$2.7 million grant to better bipolar, alcohol treatment
This article was published September 3, 2010 at 9:21 a.m.
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A $2.7 million National Institute of Mental Health grant will allow researchers in Arkansas to better diagnose and treat patients with bipolar disorder and alcohol dependence, the state's Democratic congressional delegation announced Friday.
The 5-year grant will fund efforts at the state's 12 community health centers to better screen and diagnose patients and to study the methods used to do so.
According to a news release from the delegation, bipolar patients are often hard to identify because they fluctuate between manic and depressive states.
“Access to quality mental health care can save lives and put individuals on the path to a successful and productive future," Sen. Mark Pryor said in the release. "These funds will help community health centers across Arkansas identify and treat mental health illnesses, resulting in better outcomes and reducing health care costs throughout these communities.”
The state's community health centers annually care for more than 141,000 patients.
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EarthMother says... September 3, 2010 at 10:59 a.m.
I'd like to know which mental health centers are involved; in my experience as a mental health professional, treatment for both of these disorder areas have been severely lacking and haphazard through certain agencies, and patients have NOT been getting adequate help. The very nature of these disorders seem to often alienate the patients, and they are getting touch and go treatment with mainly minimal meds management for bipolar disorders
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Corvette says... September 3, 2010 at 11:23 a.m.
Compas, which is part of the Whtie County Hospital system, does a wonderful job treating these types of disorders. They treat you like you are a patient not like you are in jail. I would hope they get at least some of the money. I'm sure there are some other good places in Arkansas. I know there are some that are not good and they treat you like you are in jail and heard you like cattle. The ones I am talking about are not hospitals. I am glad the government is doing something to help people with these problems.
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Aimee says... September 3, 2010 at 12:50 p.m.
Isn't this article just about funding for identifying the disease..??? Not treatment of it...
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