Mental Health and Smoking Cessation
In the news...
An article entitled "Program helping mentally ill smokers" appeared on Newsday.com on March 13, 2007. The article begins...
"Joe learned to smoke at a psychiatric hospital in the 1980s, when the staff would hand out cigarettes to get patients to take their medicines, mop the floors or clean the dining room. The rewards added up, and pretty soon Joe was hooked - along with the more than 60 percent of people with psychiatric illnesses who smoke cigarettes."
Read the full article here.
In related news...
The National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse will be publishing their latest Key Assistance Report (KAR) next week. The KAR will focus on "Smoking Cessation". If you do not already receive the KAR and would like to be added to the mailing list, please send an e-mail to info@mhselfhelp.org or call 1-800-553-4KEY (4539).
An article entitled "Program helping mentally ill smokers" appeared on Newsday.com on March 13, 2007. The article begins...
"Joe learned to smoke at a psychiatric hospital in the 1980s, when the staff would hand out cigarettes to get patients to take their medicines, mop the floors or clean the dining room. The rewards added up, and pretty soon Joe was hooked - along with the more than 60 percent of people with psychiatric illnesses who smoke cigarettes."
Read the full article here.
In related news...
The National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse will be publishing their latest Key Assistance Report (KAR) next week. The KAR will focus on "Smoking Cessation". If you do not already receive the KAR and would like to be added to the mailing list, please send an e-mail to info@mhselfhelp.org or call 1-800-553-4KEY (4539).
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