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efforts for all new mothers in the Upper Peninsula. This program will

establish a consistent risk assessment screening program for PPD at

Marquette General Hospital, educate health professionals in the use of

PPD screening tools, and provide outreach and community resources to

at-risk mothers to reach 2,300 patients, physicians and staff.

-- SUNY Downstate Medical School, Brooklyn, NY, is being awarded the grant

to create a screening program that would help recognize psychiatric

disorders in women. Working in collaboration with psychiatrists from

the Project for Psychiatric Outreach to the Homeless (PPOH), students

will screen women, provide educational awareness for co-morbid

conditions of homelessness, substance abuse, and psychiatric disorders

such as PTSD and major depressive disorder.

-- Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Amarillo, Amarillo, TX, is

being awarded the grant for the expansion of current services offered

to rural areas that are underserved and underrepresented in the Texas

Panhandle. West Texas remains one of the most medically underserved

areas in the country and the program will expand the innovative

activities of its Alzheimer's Academy to include awareness of

depression, early recognition by screening, and referral to mental

health providers. Education will include addressing the stigma due to

the misconceptions that involve depression in older adults.

"We are proud to support the Helping Hands Awards Program as part of our commitment to help eliminate health disparities among underserved populations," said Hiromi Yoshikawa, chairman and chief executive officer of Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. "Otsuka congratulates the award recipients and applauds their efforts toward advancin
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