PA, The Independent,
Monday, 22 December 2008
Every GP will be trained to spot the first signs of dementia under plans to provide sufferers with a better quality of life, the Government said today.
“Memory clinics” will also be set up in every town as places where patients can get treatment and support to live their lives [...]
Archive for the ‘mental health’ Category
All GPs to have dementia training
Posted in ALZHEIMER, Men's health, Vascular disease, Women's health, chronic disease, mental health, tagged Dementia, health on December 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Post traumatic stress rises among war zone soldiers
Posted in Editor, Men's health, Politics, Practice, RISKS, Science, Violence, Women's health, diagnosis, health, life, mental health, news, soldiers on November 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By: Martha Linden, PA, The Independent
Tuesday, 4 November 2008
Nearly 4,000 new cases of mental health disorder were diagnosed last year among armed services personnel, according to figures published today.
Mental health statistics released by the Ministry of Defence showed 3,917 new cases of armed services personnel assessed to have a mental disorder [...]
Muslim GP faces sack over homophobic letter
Posted in Editor, GMC, Politics, Practice, SORRY, health, life, mental health, news on October 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
By: Harriet Shawcross, PA, The Independent
Tuesday, 28 October 2008
A former head of the Islamic Medical Association sent a homophobic letter to a magazine for GPs, saying gay people needed the “stick of law to put them on the right path”, the General Medical Council heard today.
Dr Muhammad Siddiq was working [...]
Strict new benefit rules ‘will drive mentally-ill people into poverty’
Posted in Editor, Politics, RISKS, Science, chronic disease, health, life, mental health, news on October 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By: Nina Lakhani, The Independent
Monday, 27 October 2008
People with mental health problems will be driven into poverty by the introduction of a new benefit today, campaigners have warned.
Around half of applicants for the employment and support allowance are expected to be rejected because of much stricter rules, forcing thousands of people [...]
Ignored: the mentally ill killed by drugs that are meant to help them
Posted in Editor, Politics, RISKS, Science, chronic disease, drug companies, health, life, mental health, news on October 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By: Nina Lakhani, The Independent
Sunday, 5 October 2008
Campaigners plan to use World Mental Health Day to highlight discrimination within the medical profession against some of its most vulnerable patients.
Daniel Galvin died of a heart attack in August. He was six stone overweight and had high blood pressure; his hair was falling [...]
Sick leave linked to early death
Posted in Editor, HEART, HEART ATTACKS, Men's health, RISKS, Science, Women's health, bmj, chronic disease, health, life, mental health, news on October 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By: Laura May, PA, The Independent
Friday, 3 October 2008
Employees who take regular periods of long-term sick leave die earlier than their colleagues, a study by the British Medical Journal said today.
Researchers found that workers with more than one absence requiring a doctor’s note on their records were 66 per cent [...]
ADHD: Ritalin over-prescribed to children
Posted in CHILDREN, Editor, RISKS, chronic disease, diagnosis, health, life, mental health, news on September 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By: Jeremy Laurance, Health Editor, The Independent
Wednesday, 24 September 2008
The controversial drug Ritalin is being over-prescribed to children to control their unruly behaviour and should be avoided in those aged under five, the Government’s drugs watchdog said yesterday.
Instead of reaching for the prescription pad when confronted with a child who is inattentive, [...]
Vitamin B12 may protect brain
Posted in ALZHEIMER, Editor, Men's health, RISKS, Science, Women's health, chronic disease, diagnosis, health, life, mental health, news on September 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By: PA, The Independent
A key vitamin found in meat, fish and milk may help protect the brain as it ages, researchers said.
Vitamin B12 could help stop the brain shrinking – possibly preventing memory loss in older people and dementia.
A study of 107 people aged 61 to 87 found that those with lower vitamin B12 [...]
Management of postnatal depression, a clinical review
Posted in CHILDREN, Clinical review, RISKS, Women's health, bmj, diagnosis, health, mental health on August 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By: Charles Musters, specialist registrar in perinatal psychiatry, Elizabeth McDonald, consultant in perinatal psychiatry and Ian Jones, senior lecturer in perinatal psychiatry.
BMJ, 8 August 2008
Postnatal depression occurs after 13% of births.
The nature of the puerperal trigger is still unknown, but several psychological, social, and biological factors probably play a part. Genetic factors have been implicated
A [...]
Typhoid carriers detained for life in mental hospital …
Posted in Editor, INFECTIONS, Politics, RISKS, Science, Women's health, chronic disease, diagnosis, health, life, mental health, news on July 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By: PA, The Independent
Monday, 28 July 2008
Many British people were locked up for life at a mental hospital because they were typhoid carriers, it was reported today.
At least 43 women were detained at Long Grove asylum in Epsom, Surrey, between 1907 and the facility’s closure in 1992, according to the BBC.
Despite having recovered [...]
