Florid Goes Live - A One-stop Place For Mental Health Information A unique new website: www.florid.org.uk has gone live. The website aims to provide a one-stop place for people to find no-nonsense mental
health information which is easy to understand. The website is special in that it has been developed by people who use mental
health services for use by people who use mental
health services. Beth Ford, the website co-ordinator, is very excited about the possibilities.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comSafety Can Be Learned - And Helps Combat Depression Learning a feeling of safety activates cellular and molecular processes that act against depression. This has been analysed using a new animal model that helps examine and explain the relevant cell biology processes more effectively. The findings now published in the journal Neuron show that "learned safety" can have an anti-depressive effect comparable to pharmacological antidepressants but that this effect is controlled by other molecular processes.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comThe Future Of Pharmacy, University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS Trust, England A new team has been introduced at Leicester's hospitals' pharmacies to reduce the time taken to dispense
medicines and improve patient safety. Measuring a colossal eight metres each and costing more than £300,000 each Samson, Delilah, Semper, Suprema, Filbert, Grace and Tiger can work 24/7 and can find and dispense 700
medicines a day, at a rate of 60 per hour, as well as store 25,000 packs of
medicines.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comKids' Mental Health Concerns Meet Barriers In Primary, Specialty Care Middle childhood and adolescence are stages in a child's development fraught with physical, mental and emotional changes. These are particularly difficult periods for many parents who may look to their child's primary care physician for guidance and assistance with getting treatment if needed. But according to the University of Michigan C.S.
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