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		<title>Cog mod for PTSD</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2011/07/cog-mod-for-ptsd/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 10:58:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, Joanna Kowalik and colleagues reported that their review of studies on the use of cognitivie behavioral therapy for treating posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) revealed that cog-mod appears effective in changing raters&#8217; responses on some of the widely used scales of the Child Behavior Checklist. However, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Virginia campaign promotes action agenda</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2011/06/virginia-campaign-promotes-action-agenda/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 10:01:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Campaign for Children&#8217;s Mental Health outlined an agenda for improving mental health policy for children and youths in the US commonwealth of Virginia on 14 June 2011. The &#8220;Action Agenda&#8221; expresses the need for Govenor Bob McDonnell to exert leadership in three policy areas so that the problems of 100,000 minors with mental health [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Congressional Mental Health Caucus</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2011/01/the-congressional-mental-health-caucus/</link>
		<comments>http://EBDBlog.com/2011/01/the-congressional-mental-health-caucus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2011 11:41:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sadly, mental health has been in the US news of late. I&#8217;m reminded that in the US legislature there is the Congressional Mental Health Caucus, which takes as its goals reducing negativism and stigma, aiding efforts to access mental health services, improving work-related productivity, and protecting veterans who have mental health problems. Although the caucus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teaching about mental health</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2010/11/teaching-about-mental-health/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 11:03:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Teachers who are concerned about helping students understand mental health issues have at least one sensible places where they can go for teaching resources: Breaking the Silence, a Web resource offered by a local National Alliance on Mental Illness group. BTS, as it calls itself, provides a combination of neighborhood (NY, US) and widely available [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brain features associated with neonatal risk for schizophrenia</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2010/06/brain-features-associated-with-neonatal-risk-for-schizophrenia/</link>
		<comments>http://EBDBlog.com/2010/06/brain-features-associated-with-neonatal-risk-for-schizophrenia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:14:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writing in the American Journal of Psychiatry, John Gilmore and colleages reported that the size and structure of the brains of newborn boys&#8212;but not girls&#8212;who are at risk for developing schizophrenia differ from those of their peers. Using multiple scanning methods at different times during gestation and infancy, the researchers compared the brains of offspring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jani&#8217;s story updated</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2009/12/janis-story-updated/</link>
		<comments>http://EBDBlog.com/2009/12/janis-story-updated/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:13:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In &#8220;Hushing the intruders in her brain,&#8221; Shari Roan continued her account of childhood-onset schizophrenia as experieinced by January (&#8216;Jani&#8217;) Schofield. In the current story, Ms. Roan provided an update about Jani&#8217;s and her family&#8217;s life and progress. The coverage includes content about changes in Jani&#8217;s therapy and medications, the family&#8217;s living situation, and other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Virginia Campaign for Children’s Mental Health</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2009/12/virginia-campaign-for-children%e2%80%99s-mental-health/</link>
		<comments>http://EBDBlog.com/2009/12/virginia-campaign-for-children%e2%80%99s-mental-health/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:28:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://EBDBlog.com/?p=1060</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Twelve key children’s services for community services boards specialized children’s emergency services; crisis stabilization; evaluations for Comprehensive Services Act services; psychiatric/medication; office-based mental health therapy; office-based substance abuse therapy; mental health case management; intellectual disabilities case management; substance abuse case management; home-based behavioral treatment and support for families; school-based day treatment; and local residential services. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Screening teens</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2009/08/screening-teens/</link>
		<comments>http://EBDBlog.com/2009/08/screening-teens/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:05:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://EBDBlog.com/?p=892</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Writing under the headline &#8220;Pros and cons of screening teens for depression,&#8221; Brendan Borrell examined some of the issues that sometimes roar around surveying youths to identify those who are depressed or at risk for depression. Mr. Borrell&#8217;s article, which is one in a series of articles about depression appearing in the Los Angeles Times, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Following Danny Watt&#8217;s story</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2009/07/following-danny-watts-story/</link>
		<comments>http://EBDBlog.com/2009/07/following-danny-watts-story/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:16:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://EBDBlog.com/?p=878</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tom Jackman&#8217;s article about Danny Watt to which I referred a few days ago (see this post) is generating a lot of discussion on the Post&#8217;s Web site. The comments on Mr. Jackman&#8217;s story are informative. For example, at least a half dozen mention having a family member with mental illness. Link to the comments. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Media matters</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2009/07/media-matters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:49:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://EBDBlog.com/?p=869</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The recent posts about news coverage of mental illness (e.g., &#8220;Danny Watt&#8217;s Story&#8221; and &#8220;Jani Illustrates Troubles&#8220;) has had me thinking about how popular media portray these problems. Over on Psych Central, Margarita Tartakovsky has an article entitled &#8220;Media’s Damaging Depictions of Mental Illness&#8221; that I recommend to readers of EBD Blog. In addition to [...]]]></description>
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