Posted by Rosy Crucifiction on November 4, 2009, at 22:39:44
I thought I'd bump and expand a reply to Phillipa. Here's the info from a press release (and yes they take insurance):
"National Network of Depression Centers to tackle depression and bipolar disorderImagine if you could walk into a unique medical center created just for treating your depression or bipolar illness. Imagine if all of the doctors, nurses, psychologists, social workers and researchers were dedicated to you and finding personalized solutions for these disorders, known to be among the most disabling and costly in America. What would that feel like for you or your family member? What would that mean for the future of treating the disease?
...The mission of the NNDC is to improve the quality, effectiveness, and availability of depression and bipolar illness diagnosis, treatment and prevention so people can live better lives. The Charter members of the NNDC are:
* Columbia University
* Duke University
* Emory University
* Harvard Brigham & Womens Hospital
* Harvard Massachusetts General Hospital
* Harvard McLean Hospital
* Johns Hopkins University
* Stanford University
* University of California, San Francisco Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute
* University of Colorado Denver Comprehensive Depression Center
* University of Cincinnati-Lindner Center of HOPE
* University of Louisville
* University of Michigan Comprehensive Depression Center
* University of Pennsylvania
* University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
* Weill Cornell Medical CollegeWith 16 centers working together, the sky is the limit. Stigma also will dramatically lessen. The ultimate goal is to have such a Center within 250 miles of every citizen in America. We can conquer these disorders.
...In 2009, the NNDC plans to make progress along several parallel paths. These include:* Helping Establish Comprehensive Depression Centers
Through the Center Assistance Program, the NNDC will help expand existing comprehensive depression centers and establish new centers at member sites. Eight kinds of assistance ranging from business planning to fundraising models, marketing, and membership protocols will be made available for NNDC member institutions.
* Encourage & Support Collaborative Research
The network plans to encourage and fund large-scale collaborative research initiatives and develop protocols for cooperation.
* Informatics Infrastructure
Large scale collaborative research has its own unique needs for informatics. The NNDC will invest in setting up informatics infrastructure that will facilitate such research, specifically aiming to create infrastructure that endures past the termination of any given initiative and is reused in subsequent efforts.
* Review & Establish Clinical Guidelines
Learning from the success of the NCCNs process of developing clinical guidelines, the NNDC will review clinical guidelines in depression, bipolar and related illnesses and establish guidelines for implementation at NNDC member institutions.
* Assist integration of depression and bipolar illness care in Primary Care
The NNDC will work to integrate care for depression, bipolar and related illnesses in primary care.
* Expand Education & Outreach
The NNDC will expand the networks education and outreach efforts and assistance to member institutions."
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