Psychiatric News
New Guidelines Govern APA's Relations With Industry
June 18, 2010 - The newly adopted APA “code of conduct” will govern the Association's interface with all outside entities and establish a Conflict of Interest Committee to enforce them.
APA's Board of Trustees has approved a set of principles and standards to govern the Association's relationships with all outside organizations, including pharmaceutical and medical-device companies, that seeks to minimize the potential for conflicts of interest. More.
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Chicago Tribune
Reform care for mentally ill
December 29, 2009 - The Chicago Tribune's stories about nursing-home care in Illinois have sparked new interest in ways the state could improve care for people who are severely mentally ill. While much of the reporting has focused on specific horrors, such as deaths that have occurred from housing the elderly and other populations together, many Illinois psychiatrists and other advocates for both the elderly and the chronically mentally ill have been sounding alarm bells for years.
The Illinois Psychiatric Society believes Illinois should overhaul how it provides care for people who are severely mentally ill by redirecting its funding to programs that are proven to help. More
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Chicago Sun-Times
Daley halts closure of mental health clinics
April 7, 2009 - Mayor Daley said Tuesday he’s putting his $1.2 million plan to close four of Chicago's 12 mental health centers “on hold” until he gets to the bottom of a flawed billing system that triggered the cuts.
One day after a noisy City Hall demonstration that included a brief sit-in at the mayor’s office, Daley gave at least some measure of hope to mental health advocates who want the clinics to remain open indefinitely.
“We are looking into that. We take this seriously. We’re putting it on hold to find out some of the issues there,” Daley said.
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Legislation allowing psychologists to prescribe drugs going nowhere fast in Illinois House
March 10, 2009 - A stalled bill that would give psychologists the right to prescribe medication has divided Illinois’ mental health community.
House Bill 527, which has been stuck in the Illinois House Health Care Licenses Committee since it was assigned there three weeks ago, could expand underserved residents’ access to mental health care and reduce overprescribing, said Rep. Bill Black (R-Danville), the bill’s sponsor.
Black said the bill would address a rising need for mental health services in the state - particularly downstate, where few psychiatrists, who are medical doctors, practice. Often, he said, residents taking psychotropic drugs have to travel up to 150 miles to see their prescribing doctor. More
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