The Bend Bulletin, April 30, 2015 Back to the drawing board for mental health advocates in Oregon. State Medicaid programs have struggled for years to tackle the high and often inappropriate prescribing of psychotropic — mental health — drugs to clients, who tend to experience higher rates of mental health conditions than the general population. […]
Oregon’s struggle with psychotropic drug overprescribing – Bend Bulletin, April 30, 2015 Back to the drawing board for mental health advocates in Oregon State Medicaid programs have struggled for years to tackle the high and often inappropriate prescribing of psychotropic — mental health — drugs to clients, who tend to experience higher rates of mental […]
By Allison Bond Kotru, Reuters, Oct. 31, 2013 Nearly one-third of U.S. veterans who are given psychiatric medications by their doctors do not have a diagnosed mental health problem, according to a new study. READ – Abstract of study, in American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry Older vets between ages 65 and 85 were the ones […]
By Barry Meier, The New York Times, August 1, 2013 As doctors try to ensure their patients do not abuse prescription drugs, they are relying more and more on sophisticated urine-screening tests to learn which drugs patients are taking and — just as important — which ones they’re not. The result has been a boom […]
Here’s the July 2011 edition of Eyes & Ears, a mental health consumer run newsletter for consumers, their friends & family and mental health professionals. Download and read the July 2011 issue at: Online Reading Version of Eyes & Ears – with links Full article version of Eyes & Ears – for printing Contact the […]
From AP.com, October 7 2008 Eli Lilly & Co. said Tuesday it will pay $62 million to resolve investigations into the marketing and promotion of its antipsychotic drug Zyprexa in 32 states and Washington, D.C. The payments will be divided between the states that were investigating the company, and Lilly said it will take a […]
This proposal for a Multnomah County Atypical Anti-psychotic Medication Project (AAMP) is being submitted in response to the Mental Health and Developmental Disability Services Division’s (MHDDSD) Request for Plan Amendment Proposals to the 1999-2001 County Biennial Plan for Mental Health Services, dated February 15, 2000. A. Qualification of Proposer and Organization Type of organization: This […]
From The Oregonian, June 20, 1999 – not available elsewhere online [Eds. Note: One informant for this story asked politely to have this story removed from the MHAP site. It’s an important story so we agreed to redact the name.] Three Oregonians who have manic depressive illness find that dedicated therapists and proper medications are […]
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