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Public Health News Roundup: May 17
May 17, 2013 | New Public Health Post
Headlines include: Psychiatrist "Bible" Gets a Numeric Overhaul Most Adults Enforce Smoke-Free Rules in Homes, Cars Living Near Fast-Food Outlets Might Boost Obesity Risk
Unraveling the Impact of Social Environments on the Health of Lesbians, Gays, and Bisexuals
May 1, 2013 | Story
As a Health & Society Scholar, clinical psychologist Mark L. Hatzenbuehler, PhD, studied the effect of (1) social environments on suicide attempts by lesbian, gay, and bisexual teens, and (2) same-sex marriage laws on health care use and costs.
Independent Review of Social and Population Variation in Mental Health Could Improve Diagnosis in DSM Revisions
May 1, 2013 | Journal Article
At stake in the May 2013 publication of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), are billions of dollars in insurance payments and government resources.
Better Futures Minnesota Helps Turn Lives Around
April 19, 2013 | Program Result Report
Better Futures Minnesota provides an integrated package of housing, employment, health care, and community support to men with a history of substance abuse, mental illness, chronic unemployment, incarceration, and homelessness.
Making the Commitment to Turn Their Lives Around
April 19, 2013 | Program Result Report
Formerly incarcerated men, most of them Black, are drawing on the package of housing, employment and support services provided by Better Futures Minnesota in the Twin Cities to help turn their lives around. Some of the men tell their stories here.
Cleveland Ladder to Leadership Fellow Embraces the Chance to Study Leadership - Not Just "Let It Happen"
April 10, 2013 | Story
A clinical supervisor at a center for troubled children near Cleveland, Habeebah Rasheed Grimes figured out her next career move after participating in Ladder to Leadership, designed to build the capacity of nonprofits serving vulnerable populations.
How Can Early Treatment of Serious Mental Illness Improve Lives and Save Money?
March 26, 2013 | Issue Brief
Early treatment and intervention for mental illness can improve lives and lower related health care costs.
Locating Family Mental Health Services in Shopping Malls and Schools
March 25, 2013 | Program Result Report
The UCLA Family Commons is a new model of preventive mental health care that provides nonstigmatized, cost-effective education and coaching to help families with children from infancy to adolescence address common childhood issues.
Upcoming Webinar: Transitional Care Model for Persons with Serious Mental Illness
March 22, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
RWJF Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative grantees will present their research translating a transitional care nursing intervention for people with serious mental illness for patients in public managed care on March 27, 2013.
Do Parent Perceptions Predict Continuity of Publicly Funded Care for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder?
March 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Parent perceptions of care did not predict whether or not their child stayed in treatment for ADHD.