ADVOCACY NEWS FROM NAMI NEW JERSEY:
1. FAMILIES OF HAGEDORN PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL RESIDENTS
WORRY ABOUT FUTURE CARE IF LEBANON FACILITY CLOSES
2. PROTESTERS WHO OPPOSE CLOSING HAGEDORN PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL
GATHER ALONG ROUTE 31 IN LEBANON TOWNSHIP
3. MENTALLY ILL MAN DIES AFTER SCUFFLE OVER 'LOITERING'
4. ASTRAZENECA FINED $520 MILLION TO RESOLVE ILLEGAL
MARKETING OF SCHIZOPHRENIA DRUG
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FAMILIES OF HAGEDORN PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL RESIDENTS
WORRY ABOUT FUTURE CARE IF LEBANON FACILITY CLOSES
Sen. G.W. Hagedorn Psychiatric Hospital in Lebanon Twp.,
NJ might get closed by the state to save money. Many are
opposed. The campus is located on what some say is prime
real estate.
LEBANON TOWNSHIP -- They are the voices of the ones who
can't speak for themselves. And they want to scream from
atop the scenic hill where Hagedorn Psychiatric Hospital
sits.
"I'm so afraid about what's going to happen to my sister
if she can't be at Hagedorn anymore," said Mary Zdanowicz.
See the full story:
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/05/njs_only_geriatric_psychiatric.html
Watch the NJN television Hagedorn coverage (beginning at
minutes 10 and 11:21):
http://www.njn.net/television/webcast/njnnews/monday.html
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PROTESTERS WHO OPPOSE CLOSING HAGEDORN PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL
GATHER ALONG ROUTE 31 IN LEBANON TOWNSHIP
As many as 100 people gathered this morning along Route
31 in Lebanon Township to protest New Jersey Gov. Chris
Christie's plan to close the Senator Garrett W. Hagedorn
Psychiatric Hospital as part of his sweeping budget cuts.
Speakers included representatives of the hospital workers'
unions; Ed Smith, of state Sen. Mike Doherty's office, and
Kevin Codey, son of state Sen. Richard Codey.
Read more:
http://blog.lehighvalleylive.com/hunterdon-county_source/print.html?entry=/2010/05/protestors_who_oppose_closing.html
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MENTALLY ILL MAN DIES AFTER SCUFFLE OVER 'LOITERING'
Keith Briscoe started his days with a Newport and a Pepsi.
Three days a week, his mother gave him a pack and some cash,
and Briscoe, who had schizophrenia, trudged to a Wawa store
on Cross Keys Road in Berlin to buy a soda. Then, Briscoe,
36, would walk back to nearby Steininger Behavioral Care
Services for treatment. It was his morning routine for the
last three years.On Monday, Winslow Officer Sean Richards
saw Briscoe loitering outside the Wawa before 8:30 a.m.
and asked him to leave, but Briscoe refused, authorities
said. A struggle with officers and bystanders ended in Briscoe's
death.
Read more:
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20100505_Mentally_ill_man_dies_after_scuffle_over__loitering_.html
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ASTRAZENECA FINED $520 MILLION TO RESOLVE ILLEGAL MARKETING
OF SCHIZOPHRENIA DRUG
AstraZeneca agreed to pay $520 million to resolve U.S.
allegations that it illegally marketed the schizophrenia
drug Seroquel for uses that weren't approved by regulators.
AstraZeneca promoted unapproved uses by influencing the
content of company-sponsored medical education programs,
according to the Justice Department. The company promoted
the drug for use in the elderly and children. The government's
investigation was triggered by a whistleblower lawsuit filed
in Pennsylvania, according to the Justice Department
Seroquel is approved by U.S. regulators for use in treating
adults and adolescents with bipolar disorder or schizophrenia
and as an add-on therapy for adults taking antidepressants.
Read the Bloomberg news report:
http://www.nj.com/business/index.ssf/2010/04/astrazeneca_fined_520_million.html
