News tagged with task force

APA task force report outlines actions to end discrimination

Teaching students of all ages about the value of diversity and the serious mental health impacts of bias and stereotyping will help end widespread discrimination in the United States, according to a new American Psychological ...

Psychology & Psychiatry Mar 27, 2012 | 3 / 5 (1) | 0

Mental health care treatment for immigrants needs retooling, according to task force

The methods psychologists and other health-care providers are using to treat immigrants to the United States need to be better tailored to deal with their specific cultures and needs, according to a task force report released ...

Psychology & Psychiatry Mar 07, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

ATS issues joint statement on key issues and recommendations for critical care research

To reduce mortality and improve patient care in the nation's ICUs, a task force formed by the Critical Care Societies Collaborative (CCSC), in conjunction with the US Critical Illness and Injury Trials Group (USCIITG) has ...

Other Jan 03, 2012 | not rated yet | 0

New study supports mammography screening at 40

Women in their 40s with no family history of breast cancer are just as likely to develop invasive breast cancer as are women with a family history of the disease, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting ...

Cancer Nov 29, 2011 | not rated yet | 0

Prostate testing's dark side: Men who were harmed

Terry Dyroff's PSA blood test led to a prostate biopsy that didn't find cancer but gave him a life-threatening infection.

Cancer Oct 12, 2011 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0