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Petris Report Outlines Status of California's County Mental Health Programs
Tuesday, November 6, 2007 — California's county mental health departments spent most of their budgets on outpatient services, with low overhead and low spending on hospitalization, according to a new report released today (Tuesday, Nov. 6) by the Nicholas C. Petris Center on Health Care Markets and Consumer Welfare at the University of California, Berkeley. Read more
[Back To Top]New UC Berkeley Study Finds ADHD Medication Use Has Soared Internationally
Friday, April 20, 2007 — The use of psycho-stimulant drugs to treat attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has more than tripled around the world since 1993, challenging widespread assumptions that this neuro-developmental disorder is exclusive to the United States, according to new research from the University of California, Berkeley. Read more
[Back To Top]Urban, Coastal Areas Drove Passage Of California's Landmark Tax To Support Mental Health Services
Tuesday, May 3, 2005, 12:01 PM ET — Support from city dwellers, Democrats, social workers, and residents of areas with high homeless rates propelled passage of a landmark California law funding mental health with a tax on people making more than $1 million a year, according to an analysis of election results published today on the Health Affairs Web site. Read more
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