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Monday, March 14, 2011

amednews: How Charlie Sheen's meltdown could affect patient care :: March 14, 2011 ... American Medical News

Occasionally, news reports of out-of-control celebrities spur an increase in interest and admissions as more people seek treatment, said Robert R. Johnson, DO, medical director of Sierra Tucson, an addiction and mental health treatment center in Tucson, Ariz.

But celebrities who have gone public about their treatment have the most positive impact encouraging others to seek help. Some examples are Betty Ford's battle with alcoholism and drug dependency and Patty Duke's honesty about her bipolar disorder, he said.

"When people in the public eye own [up to] their struggles with depression, mood cycling or substance abuse, it has led to both heightened awareness and a greater openness for treatment within the general public," Dr. Johnson said.

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Friday, March 11, 2011

Stanton Peele: Why We Should Give Serious Thought to Wet Shelters for Homeless Alcoholics

On the one hand, young people shouldn't act addicted -- because it can become a lifelong habit. On the other, we shouldn't regard young people as lifetime addicts due to their current situations (think Drew Barrymore); this is a horrible mistake that is more likely to exacerbate and prolong their problems (cf. Lindsay Lohan).

At the other end of the life cycle, there are people not likely to quit drinking et al. any time soon.

And what do we do about them? We can harangue them to join AA, go to the Salvation Army, and straighten up and fly right.

But here's another way of dealing with "incorrigibles":

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Thursday, February 24, 2011

Support needed to help nurses tackle substance abuse | Research News @ Vanderbilt | Vanderbilt University

by Kathy Rivers | Posted on Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011 — 2:34 PM

An estimated 10 percent to 20 percent of nurses and nursing students in the United States may have substance abuse, misuse, dependency or addiction problems.

Todd Monroe (Vanderbilt)

The key to tackling this difficult issue — and protecting public safety — is support and treatment rather than punishment, according to a recent paper in the Journal of Clinical Nursing by Todd Monroe, a post-doctoral fellow at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, and colleagues at the University of Tennessee.

“Doctors and nurses are only human and face the same problems as everyone else, which can include chemical dependency,” said Monroe.

Researchers have recommended six key points that could be built into alternative-to-discipline strategies after reviewing the latest research and professional guidance from the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and the United Kingdom.

Benefits of alternative-to-discipline

The researchers said ATD programs provide greater patient safety, as they enable managers to remove nurses from the work environment quickly, unlike traditional disciplinary procedures that can take months, if not years. ATD programs also provide non-judgmental support and treatment that encourage nurses to seek help and improve their chances of staying in the profession.

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Saturday, February 5, 2011

U.S. Sees Slowdown in Spending on Mental Health

The amount of money spent on psychiatric drugs in the United States continues to grow but at a much slower rate than in previous years, a new federal government study has found.

From 2004 to 2005, spending on psychiatric drugs rose 5.6 percent, compared with an increase of 27.3 percent between 1999 and 2000, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

The agency's analysis of health-care costs from 1986 to 2005, the latest year comparable data is available, also found that spending on behavioral health accounts for a decreasing portion of overall health-care costs.

Of the $1.85 trillion spent on all health-care services in the United States in 2005, behavioral health spending accounted for 7.3 percent ($135 billion). During the 20 years analyzed in the study, spending for mental health and substance abuse health care grew more slowly than all other health spending: 4.8 percent a year for substance abuse; 6.9 percent a year for mental health and 7.9 percent a year for all health-care services.

From 2002 to 2005, spending rose 5 percent for substance abuse, 6.4 percent for mental health and 7.3 percent for all health-care services, according to the study, published Feb. 3 in Health Affairs.

Among the other findings:

Spending on addiction medications grew from $10 million in 1992 to $141 million in 2005. However, the $141 million represents only 0.6 percent of the $22 billion spent on substance abuse treatment in 2005.

In 2005, behavioral health treatment accounted for 4.8 percent of private health insurance spending, compared with 11.5 percent of total Medicaid spending. The agency said that the figures can be used as a baseline for evaluating the effect of the Mental Health Parity and Addictions Equity Act and the Affordable Care Act.

Unlike overall health spending, the largest portion of behavioral health spending is publicly funded. In 2005, public money paid for 79 percent of spending on substance abuse treatment and 58 percent of mental health services spending, compared with 46 percent of all health spending.

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Friday, December 3, 2010

Graphic New York City Ads Warn Against Drinking

New ads for the New York City’s subway this holiday season are the cause for controversy. The ads are from the NYC Health Department and focus on the hazards of binge drinking. Today the Wall Street Journal questions wether people are actually receptive to the negative messages with the ads. Adam Duhachek, an associate professor of marketing at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business, thinks that NYC might not have chosen the best strategy.

“The first is that people just shut down and don’t process the message at all,” says Duhachek. Show someone a nasty or unpleasant picture and they might say “I was having a perfectly nice day until I saw this, and now I’m not going to look at it.”

The I.U. researchers have also found that those ads tend to trigger a “defensive processing mechanism,” Duhachek says. When people are faced with a negative message about a behavior they engage in — like putting away several drinks in the course of an evening — they have to distance themselves from the chance of a bad outcome. (i.e. “You’d never find me slumped over in a subway station at 3am because I’m not that type of person.”)

People tend to think things will go much better for them than for the average person, Duhachek says. “We think our own personal greatness buffers us from all potential negative consequences.” Read full article.

Photos quoted from: NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene