How are we going on that selection?

4-2-0-4


Why did I even both coming on at this weird hour again?

Are we ready for a final vote now?

Could we get some more votes here?

Senators, this is now at final vote, plese vote Aye, Nay or Abstain.

[AYE]

AYE


Because it I am assuming that would present us with a better chance of succeeding in the regions this way, then with the original text. I also prefer something like the second half of this, something that is inherently connected to a measure of activity and competence then any kind of arbitrary term limit that will dump a good justice, keep bad one based on an independent consideration and worse, potentially inject political considerations into the court. For a justice booted will then be incentivized to make political calculations for future office as there terms draw to a close.

We have freedom of speech in this country, but a major role is played by media in the matter of stigmatization. We need to tread carefulyl thus.

I think one concrete thng we can do is seek to make changes within the field itself to explore and change anything that contributes to thep roblem like what the one article mentiond about how the placing of blame exlcusively on the family by the professionals in the field, actually served to make the problem of stigma worse.

http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/go/action/stigma-watch

www.ouhsc.edu/safeprogram/18CopingWithStigma.pdf

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/mental-health/MH00076

http://apt.rcpsych.org/content/6/1/65.full

http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/help-information/mental-health-a-z/S/stigma-discrimination/

http://www.forbes.com/fdc/welcome_mjx.shtml - Couldn't Load this one

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1489832/

http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2010/09/24/mental-health-stigma-still-prevalent/

Might as well put these up, though I didn't have time to review them all in depth, unfortunately.

I think the Judiciary is the responsible committee, thought the GOR could possibly step in since they are occupied at the moment.

Labor has suffered worse attacks than mine. Actually, endorsing hard right candidates is an issue that should worry people with common sense in the right. Don't be a winger

Has it been mentioned that Pingvin is literally a neo-nazi who punches women in the face? If not, that should be mentioned.

Anyway, yes, obviously THE IMPERIAL METALLICA EMPEROR OF THE DARK SOUTH thing is tacky and tired but whatever.

I thought you were dead. You gonna go for a third time in two months?

When that bill is introduced, do you desire that for the FP slot?

I must say that it gave me great comfort when every step of the way in my research to find that the precedents, laws etc that I used to base my arguments in the NC Yankee case in some ways almost always involved Ebowed in some way (want to count the number of times his name appeared in the brief?). Many also involved the other two justices as well. I wouldn't consider that comfort resulting from bias, but from knowledge of the subject matter. Though at one point I wondered what the grounds for recussal were and whether or not Ebowed might have to do so, since I am not experienced in these things.

[The On Second Thought, We Do Have Expectations Amendment]

The On Second Thought, We Do Have Expectations Amendment

If the President, Vice President, or a member of the Senate does not post on the Atlas Fantasy Government board for seven consecutive days (168 hours) without posting a leave of absence shall forfeit his or her office an article of impeachment shall be automatically placed before Senate in accordance with Article I, Section 2, Clause 3 of the Constitution and thus considered accordingly.
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Sponsor Feedback: None Given
Status: The above amendment is now at vote, Senators please vote Aye, Nay or Abstain.

Vote on Amendment 55:04 by NC Yankee:

Aye (6): Αverroës Nix, Ben, HagridoftheDeep, Kalwejt, MaxQue, and NC Yankee
Nay (0):
Abstain (1): Napoleon

Didn't Vote (3): jdb, sbane and Snowstalker

With six votes in the affirmative, the amendment has been adopted.

The amendment has been adopted.

Final vote tomorrow evening? That is when the minimum debate time ends.

This is a free discussion. I jsut direct toward the one who didn't respond last to try and get feedback from both.

The issue is that the bill in question banned the use of proxies and cell phones. The problem is that it is unenforceable and technically ill informed because it makes no exceptions for AOL users (which are by definition a proxy) and many people have used cell phones to vote since then. Also the MG is no longer enforcing the law at all and hasn't been for months.

The probem with the politics of the region is not the book's cover but the content. The fact that it is constantly being subjected to pointless bs like the exchange being carried out in this thread. If they focused more on getting the best policy and less on establishing a definition for carpetbagger so that it best applies only to their opponents, the situation would not be nearly as bad as it is.

www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/050224p2.pdf

These pdfs are a monster. I am saving them on my computer, but if something were to happen to the machine again, I wouldn't be able to access them. I will try to put them on a flash drive, but this problem is in some way connected to the USB ports, hency why my external modem failed last night.

The first one will depend on the extent of which we have electronic medical records and how implemented they are as it pertains to mental health. So can anyone provide me with answers on this matter?

