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January 17, 2005
U.S. Mental Health Institutes Receive 3% Funding Increase For 2005
Posted by Zack Lynch
"For fiscal 2005 Congress approved about a 3 percent budget increase for the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). This amounts to a gain of $41 million for NIMH, $23 million for NIDA, and $13 million for NIAAA, according to Boroughs. NIMH and NIAAA received increases similar to those in Fiscal 2004, while NIDA received a smaller increase.
By contrast, Congress increased the Fiscal 2005 budget of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases by about 10 percent, to $4.4 billion. This includes $100 million to fund international programs that fight HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis and $180 million to build facilities "to enhance the nation's capacity to do research on biological and other agents," according to the final congressional budget bill."
Interesting priorities, yes?
From Psychiatric News
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