May 27, 2002
In Print Photo by Pam Murray Focus: Book Documents Mental Health Care Successes in Poor Nations In an effort to describe programs that effectively bring mental health care to citizens of poor countries, Alex Cohen (above), Arthur Kleinman, and Benedetto Saraceno produced the World Mental Health Casebook. The text examines selected programs in detail, building rich profiles of their operations and impact on their communities. BBS Bulletin HMI World HSTconnector InteliHealth MD-PhD Newsletter MedEd News Mentations On The Brain		Headlines Endostatin Shows No Toxicity and Some Clinical Activity in Latest Report on Phase I Trial Care for Child with Terminal Cancer Strains Family Finances Early Findings Suggest New Type of Drug Shows Promise in Treating Multiple Myeloma Effect of Race in Prostate Cancer Survival Is Questioned Researchers Uncover the Remaining Critical Insulin Gene Regulatory Factor Simple Lifestyle Changes Can Lead to Weight Loss in Mentally Ill Upcoming Mentoring Awards Ceremony The Benefits of Mentoring for Mentors Howard Hiatt, Brigham and Women's Hospital Wednesday, June 12 4:00-5:30 p.m. Lab Works A multimedia site featuring Harvard Medical research		Spotlight Photo by Liza Green, HMS Media Services Portraits of HMS Women Leaders Unveiled Five portraits of women faculty leaders were added this month to the others that hang in the faculty room in Gordon Hall. The event commemorated the first time women have been included among these portraits. The honorees were Mary Ellen Avery, Elizabeth Hay, Shirley Driscoll, Lynne Reid (all shown above), and Grete Bibring. Student Scene Photo by Graham Ramsay Treating Patients One at a Time Since many people are having trouble affording the medications they should take, it is tempting to consider how doctors might put prescriptions into priority to identify the one best drug for an entire population. But Sean Amos thinks that keying in on the individual patient rather than the single drug is a better way to go.

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