You aren't going to find a one magic bullet. You will find this one piece at a time and then have to fit them together like a puzzle to form a comprehensive reform effort, Duke. I have at least five amendments that could be offered based on what I have just posted.

- Child-Adult Transition

- Military Veterans

- Research Funding

- Changes to the Data Collection to improve Quality

- Reducing the lag time between developments and usage.

   
   
   
Research is needed to determine the effectiveness of the new mental health parity requirements in
improving mental health coverage. Authors of the four national reports mentioned earlier
recommend the need for increased federal support for mental health research.
Congress could consider how to improve, for example, leadership and vision, with a publicprivate
partnership that involves federal and state entities, providers, insurers, researchers, and
advocates for individuals with mental illnesses. Such leadership at the national level could help
illuminate the changes needed to transform the U.S. mental health delivery system.

Experts and advocates for individuals with mental illness recommend patient-centered mental
health care that is focused on an individual’s recovery to health. This requires coordination and
integration of mental health care with general health care and other sectors. As recommended by
the IOM report, consumers and caregivers need to be more involved in planning for their mental
health services, so that it is fully responsive to individual needs and preferences and appropriately
coordinated with other social and rehabilitation activities
In order to address this issue, Congress could consider requiring SAMHSA, working with federal
and state agencies that could provide social or health services to individuals with mental illness,
to develop a coordinated system of care model. Then, such a model could be adapted to function
at the state or community level. This may be based on SAMHSA’s Systems of Care for children
with serious emotional disorders where a wide range of mental health and related services, such
as educational services, social services, and substance abuse services, are coordinated to provide
care.66

While improvements in the individual areas outlined in this report may have an impact on the
quality of care, a comprehensive strategy that transforms the mental health care delivery system
could ultimately lead to improved outcomes for individuals with mental illness. Specifically, the
IOM report recommends that the system needs improved diagnostic and assessment strategies, a
stronger infrastructure for measuring and reporting the quality of mental health care, and support
for quality improvement practices. The IOM report also states that development of mental health
information technology infrastructure will help in measurement and improvement of quality of
mental health care.
Congress could require providers to develop the systems that are needed to collect data on mental
health care quality. In addition, Congress could require SAMHSA to work with national experts
to translate the NOMs into recommendations for transforming the system. Finally, Congress
could require coordination among federal agencies involved with mental health research, care
delivery, and financing.

http://tv.msnbc.com/2012/12/17/the-other-conversation-americas-decrepit-mental-health-infrastructure/ - Couldn't Load this one

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/s265/text

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22352077 - Won't load properly. Might be more then what I can access on this page.

http://docfp.com/fixing-the-mental-health-infrastructure-in-the-us/



www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R40536.pdf

Excepts from the last link:

The following
points may help to explain the disconnect between research and practice. First, use of evidencebased
practices can be affected by coverage decisions. Payers can be reluctant to cover new
treatment modalities, even when there is evidence for their effectiveness, possibly because the
new modalities are not yet considered to be mainstream or may be more expensive. Second,
providers are often not trained in the newly discovered evidence-based practices. Research
findings are not disseminated in a manner that enables providers to easily incorporate them in
their practice. Third, experts believe that there is a shortage of research in at least five areas: (1)
disparities between minorities and whites in seeking and receiving mental health care, (2) longterm
effects of medications used to treat mental illness, (3) mental health effects of exposure to
traumatic events, (4) effective options for acute care of mental illnesses, and (5) effectiveness of
alternative treatment practices, such as faith-based care.53

The Surgeon General’s report indicates that in order to provide access to quality care for all
individuals with mental illness, the capacity of the mental health care system would need to be
increased. The Freedom Commission report recommends that the mental health workforce be
developed to support changes in demand for care and treatment options, and that workforce
competencies be developed in order to respond to the demand for culturally competent and
sufficiently diversified range of services.
Congress could consider addressing this issue by asking the professional associations of health
care providers to assess the mental health training needs for mental health providers who work in
various settings such as primary care, as well as needs for training in cultural competence for
mental health providers. Once the training needs are identified, Congress would have the option
of providing funding to SAMHSA to address those needs.


Okay read this batch while I get the next ten or so:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130212172211.htm

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-02/ehs-gim021213.php  - couldn't load this one

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101207092354.htm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101201124355.htm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/10/101011090145.htm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091214075223.htm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110802162329.htm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110419111505.htm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110118113451.htm

I know there definitions, I just wanted a conlusive list here. Is that all of them, though?