Information on APA's Election 

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Professional News 

You Need More Than a Message To Reduce Underage Drinking

Psychiatr News 2003 38: (22) 20 [Full Text]

Scientists Win Nobel Prize For Giving Birth to MRI

Psychiatr News 2003 38: (22) 20 [Full Text]

AMA President Shows Off APA Medal

Psychiatr News 2003 38: (22) 20 [Full Text]

Association News 

APA RESOURCES

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New Fellows Selected

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WEB ADDRESSES IN THIS ISSUE

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Priority Hotel Reservations for APA Members

Psychiatr News 2003 38: (22) 4 [Full Text]

New Discount For MITs!

Psychiatr News 2003 38: (22) 25 [Full Text]

Minority Fellowships Invite Applicants

Psychiatr News 2003 38: (22) 29 [Full Text]

Government News 

Psychiatrists Face 5 Percent Medicare Reimbursement Cut

Psychiatr News 2003 38: (22) 1-28 [Full Text]

APA Helps Shape Reform of Medicare Hospital Reimbursement System

Psychiatr News 2003 38: (22) 1-29 [Full Text]

VA’s Health System Reform Plans Elicit Concerned Reactions

Psychiatr News 2003 38: (22) 2-8 [Full Text]

SAMHSA Updates Directory of Drug/Alcohol Abuse Treatment Programs

Psychiatr News 2003 38: (22) 4 [Full Text]

Medicare Claims Must Be Filed Electronically

Psychiatr News 2003 38: (22) 5 [Full Text]

Medicare Drug Plan Awash In Confusion, Contention

Psychiatr News 2003 38: (22) 6-7 [Full Text]

Medicare Premiums, Deductibles To Go Up Next Year

Psychiatr News 2003 38: (22) 7 [Full Text]

VA Seeks Accurate Method To Assess MH Care Needs

Psychiatr News 2003 38: (22) 8-9 [Full Text]

NIDA Launches Web Site for Teens

Psychiatr News 2003 38: (22) 8 [Full Text]

Advocates Sound Alarm Over VA Hospital Closures

Psychiatr News 2003 38: (22) 9 [Full Text]

Rule Change on Emergency Care Could Reduce Specialty Coverage

Psychiatr News 2003 38: (22) 10-28 [Full Text]

Medicaid Patients Benefit From Best-Practice Education Project

Psychiatr News 2003 38: (22) 11-29 [Full Text]

States Look to Drug Reimportation To Reduce Prescription Costs

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Clinical & Research News 

Govt. Decides to Continue DSM-IC Crosswalk Option

Psychiatr News 2003 38: (22) 21 [Full Text]

Questionnaire Flags Possible Dementia

Psychiatr News 2003 38: (22) 21 [Full Text]

Teasing Is Toxic When Obese Kids Are Targets

Psychiatr News 2003 38: (22) 22 [Full Text]

Late-Teen Depression Among Girls Linked to Later Obesity

Psychiatr News 2003 38: (22) 22 [Full Text]

FDA Now Urges Caution On SSRI Use in Children

Psychiatr News 2003 38: (22) 23 [Full Text]

Problem Gamblers Assume Unexpected Risk—Suicide

Psychiatr News 2003 38: (22) 24 [Full Text]

Risks of Ephedra Use Are More Than Just Physical

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How to Help Gamblers Confront Their Problems

Psychiatr News 2003 38: (22) 24 [Full Text]

ADHD Symptoms Respond To Cholinergic Drugs

Psychiatr News 2003 38: (22) 25 [Full Text]

School Performance Suffers When ADHD Complicated by Executive-Function Deficits

Psychiatr News 2003 38: (22) 25 [Full Text]

OCD Patients Stalked By Mutant Gene

Psychiatr News 2003 38: (22) 26 [Full Text]

Stress-Related Brain Changes Begin in Youth

Psychiatr News 2003 38: (22) 26 [Full Text]

Cosmetic Breast-Implant Surgery May Mask Emotional Problems

Psychiatr News 2003 38: (22) 26-29 [Full Text]

Several Factors May Explain Cancer, Depression Link

Psychiatr News 2003 38: (22) 27 [Full Text]

Many Assisted-Living Residents Not Getting Depression Help

Psychiatr News 2003 38: (22) 27 [Full Text]

Johns Hopkins Scientists Retract Ecstasy Findings

Psychiatr News 2003 38: (22) 27 [Full Text]

Health Care Economics 

Large Companies Cutting Workers’ Health Insurance

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Community News 

Alaska Medical Center Blends Traditional With Cutting Edge

Psychiatr News 2003 38: (22) 13 [Full Text]

Unique Challenges Face Psychiatrists At Hospital for Alaska Natives

Psychiatr News 2003 38: (22) 13 [Full Text]

Depression Screening Targets African Americans

Psychiatr News 2003 38: (22) 14 [Full Text]

From the President 

To Lose a Limb

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The Medical Director's Desk 

Information Technology at APA: We’ve Got IT

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Letters to the Editor 

Only Half the Story

Psychiatr News 2003 38: (22) 28 [Full Text]

Mood vs. Affect

Psychiatr News 2003 38: (22) 28 [Full Text]

Hidden Suicide Danger

Psychiatr News 2003 38: (22) 28 [Full Text]

At Your Service 

Moonlighting, HIPAA, and Risk Management

Psychiatr News 2003 38: (22) 19 [Full Text]

Errata 

Erratum

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Psychiatric Practice & Managed Care 

APA Questions Oxford About Retrospective Audits

Psychiatr News 2003 38: (22) 12 [Full Text]

Magellan’s Plan to Restructure Wins Judge’s Approval

Psychiatr News 2003 38: (22) 12 [Full Text]

Mental HealthWorks Sparks Interest With Corporations, DBs/SAs

Psychiatr News 2003 38: (22) 12 [Full Text]

DSM-IV-TR Is HIPAA Compliant

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Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Services Face Potentially Negative Review Policy

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