Pharmacists working in psychiatric care have welcomed Government proposals to make temporary changes to the Mental Health Act in anticipation of the swine influenza pandemic putting extra pressure on services in England this autumn.Currently, two doctors are required to review, and then approve, the ...
Section 5(4) of the Mental Health Act 1983 allows patients to be detained by nurses of the 'prescribed class' for a maximum of 6 hours. There is a paucity ... Dickinson,Tommy - 《British Journal of Nursing》 被引量: 5发表: 2007年 Trends in the Mental Health Act Review Tribunals: A...
Sixty-four patients were interviewed about changes to leave of absence brought about by the Mental Health (Patients in the Community) Act 1995 in the context of their views about services and medication. Few patients were clear about the change in the law,which suggests that more has to be ...
Population-specific surveillance data provides critical evidence to inform decision makers on contextually relevant health issues. Public health surveillance data have been used to directly inform policies like animal importation laws; food recalls due to contaminated food; and communication to the public,...
Women and gender-diverse individuals have faced disproportionate socioeconomic burden during COVID-19. There have been reports of greater negative mental health changes compared to men based on cross-sectional research that has not accounted for pre-COVI
To tackle this issue, Ghana adopted the WHO QualityRights Initiative in 2019. This aims to introduce a right-based, person-centred recovery approach within the mental health care system, protecting and promoting the rights of people with mental health conditions, psychosocial, cognitive, and ...
Frequent nighttime smartphone use can disturb healthy sleep patterns and may adversely affect mental health and wellbeing. This study aims at investigating whether nighttime smartphone use increases the risk of poor mental health, i.e. loneliness, depres
(3) What are the associations between behaviour change and mental health outcomes? To investigate these questions, this study uses a large, longitudinal dataset of Australian adolescents and examines the following: (1) the prevalence and mean changes in the Big 6 between baseline and 3-year ...
to present the most comprehensive conferences in their combined 35 years of experience, with the conference theme of “A.C.T.: Action Changes Things!”. Workshops and keynotes covered a broad range of health and wellness topics, from mental health, to vaping and cannabis, to human trafficking...
(LGBTQI +) health-related undergraduate medical education (UME) curricular content and associated changes since a 2011 study and to determine the frequency and extent of institutional instruction in 17 LGBTQI + health-related topics, strategies for increasing LGBTQI + health-related content...