Doctors MetroDoctors THE JOURNAL OF THE HENNEPIN AND RAMSEY MEDICAL SOCIETIES
Physician Co-editor Thomas B. Dunkel, M.D. Physician Co-editor Richard J. Morris, M.D. Managing Editor Nancy K. Bauer Assistant Editor Doreen M. Hines HMS CEO Jack G. Davis RMS CEO Roger K. Johnson Production Manager Sheila A. Hatcher Advertising Representative Betsy Pierre Cover Design by Susan Reed MetroDoctors (ISSN 1526-4262) is published bimonthly by the Hennepin and Ramsey Medical Societies, 3433 Broadway Street NE, Broadway Place East, Suite 325, Minneapolis, MN 554131761. Periodical postage paid at Minneapolis, Minnesota. Postmaster: Send address changes to MetroDoctors, Hennepin and Ramsey Medical Societies, 3433 Broadway Street NE, Broadway Place East, Suite 325, Minneapolis, MN 554131761.
CONTENTS VOLUME 4, NO. 3
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Consumer Protection Law Victory
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Editor’s Message Index to Advertisers
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COLLEAGUE INTERVIEW
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Scott Crow, M.D.
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FEATURE
The Mental Health Carveout as an Instrument of Patient Discrimination
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No Room at the Inn: The Shortage of Psychiatric Inpatient Beds in the Twin Cities
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The Shortage of Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists
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Mental Health and Public Health
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Public Academic Liaison: Medical Centers’ Relationship to their Communities
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The Effectiveness of Addiction Treatment
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SOAPBOX
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Parallel Missions of Medicine and the Courts RAMSEY MEDICAL SOCIETY
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President’s Message Caring Hearts for Homeless People/Call for Resolutions New Members/In Memoriam
May/June 2002
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Mind-Body Medicine
RMS Alliance HENNEPIN MEDICAL SOCIETY
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Chair’s Report/Call for Delegates and Resolutions New Members In Memoriam
Challenges
FOR MENTAL HEALTH CARE
HMS Alliance On the cover: A look at the state of mental health in our community. Related articles begin on page 3. Artwork by Madelyn Bauer.
MetroDoctors
The Journal of the Hennepin and Ramsey Medical Societies
May/June 2002
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