Financial Troubles Leading Many To Forgo Mental Health Care Psychiatrists and psychologists nationwide say they are seeing more patients limiting mental
health treatments to save money amid broad financial concerns, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comVolunteer Therapists And Counsellors Needed To Help Homeless People This Christmas, UK Therapists and counsellors are urgently needed to volunteer their services and help homeless people in London over the festive season as part of Crisis Christmas, running from Tuesday 23 December - Tuesday 30 December 2008. Volunteers in the Befriending Service work with the more withdrawn guests at Crisis Christmas, supporting them to access the services on offer in the centres.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comMental Welfare Commission For Scotland Expresses Concerns For Young People In Adult Psychiatric Wards Today's publication of the Mental Welfare Commission's annual report highlights the number of children and young people who received care and treatment in adult psychiatric wards in Scotland during 2007-08. Commenting on the figures, the watchdog called for NHS Boards to make sure that they are fulfilling their legal duty to provide services and hospital accommodation that are appropriate to the needs of under-18 year olds.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comAnnual NIH Conference: Presentation Of New Research On Family-Based HIV Prevention Researchers from the Bradley Hasbro Children's Research Center (BHCRC) presented exciting new research at the National Institute of Mental
Health (NIMH) Annual International Research Conference on the Role of Families in Preventing and Adapting to HIV/AIDS. The three-day conference, held in Providence, R.I.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comRethink Welcomes New Mental Health Minister, UK A new Mental
Health minister has been announced following the recent cabinet reshuffle. Phil Hope has been newly appointed to this role. Paul Corry Director of Public Affairs Rethink said: "The Care Services brief, which includes mental
health, has been upgraded - to "minister of state", and it's not before time. With 1 in 4 of us being affected by a mental
health condition as some stage in our lives, this is a very weighty portfolio.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comClinical Trial Of A Genetically Tailored Therapy For Female Baldness To Start Pharmacogenomics research and development innovator PharmaGenoma, Inc. and its subsidiary HairDX, LLC, today announced that it has received institutional review board (IRB) approval to begin a clinical trial of a genetically tailored therapy for female baldness (Androgenetic Alopecia).
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comBlogs Comment On HHS Rule, Palin, Rape Exceptions ~ "FRC Submits Comments to HHS on Conscience Protection," Family Research Council Blog: In a blog entry, the Family Research Council released comments it submitted to HHS on the proposed federal
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