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Mental Health
Tragedies Underscore Crisis in U.S. Public Mental Health System: National Advocacy Organization Demands Reforms
December 21st, 2008
In the wake of the deaths of two persons in public psychiatric institutions - highlighting a pattern of abuse and neglect of those who have psychiatric disabilities - a national coalition of such individuals is calling on the incoming Obama administration and the nation's top mental health officials to institute widespread, substantive reforms in America's mental health treatment system. These would include raising standards and regulatory expectations, and identifying and funding pilot programs to demonstrate best practices in psychiatric emergency, inpatient and community-based care. The death of Steven Sabock, a 50-year-old man diagnosed with bipolar disorder who...
Source: Pharma Investments, Ventures & Law Weekly (2008-12-21)
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