Mental health treatment extends lives of older patients with diabetes and depression
PHILADELPHIA – Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine report that older adults with diabetes and depression are half as likely to die over a 5-year period when they receive depression care management than depressed patients with diabetes who do not receive depression care management. The first known study to examine the relationship [...]
READ MOREReport links rates of uninsured and suicide
Dear National Council Member: We’d like to draw your attention to an article in today’s USA Today “Report links higher rates of uninsured and suicide,” by Marilyn Elias at www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-11-28-healthcare-suicide_N.htm. The article emphasizes a simple fact: access to quality mental health care saves and improves lives. The National Council has responded to USA [...]
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