Mental Health Services Should Aim To Improve Safety To Prevent Suicide And Homicide
...cide and changes in the Mental Health Act to allow compulsory community treatment. He warns that policymakers should be cautious about implementing these wide-ranging recommendations. He says that there are substantial uncertainties largely unacknowledged in the report about the current knowledge about suicid...'Energy Density' -- Not Fat -- Is Key To Feeling Full While Managing Weight
...tudy weeks, ateach meal, each woman was served one compulsory entre that contained about halfher usual calorie i...ame numberof calories. After finishing the compulsory dish, the women could also eat as much asthey wanted of a variety of side dishes to finish the meal....33-year study emphasizes lethal consequences of heroin addiction
...AP) during the years 1962 through 1964. CAP was a compulsory drug treatment program for heroin-dependent criminal offenders committed under court order. The average age of participants upon admission to CAP was 25.4 years. More than 60 percent had started using heroin before the age of 20. The researchers c...The Lancet Neurology October press release
...re personality disorder will commit murder? Should compulsory treatment in the community be introduced? In a draft mental health bill, which was under consultation until September 16, the UK government has proposed a number of changes that have caused widespread concern. The government's intention is to protect...Should compulsory screening of immigrants be part of UK public health policy?
The UK government may be considering compulsory screening of immigrants for tuberculosis and HIV, yet compulsory screening is not based on adequate evidence and has practical and ethical problems, argues a senior ...Disease testing for immigrants: Discrimination disguised as public health policy
...d New Zealand, have adopted stringent policies for compulsory screening of new entrants for TB and HIV. But the only UK public inquiry into the issue came out firmly against the idea, concluding that "there is no evidence to suggest that such a policy would be effective at protecting public health". The All Par...