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Psychiatric Patients Win Medicare Part D Appeals
At least two psychiatric patients have successfully appealedmedication denials under the Medicare Part D prescription drug program resulting in policy changes by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
The National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse
The Key Update, January 8, 2007
Stories this month include:*Lilly Offers Educational and Vocational Scholarships
*Scholarships Available for 2007 Santa Fe Summit
*JCAHO Solicits Input on National Patient Safety Goals
*Consumers Urged to Prepare to Apply for CMHS Jobs
*United Nations Adopts Convention on Disability Rights
*ECT Causes Permanent Amnesia and Cognitive Deficits
*New Mothers Are at Higher Risk for Mental Illness
*CMS Publishes New Rules on Use of Restraints and Seclusion
*Taste Test May Help Diagnose Depression as Well as Treat It
*Reefer Madness?
*Sierra Leone Re-Opens Psychiatric Hospital
*Sherlock Holmes' Creator Is Diagnosed with Mental Illness
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"Hurricane Katrina changed the lives of millions of people who live along the Gulf Coast."
Many residents of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama lost their homes and jobs, were separated from loved ones, and suffered through inhumane conditions for days without food and water, surrounded by death and destruction.Communities across the country are taking in large numbers of evacuees.
The psychological implications are yet unknown, but are guaranteed to be tremendous, now and in the months and years to come.
The National Mental Health Association has many resources available to help people manage the crisis.