MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'bazelon'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:58:34 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4098059&cid=t_113374_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F10%2F21%2Fgeorgia-mental-health-joins-the-21st-century-with-settlement%2F I guess “better late than never” applies to how we, as a society, treat the chronically, seriously mentally ill, and those who are typically in lower socio-economic classes. Georgia joins the 21st century by agreeing to stop shuffling patients into its antiquated, poorly-funded state hospitals, and allowing patients instead to seek out and receive services within their own local community. This is apparently the first settlement with the federal government that invokes the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) to suggest that public inpatient psychiatric hospital care isn’t integrated within the community enough (at least in Georgia’s case). The agreement was reached as a settlement with the federal government to give patients more choices when it comes to how they r... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4098059 Thu, 21 Oct 2010 17:10:51 +0100 4098059 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3275847&cid=t_113374_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F02%2F16%2Ffocus-on-georgias-mental-health-crisis%2F Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter will provide opening remarks for a discussion on the mental health crisis in Georgia tonight, Feb. 16, from 7-8:30 p.m. at The Carter Center. This Conversations at The Carter Center event is sold out but will be webcast live at www.cartercenter.org More than 130 patients have died under suspicious circumstances in Georgia’s public psychiatric hospitals over the past seven years, according to an exposé by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The Carter Center has been a leading voice for change in Georgia’s mental health system since this crisis came to light, and has worked to identify strategies to transform Georgia’s shame into a model for the nation. Carter Center Mental Health Program Director Dr. Thom Bornemann will moderate a panel of... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3275847 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:57:11 +0100 3275847 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1079813&cid=t_113374_140_f&fid=35465&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychlaws.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F12%2Fhow-can-my-loved-one-get-inpatient-care.html The above question is commonly raised by families seeking treatment for someone they love. Unfortunately, the reality of treatment in the United States is that care too often only comes once they’ve committed a crime. A recent study in the journal of Psychiatric Services looked at the psychiatric and criminal histories of individuals in a large urban county jail and what psychiatric services they received while incarcerated. Their conclusion? One that is not at all surprising – a large percentage of persons with a severe mental illness receive their acute inpatient treatment in the criminal justice system rather than in the mental health system. The study’s specifics are sadly familiar: 75% of the random sample were diagnosed as having a severe mental illness; 92% had a history of no... Treatment Advocacy Center blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1079813 Fri, 07 Dec 2007 21:38:00 +0100 1079813 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=761485&cid=t_113374_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F07%2F27%2Fnew-book-suggests-obesity-is-all-in-the-genes%2F Filed under: Type 1, Type 2, Childhood, Adult Onset, Diet, Lifestyle, Exercise, Books, Support, CareThis past spring a new book by Gina Kolata, a science reporter for the New York Times, hit the scene -- Rethinking Thin: The New Science of Weight Loss - and the Myths and Realities of Dieting. I came across a mention of the book in the blogosphere and had to check it out. I have personally not read the book yet, but I have poured over newspaper and reader reviews. In Rethinking Thin, Kolata argues being fat is biological destiny. She says most overweight people are stuck within a relatively narrow weight range set by their genes. But as obesity rates have steadily risen and the phrase 'obesity epidemic' sails across the news waves, the pressure to eat healthy, exercise and lose weight screa... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=761485 Fri, 27 Jul 2007 04:00:00 +0100 761485 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=700777&cid=t_113374_140_f&fid=35465&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychlaws.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F06%2Fanosognosia-inconvenient-truth.html Mental health advocates who argue that court-ordered treatment is a violation of civil liberties conveniently disregard some scientific facts: severe mental illnesses are diseases of the brain, the very organ that allows us to reason and deliberate; some people with severe mental illnesses are affected to a degree that they are unable to make reasoned treatment decisions for themselves; anosognosia also occurs in some some individuals with strokes, brain tumors, Alzheimer’s disease, and Huntington’s diseases; that this “lack of insight” is a major cause of refusal to take medication; and, that medication can benefit many patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.Take the Bazelon Center for example. In their blanket opposition to assisted outpatient treatment, they summarily ... Treatment Advocacy Center blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=700777 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:32:00 +0100 700777 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=552254&cid=t_113374_140_f&fid=35465&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychlaws.blogspot.com%2F2006%2F06%2Fyour-tax-dollars-and-hospital-closures.html "Deinstitutionalization is a thing of the past" – at least that is what most people think. But, in fact, psychiatric hospital closures have proceeded at a furious pace over the last 15 years. There were so few beds when this new assault started that the people who remain in institutions are those who really need intensive care. Some can be “integrated” with sufficient support, but for others, life becomes a living hell once they are “freed.”There are many factors driving the closures, but the most egregious is that the very groups that are paid by the federal government to “protect” the mentally ill, Protection and Advocacy (P&As) are the ones forcing many of the closures. And when the doors are closed, the displaced residents are on their own. In his book Crazy, Pete Earley ... Treatment Advocacy Center blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=552254 Tue, 13 Jun 2006 13:21:00 +0100 552254