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26 February 2013.
NHS. http://www.ultrasis.com/news/article.html?article_id=319
Direct Line People Asset Management. http://www.ultrasis.com/news/article.html?article_id=318
Need help now....
www.beatingtheblues.co.nz
Beating the Blues is the most widely used and evidence-based online CBT treatment programme for depression and anxiety.
http://www.tepou.co.nz/improving-services/talking-therapies
This is 2013, not 1913. We know what the problems are. Twenty-five percent of adults suffer a diagnosable mental disorder each year, and mental health problems affect 20 percent of young people.
Military personnel have the highest rate of suicides in history, and the suicide rate in veterans has passed the civilian population. Millions of people don't have access to the mental health care they need. College-aged shooters are carrying out some of the worst atrocities of our time. Report after report, headline after headline details the endless need for mental health in our nation.
And we don't need to turn on the news to see this pain. We see it in our friends and families. We watch helplessly as someone spirals out of control and lands in a hospital or grave. We do everything we can to get a loved one treatment, medication, therapy or whatever we can to help them. An endless amount of people whisper to others about diagnoses and specifics of behavior they thought they would never have to witness.
We keep repeating patterns of identifying what's wrong and planning to talk about it. I am tired of the talking. Let's take action.
I applaud the recent efforts of Obamacare making mental health treatment more accessible, the Mental Health Parity Act and the White House's plan to train more providers to offer help to young people. However, leaders continuously say there is a need to increase services while ignoring the fact that approximately 66 percent of young people with a mental illness aren't seeking treatment. The dialogue about these issues shouldn't be happening just on Capitol Hill, it should be encouraged to be happening in homes everywhere in the country through powerful outreach campaigns.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ross-szabo/mental-illness-stigma_b_2665627.html?utm_hp_ref=tw
• UK NHS Outcomes Framework (2013/14)
• Outcomes data – monthly streaming of IAPT MDS to NHS Information Centre from 1st April 2013
• MPET funding (approximately £33million) for "continued rollout""
• IAPT National Team retained in the National Improvement Body from 1st April 13
http://www.gpresourcecentre.org.uk/education/presentations/Surrey%20GP%20IAPT%20Feb%202013.pdf
The New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) has identified Computerized Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (cCBT) as an important enhancement for the treatment of mild and moderate depression in primary care settings and has chosen the cCBT program Beating the Blues for use within its demonstration sites.
OMH has asked U Squared Interactive, the developers of Beating the Blues US, to work with a number of hospital primary care training clinics in New York State to provide cCBT and evaluate its feasibility and effectiveness.
http://u2interactive.com/a_newsarticle14.html
14 February 2013
Ultrasis plc
Completion of fundraising and total voting rights
Ultrasis is pleased to announce today completion of the funding arrangements announced on 29 January 2013 which have raised in total £2.85m for the Company. Mr. Paul Bell has subscribed for 178,571,428 new ordinary shares, at a price of 0.28p each, raising £0.5min aggregate and has agreed to provide loan facilities comprising a convertible loan of £0.35m and a term loan of £2.0m. Details of the terms of the loans were provided in the announcement on 29 January 2013.
As previously announced, Mr. Bell has proposed the appointment of an additional non-executive director, Mr. Daniel Llywelyn Bate, whose appointment becomes effective today.
Admission of the 178,571,428 new ordinary shares has occurred today, following which the total number of ordinary shares of 0.1p each in issue, and the total number of voting rights, is 1,702,842,794.
The above figure of 1,702,842,794 ordinary shares may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine whether they are required to notify their interest in Ultrasis, or a change to their interest in Ultrasis, under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
Mr. Bell has, as a result of the issue of these shares, a beneficial interest in 334,032,328 ordinary shares, representing 19.62 per cent of the Company's issued share capital. Mr. Bell is also interested in up to a further 125,000,000 ordinary shares under the terms of the convertible loan, which if converted could take his interests to a maximum of 459,032,328 ordinary shares representing 25.11 per cent of the Company's issued share capital.
U.S. telehealth patient population to grow to 1.3 million by 2017 from 227,400
Read more: http://medcitynews.com/2013/02/u-s-telehealth-patient-population-to-grow-to-1-3-million-by-2017-from-227400/#ixzz2KUPOApsd
This paper reports the results of a pilot randomized controlled trial comparing the delivery modality (mobile phone/tablet or fixed computer) of a cognitive behavioural therapy intervention for the treatment of depression. The aim was to establish whether a previously validated computerized program (The Sadness Program) remained efficacious when delivered via a mobile application.
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-244X/13/49/abstract
Ultrasis receive cash boost from major investor..
http://www.lse.co.uk/share-regulatory-news.asp?shareprice=ULT&ArticleCode=ig0eqel7&ArticleHeadline=Proposed_Financing_Arrangements__Director_Change
If you don't believe in telehealth - watch this video and see what you are missing If we can already do many standard tests in cardiology from an iPhone, why can't we do something comparable for behavioral health care?
http://video.msnbc.msn.com/rock-center/50582822?goback=%2Egde_2246364_member_209823119#50582822
6 new telehealth centers in the works
Federal authorities have earmarked $1.9 million in new funding for the nation's network of telehealth resource centers, paving the way for an additional five regional centers and one national center. Once completed, those...
http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/6-new-telehealth-centers-works?goback=%2Egde_2246364_member_201520995
InTalking therapies: A four-year plan of action– published at the same time, and in support ofthe overall strategy – the Government made a clear commitment to increasing access to evidence-based psychological therapies. In the 2010 Spending Review, the Government committed anadditional £400 million over the next four years to 2014/15, and confirmed support for theImproving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme...3 year report...
http://www.scribd.com/doc/115023140/Iapt-3-Year-Report
Sandy..
