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MENTAL HEALTH

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Reports

• Surgeon General's Report
  Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General, is the first Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health. His report asserts that mental illness is a critical public health problem that must be addressed by the Nation.

• Director's Report to the National Advisory Mental Health Council
  Includes summaries and direct links to government documents on the following topics: the White House Conference on Medications in Children, First NIMH Research Strategic Plan Published, NIMH Mental Health Forum - Chicago, Health Disparities Strategic Research Plan, NIMH Constituency Outreach and Education Program, NIMH Office of Diversity and Employee Advocacy Programs and the 40th Annual NCDEU (New Clinical Drug Evaluation Unit) Meeting.

• The Department of Health and Human Services on Mental Health
  This report on mental helath addressed courses of action including building the science base, overcoming stigma, improving public awareness of effective treatment, ensuring the supply of services and providers, and improving various treatment issues. The report also focuses on the connection between mental health and physical health, barriers to receiving mental health treatment, and the specific mental health issues of children, adults and the elderly.

• Surgeon General's Report on Children's Mental Health
  According to the report, the nation is facing a public crisis in the mental health of children and adolescents. The National Action Agenda outlines goals and strategies to improve the services for children and adolescents with mental health disorders.

Research

• Documents Center
  This site presents "Documents in the News: Current Events Research" which discusses government issues, including mental health issues, that make news headlines and web sources with additional information.

• Mental Health Information Fax Line
  An automated fax-on-demand system providing information on National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) research, funding opportunities, and mental illnesses. Information can now be obtained on NIMH announcements and publications from this service, which operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

• Guidelines on the Inclusion of Women and Minorities as Subjects in Clinical Research
  NIH's policy on the inclusion of women and minorities as subjects in clinical research

• A Research Strategic Plan for the National Institute of Mental Health 2000-01
  This document presents NIMH's research plans for mental health and mental illness in the areas of understanding, treatment and prevention.

Specific Disorders and Populations

• From Neurons To Neighborhoods: The Science of Early Childhood Development
  On-Line book by the National Research Council and the Institute of Medicine dealing with the impact of both biology and the environment on childhood behavior.

• Charting the Mental Health Status and Service Needs of Children
  A report from the UNOCCAP Oversight Board to the National Advisory Mental Health Council.

• NIMH Panic Disorder Consensus Statement
  This report from NIMH disucsses panic disorders and their Epidemiology, History, Course, Diagnosis, Current Treatments, Adverse Effects of Treatments, and Questions for Future Research.

• NIMH Fact Sheet on Research on Depression
  Discussion topies in this report include Symptoms and Types of Depression, Research for Treatment, Genetics Research, Stress and Depression, Brain Imaging, Hormonal Abnormalities, Co-occurrence of Depression and Anxiety Disorders, Depression Across the Life Span, Treatment and Future Research.

Prevention

• Plan for Prevention Research
  This report to the National Advisory Mental Health Council presents an integration and summary of the conclusions and recommendations concerned with advancing the scientific agenda for research on the prevention of mental disorders. The report constitutes a national agenda for research efforts aimed at the prevention of the full spectrum of mental disorders and represents the culmination of more than five years of scientific investigation and review. Report must be ordered.

• Healthy People 2010
  Healthy People is a national health promotion and disease prevention initiative that brings together government agencies, professional organizations, businesses, communities and individuals to improve the health of all Americans. Healthy People 2010 builds on initiatives pursued over the past two decades.

Parity Issues

• Insurance Parity for Mental Health
  Insurance Parity for Mental Health: Cost, Access and Quality. Final Report to Congressby the National Advisory Mental Health Council.

• Mental Health and Substance Abuse Parity
  A memorandum for personnel directors of executive departments and agencies from the director, Janice R. Lachance, regarding mental health and substance abuse parity implementation in the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program.

• National Institute on Aging
  Strategic Plan To Address Health Disparities Fiscal Years 2000 - 2005 focusing on reducing health disparities.

• National Institute on Drub Abuse
  Strategic plan for the National Institute on Drug Abuse focusing on reducing health disparities.

• National Institute of Child Health and Development
  Strategic plan for the National Institute of Child Health and Development focusing on reducing health disparities.

• Department of Health and Human Services
  Department of Health and Human Services: Initiative to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in health.

• American Public Health Association/Health and Human Services
  Campaign to eliminate racial and ethnic health disparities.

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These resources lists are being compiled by Christine Tubiak, working with Paul Grobstein, Department of Biology, and James Martin, School of Social Work and Social Research, at Bryn Mawr College. Suggestions for additions to the list are welcome, as are more general thoughts about how to most effectively make available information, and promote conversation, about issues of mental health. Contact ctubiak@brynmawr.edu - pgrobste@brynmawr.edu - jmartin@brynmawr.edu.


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