Mendip Mental Health Ward Is Recognised For Highest Professional Standards, UK A Mendip mental
health facility which assesses elderly people with dementia has received a much coveted accreditation award for its standards of care and management. St Andrews Ward, located on the Priory
Health Park in Wells, is a 26 bedded assessment / treatment unit for older adults and is managed by the county's lead provider of mental
health services, Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comMental Health Parity Law Likely To Force Small Businesses To Make Choices About Coverage When the Mental
Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act takes effect in January 2010, some small-business owners could face "a Hobson's Choice -- either significantly upgrade their mental
health and substance abuse coverage, or drop it altogether," the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports (Twedt, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 12/2).
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comLinda Creed Announces Volunteer Recognition Awards Linda Creed, an affiliate of Public
Health Management Corporation (PHMC), will hold their annual Volunteer Recognition Awards this Saturday, December 6 at 11 a.m. The awards are given in recognition of individuals, corporations, and
health organizations that have made a significant difference in the ability to provide access to basic breast
health in the region. The Linda Creed Volunteer of the Year Award will go to Gerard Olson, Ph.D., of Villanova University. "Dr.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comWomen At Risk Of Sexual Assault On College Campuses The statistics for sexual assault are unsettling; the Department of Justice reports that one in five college women will be the victim of attempted or actual sexual assault during their college years. In a new study, researchers from two universities, including the University of Missouri, have found that college women often are unaware of drug-facilitated sexual assault and fail to recognize the risk of certain behaviors, including leaving drinks unattended.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comElsevier Announces The 2008 Supplement Of Reproductive Health Matters Elsevier has announced the publication of Reproductive
Health Matters 2008 Supplement on the theme of "Second trimester abortion: women's
health and public policy". Second trimester abortion raises complex issues regarding methods, values, stigma, the burden on providers of service delivery and the sometimes complicated reality of women's lives and decisions.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comStudy Finds Fibroid Growth Differences Between Black, White Women Fibroid growth in women over age 35 declines with age for white women, but not for black women, which might explain why black women typically have more symptoms than white women, according to a study published in the December issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Reuters
Health reports.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comCensus Report 2008 Confirms Damage Mental Health Services Are Having On Briton's Black Communities, UK The conclusions in the fourth national census of the ethnicity of all inpatients in the NHS and independent mental
health and learning disability hospitals in England and Wales shows that the discrimination within the services continues unabated.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comChanges In Marital Satisfaction In Late Middle Age Question Effect Of "Empty Nest" On Mothers The phrase "empty nest" can conjure up images of sad and lonely parents sitting at home, twiddling their thumbs, waiting for their children to call or visit. However, a new study, reported in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, suggests that an empty nest may have beneficial effects on the parents' marriage. University of California, Berkeley psychologists Sara M. Gorchoff, Oliver P.
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