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APNA is an active participant in the Mental Health Liaison Group. The American Psychological Association, which is also a member, has prepared an FAQ document in response to the many questions posed by psychologists about the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008. Click here to read the FAQ. Click here to read APA's summary of the law. |
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The Acadia Hospital in Bangor has provided up to $250,000 over five years to establish a professorship at the University of Maine School of Nursing as part of what is likely the state's first-ever academic-service partnership aimed at improving opportunities in psychiatric-mental health nursing education. Through the Acadia Professorship of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, the hospital and the university will work together to recruit a Ph.D.-trained faculty member who not only will teach student nurses and manage their onsite clinical education, but also will have an extraordinary opportunity to conduct research with Acadia staff on the specific needs of populations served by the private, non-profit psychiatric and chemical dependency treatment provider. Dottie Hill, former president and CEO of The Acadia Hospital (and former former APNA President and Treasurer) who initiated the professorship but retired in October 2008 before it became a reality, said she is thrilled. "I was well aware that our future workforce is dependent upon our future faculty, and that it is becoming more difficult to recruit faculty to prepare all nurses, not only psychiatric mental health nurses. My hope is that this exciting professorship will be utilized by others as a template to draw more faculty to Maine and to prepare our future nursing workforce in all specialties. I have long been an advocate for appropriate nursing faculty compensation and believe this opportunity should be the first of many to achieve the mutual goals of having enough faculty to meet the demands of those who wish to enter the profession of nursing." Full Story The Joint Commission and Joint Commission Resources (JCR) announce that the Fifth Annual Conference on Behavioral Health Care will be held December 9-10, 2008, at the Westin Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL. JCR is a not-for-profit affiliate of The Joint Commission. The conference sessions will address topics of interest to employees across the behavioral health care continuum and will feature a keynote address by The Joint Commission's President Mark R. Chassin, M.D., M.P.P., M.P.H. Full Story |
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People from racial minorities in the U.S. are less likely to have access to care for depression and less likely to receive adequate care when treatment is available, according to a new study in Psychiatric Services, a journal of the American Psychiatric Association. "Despite recent advances in the treatment of mental illness and considerable efforts to improve quality of and access to treatment, there appears to be a significant mismatch between need and treatment in the U.S.," the authors conclude. Full Story |
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The College of Nursing at the University of Colorado Denver has received a $3 million gift to fund an endowment for the Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing specialty in the graduate program. This anonymous gift comes from a generous donor who is passionate about supporting advanced practice nurses committed to meeting the mental health needs of Coloradans. It also re-establishes the specialty in the College’s Master of Science program. This gift will provide an endowed chair, an endowed professorship and graduate student fellowships that enable the CON to admit students to begin coursework in the fall of 2009. APNA member, Mary Weber, PhD, RN, associate professor, has been appointed to the endowed professorship. Full Story Update Your Profile Online Save the Date for the 23rd Annual Conference |
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