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Social Security Administration Considers Adding Alzheimer's To Its Compassionate Allowances List
Today there are an estimated 5.3 million Americans with Alzheimer"s disease. Although the majority of Alzheimer cases are individuals age 65 and older, there is still a significant number of individuals under age 65 impacted by this fatal disease that today has no cure. For people under age 65 with Alzheimer"s disease or a related dementia, their cognitive impairment can quickly reach a point where they can no longer maintain gainful employment. The Alzheimer"s Association applauds the Social Security Administration (SSA) for holding a hearing today to examine whether these individuals with younger-onset Alzheimer"s disease or related dementias should be included in its Compassionate Allowances Initiative.
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Stanford Medical Center Announces $100,000 Planning Grant For Community Response To Teen Depression And Suicide

Enhancing the response to teen depression and suicide is the focus of a new planning grant announced on June 12 by the Stanford Medical Center. The $100,000 grant, funded by Lucile Packard Children"s Hospital, the Stanford University School of Medicine and Stanford Hospital & Clinics, will support collaboration among Palo Alto-area providers of health care res for teens. "Our community has a wealth of expertise and res in child and adolescent mental health, but no mechanism for a coordinated, timely response to teens in crisis," said Frances Wren, MD. Wren, a pediatric psychiatrist who directs the Child and Adolescent Depression Clinic at Packard Children"s, is partnering with local medical and mental health colleagues to develop a coalition to enhance the health-care response to teen depression. "There is great interest, from all groups treating our community"s youth, in finding ways to work together promptly and effectively to respond to teens in crisis," Wren said. "This grant will help provide the res we need for essential collaboration and planning with all community stakeholders. We hope the new coalition will make a difference in the lives of teens and families." "This is exactly the kind of community need our medical center should respond to," said Christopher Dawes, CEO of Packard Children"s, speaking on behalf of Packard Children"s, Stanford Hospital & Clinics, and the Stanford University School of Medicine. At a meeting last week at Packard Children"s, pediatricians and a panel from the local mental health community identified several key goals for the new coalition. Participants discussed collaboration between primary care and mental health services for teen depression and suicide prevention, pooling of expertise and res, tackling misconceptions and other barriers to mental health treatment. In addition, the coalition hopes to develop a crisis-management protocol for the healthcare response to the community emergency of adolescent suicide, partnering with local families, schools, emergency services, primary care and mental health facilities. "Ninety percent of people who die by suicide are suffering a psychiatric illness such as depression," Wren said. "Fortunately, effective treatments are available for depression and other mental health problems. Our goal is to increase our community"s ability to get these treatments to the young people who need them." Lucile Packard Children"s Hospital Stanford Hospital & Clinics About Stanford University School of Medicine


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