FEMA Approves $8.2 Million for Post-Sandy Mental Health Outreach - Lloyd Sederer - The Atlantic http://t.co/8hG43rG6
— Mental Health America (@MentalHealthAm) November 19, 2012
Looking at it logically, easy as 123...
1- Nigel Brabbins cant be blamed for government change to GP Consortia.
2- Ultrasis is unable to carry on paying him a third of a million salary.
3- When things go wrong for whatever reason, the top man is replaced.
IMO the company need a good man on much less pay, if we are going to be successful' during hard financial times!
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Every dollar invested in evidence-based care for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans with untreated mental health disorders results in $2.50 in savings over two years, according to a new report released today by the National Council for Behavioral Health (National Council). The report finds that if all 210,000 untreated veterans with PTSD and/or major depression received appropriate treatment, the $481 million investment would result in more than ($1.2 billion in cost savings).
http://www.heraldonline.com/2012/11/09/4402282/report-reveals-cost-of-veterans.html
Medtech Global.
Medtech is in the process of developing prototypes and software solutions for the management of mental health such as Talking Therapy Modules for the primary mental...
http://www.medtechglobal.com/news/90/76/Mental-Health.html
Ultrasis, the leading provider of cognitive behavioural therapy for stress and mild to moderate depression and anxiety delivered by computer, is pleased to announce that Paula R. Sherwood, RN, PhD, CNRN, FAAN and Heidi S. Donovan, RN, PhD, along with their research team from the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing have been awarded a National Institutes of Health research grant of C.$3,000,000.
http://www.ultrasis.com/news/article.html?article_id=307
Currently there is money in the NHS budget for this purpose but reports suggest it is not being spent on what it was intended for. This is a false economy. Talking therapies can help people and save money.
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/355994/Labour-leader-Ed-Miliband-calls-for-investment-in-mental-health
BlueCross BlueShield South Carolina.
For all lines of business, 969 million claims and 17 billion transactions were processed in 2011.
http://www.southcarolinablues.com/newsroom/companyoverview.aspx
http://news.yahoo.com/ultrasis-plc-contract-win-070500478.html
Ed Miliband UK: Talking therapies can help people and can save money, so they must be a NHS priority.
http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2012/10/ed-milibands-speech-mental-health-full-text
Army Vets Need Long Term Mental Health.
http://www.fayobserver.com/articles/2012/10/18/1211672?sac=fo.military
Talking therapies.
Tonbridge talking therapies...
http://www.tonbridgepeople.co.uk/Depression-Tonbridge-treated-differently/story-17099678-detail/story.html
Ex-care minister urges government and professionals to help Improving access to psychological therapies programme establish itself in Camhs services.
http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/03/10/2012/118569/talking-therapies-programme-will-rewire-childrens-mental-health-services.htm
New e-portal set to transform knowledge, skills and attitudes towards child mental health
We are pleased to be part of a consortium of experts delivering a £2.2m educational and advice programme to improve mental health outcomes for children.
This has led to the announcement today (Wednesday 10 October) of the beginning of developmental work on a pioneering e-portal which aims to support professionals in preventing decline in children’s mental health.
http://www.bps.org.uk/news/new-e-portal-set-transform-knowledge-skills-and-attitudes-towards-child-mental-health
The rollout of AQP started last April after the DH identified eight community Mental Health services..
that could be provided under the policy. Under AQP providers needs to be approved by a PCT to go onto a list of providers from which patients are given a choice.
http://www.gponline.com/News/article/1153820/pcts-ready-expand-qualified-provider-policy-month/
http://www.ultrasis.co.uk/news/article.html?article_id=305
Mental Health Lower Clarence
Formed only recently, the committee - chaired by Clarence Valley Councillor Sue Hughes - is aiming to increase community awareness of mental health issues on the Lower Clarence and also has the overall goal of securing the services of a dedicated mental health practitioner for the Lower Clarence.
http://www.dailyexaminer.com.au/story/2012/10/08/community-out-to-light-up-mental-health-darkness/
UPMC Commercial Plan.
From an employer's perspective, we're providing the opportunity to save money on premiums and, over time, to build a healthier and more productive workforce.
http://www.upmchealthplan.com/ar_2012/commercial.html
New MH Plan 2013 USA.
The purpose of the redesign has four main parts: SF 2315, proposes to assist in re-establishing funding for the system and to make services more equitable statewide.
1) Change the management of the system from individual counties providing services to county regions.
2) Establish the county of residence as the county responsible for managing and paying for a person’s services, rather than the county where the person was born.
3) Establish the core services that are to be available statewide to all who need MH/DD services.
4) Set a per capita mental health levy rate.
We are optimistic that the Linn County MH/DD system will benefit from the financing changes when redesign begins in 2013. We expect the redesign to ultimately lead us to more evidence-based practises!
http://thegazette.com/2012/10/06/new-plan-for-mental-health-services/