatizing VA floated to fix problems

Mass killers like Elliot Rodger teach society all the wrong lessons about the connection between violence, mental illness and guns - and what we should do about it.

29 May 2014

State highlights: Calif. tables immigrant health care bill; new La. hospital financing plan; Calif. insurance commissioner powers

Nearly 200 proposals were shelved in the Legislature on Friday, including controversial measures that would have provided health care coverage to people in the country illegally, imposed a tax on oil drilled from the ground and created a voluntary substance-abuse counseling program for doctors (McGreevy and Mason, 5/23).

28 May 2014

Substance Abuse News and Research

Alcohol, substance abuse doubles suicide risk in bipolar disorder

State highlights: Minn.'s uninsured rate drops to 4.1%; mental health care changes in Maryland, Colorado

First Edition: June 12, 2014

Recover programs are expensive and hard to find for addicted teens

Mass. to spend $20 million to combat opioid use

RBCC's injectable technology poised to improve use of addiction treatment drug

Helix Healthcare Group offers individualized treatment for substance abuse, addiction, mental health issues

State highlights: Mass. near 0 percent uninsured; Ga. scraps Medicaid contract bidding; states turn to public health issues

Children of parents with BD are at greater risk of developing psychiatric disorders

School prevention program can dramatically cut teen cigarette smoking in Italy

Feds propose easing privacy restrictions on patients' drug treatment information

Suicide risk factors are not generalisable

Canadian invasive pneumococcal disease outbreak characterised

Predictive factors ‘raise suspicion’ for emergence of bipolar disorder

Citing patient danger, Minn. takes over nursing home

Article introduces set of proposed standards for research on cLBP

State highlights: Mo.'s declining Medicaid caseload; N.C. budget would cut Medicaid rolls; Calif. paid sick leave

People affected by disorders of compulsivity share common pattern of decision making and brain structure

Viewpoints: Who is responsible for mentally-ill shooters?; privatizing VA floated to fix problems

State highlights: Calif. tables immigrant health care bill; new La. hospital financing plan; Calif. insurance commissioner powers

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