Mental Health and Addiction

Mental Health and Addiction – Mental illness and addiction have no boundaries and affect people from all walks of life. Mental health and addiction treatment services play an important role in supporting Ontarians. Stigma and access are the main challenges for people living with mental illness and addiction. In Ontario, one million people will experience a mental illness, but only 20% will get help. Currently, hospitals, government, community mental health and addiction treatment agencies, and Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs) have the opportunity to improve integration and create a mental health and addiction system that is truly welcoming, comprehensive, coordinated, based on best practices and accessible – not only geographically – but across the client’s lifespan and the continuum of care.

Health officials debate whether to scrap program that subsidizes malaria drugs …

Filed under: drug treatment news 2010

In 2010, the Affordable Medicines Facility for malaria was started by groups including United Nations agencies and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. It was a pilot project to subsidize artemesinin combination drugs, the most …
Read more on Fox News

NHSO may add new drugs to national healthcare

Filed under: drug treatment news 2010

The National Health Security Office's board will today study adding seven groups of drugs used to treat complex and rare diseases to the universal healthcare scheme that covers 48 million people. The NHSO has succeeded in saving Bt8.17 billion over the …
Read more on The Nation

Nana, Chinese girl grows beard after life-saving drug treatment

Filed under: drug treatment news 2010

The Daily Mail reports Nana was diagnosed with aplastic anemia in 2010, leading to her hospitalization. After she underwent bone marrow transplant and drug therapy, her condition improved but a new and disconcerting physical transformation set in.
Read more on DigitalJournal.com