July 18, 2011The Guardian revealed today that overcrowding and understaffing in psychiatric wards across the country is so poor that inpatients are scared, bored and their illnesses often exacerbated. The admissions were part of an exclusive, final interview by the outgoing president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, professor Dinesh Bhugra. Bhugra also expressed fears that bed [...]
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July 17, 2011My husband, David Childs, who has died of cancer aged 64, was head of NHS clinical psychology services in Bath from 1979 until his retirement in 2004, overseeing the provision of psychological therapy to a variety of people, including adults with mental health problems and children with learning difficulties, in the Bath and Wiltshire area. [...]
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July 16, 2011National Jewish Health will honor Harry Bock and the Bock family for their service and commitment to the Dallas community on April 27 at The Apartment in Dallas. Community and business leaders Mike Glazer, Burl and Betty Osborne, Richard and Nancy Rogers, and Allan Zidell and Donna Fadal will co-chair the cocktail reception. Harry [...]
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July 16, 2011Professor Hugh Freeman, who has died aged 81, was effective in changing mental health provision in Britain. He spent most of his professional life in Salford, Greater Manchester, where he was consultant psychiatrist to the city’s hospitals from 1961 until 1988. Beginning in 1967, at Hope hospital and Salford Royal, he pioneered psychiatric units in [...]
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July 15, 2011National Jewish Health researchers have been awarded more than $400,000 in grants to help develop promising bioscience discoveries into new products, services and businesses. The state of Colorado’s Bioscience Discovery Evaluation Grant Program awarded grants for work on potential new therapies for pulmonary fibrosis, autoimmune disease, cancer and arthritis. Funds awarded by the state are [...]
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