Major Depressive Episode and Treatment among Adolescents: 2009

From the Department of Health & Human Services

An estimated 2 million adolescents, or 8.1 percent of the population aged 12 to 17, had major depressive episode (MDE) in the past year. Rates of past year MDE increased between the ages of 12 and 15 (from 3.6 to 10.4 percent), and females aged 12 to 17 were over twice as likely as their male counterparts to have had past year MDE (11.7 vs. 4.7 percent). Adolescents who had past year MDE were 3 times as likely as those without past year MDE to have had a substance use disorder in the past year (18.9 vs. 6.0 percent).

2009 HHS Poverty Guidelines Extended Until March 1, 2010

In case you work with these numbers:
The 2009 Health and Human Services (HHS) poverty guidelines will remain in effect until updated 2010 poverty guidelines are published, which shall not take place before March 1, 2010. See Federal Register Notice listed below:

NOTICE
2009 HHS Poverty Guidelines (Extended Until March 1, 2010), 3734–3735 [2010–1234]

Dealing with the Emergency

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HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has released a new Web-based interactive tool to help hospitals and emergency planners identify resource requirements to treat an influx of patients due to a major disaster.

Tool Estimates Resources Needed For Emergency Response