Studies Provide New Insights Into Brain-Behavior Relationships

Studies provide new insights into brain-behavior relationships
The January issue of Behavioural Neurology, edited by the journal's co-Editor in Chief, Argye E. Hillis, MD, of the Departments of Neurology, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Department of Cognitive Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore … Read more on EurekAlert (press release)

Homeless puppies train to become service dogs
“He's a natural — he makes us look good,” observed Bowman, 63, a resident in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' Southern Oregon Rehabilitation Center and Clinics in White City. Bowman and his furry charge have just completed the … The three … Read more on Statesman Journal

Contracts Awarded Despite Inquiry
But New Mexico Psychiatric Services came away with most of the business, signing contracts to serve inpatients at three state health department facilities: Sequoyah; the New Mexico Rehabilitation Center, which provides inpatient and substance abuse … Read more on Albuquerque Journal (subscription)

059 NIH ECT (Electric Shock Treatment) Conference June 12,1985 Disk 2a 2 Judi-Chamberlin – The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Consensus Development Program Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) “Electric Shock Treatment”. National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference on June 10-12, 1985. June 12, 1985 “Corrections Questions and Comments” Electric Shock Treatment Conference 1985-06-12 Disk 2a 2 Judi Chamberlin Judi Chamberlin (October 30, 1944 in Brooklyn — January 16, 2010 in Arlington, Massachusetts)[1][2] was an anti traditional psychiatry activist, speaker, educator and psychiatric survivor. She was associated with the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation at Boston University.[3] Chamberlin was Director of Education at the National Empowerment Center and involved with National Association for Rights Protection and Advocacy and other national and international advocacy organizations. She was an influential leader in the Mad Pride movement. Judi was elected as co-chair of the World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry (WNUSP) at the launching conference and General Assembly in Vancouver, Canada in 2001, and served in this capacity until the next General Assembly in 2004. During this period she also served on the Panel of Experts advising the United Nations special rapporteur on disability, on behalf of WNUSP in its role as a Non-governmental organization, representing psychiatric survivors. Chamberlin died of pulmonary disease at her home on January 16, 2010.[4]