http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. The "prison-like" immigration detention facilities on Christmas Island are not appropriate for asylum seekers, and there has been a rise in the demand for mental health services at the facility, according to a damning report released today by the Human Rights Commission. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-christmas-island-detention-centre-spike.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 13 Dec 2012 08:26:57 EST news274609611 Physical violence among young people is on the decline overall in nearly thirty countries including the UK, according to a new international study involving researchers from the University of Hertfordshire. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-youth-violence-declining-uk.html Pediatrics Tue, 04 Dec 2012 08:32:10 EST news273832323 A University of Huddersfield researcher attended an important event at the United Nations, Switzerland, to make the case for global policy changes so that children subject to immigration processes are never locked up by immigration officials. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-case-child-detention-family.html Health Tue, 27 Nov 2012 07:51:45 EST news273225085