Interest in psychedelics like psilocybin, mescaline, and LSD is on the rise for the first time in 50 years, as influencers, scientists, and entrepreneurs promote their therapeutic potential. Some municipalities have stopped ...
May 2, 2024
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The recent Facebook announcement by Whaikaha—the Ministry of Disabled People on changes to funding for caregivers and equipment modification and services has put the media spotlight, once again, on respite care for families ...
Mar 27, 2024
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A chip of the old block—this old saying takes on new significance in 21st-century Singaporean homes, where research shows that when parents exercise self-control, do not wrestle with economic or financial difficulties, ...
Feb 28, 2024
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Prior to the pandemic, the majority of American adults thought that families should be responsible for the daily care of older adults—and that families should cover the cost of this care.
Jan 29, 2024
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The coronavirus public inquiry has made public all manner of decisions taken by the UK government, during the pandemic, that have shocked the nation.
Dec 29, 2023
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Currently, the most deprived fifth of people in England experience 11.9 fewer years of healthy life than the least deprived fifth: a total gap between the groups of 135 million years.
Dec 21, 2023
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Writing in The Week, journalist Theara Coleman has declared 2023 "the year of the loneliness epidemic." In May, the US surgeon general, Vivek Murthy, said loneliness posed a public health risk on a par with smoking and drinking.
Dec 18, 2023
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In an article published in Frontiers in Psychiatry, Swansea University academics have called for NHS gambling harms services to be established in Wales, highlighting the ongoing absence of treatment services is unacceptable ...
Nov 7, 2023
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Nearly 13,000 Australian children aged 10 to 17 sought help alone from specialist homeless services last year. Many of these young people will have escaped family violence and then been endangered by abusive partners.
Oct 23, 2023
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Containment measures, such as the lockdowns introduced to stop the spread of the COVID-19 virus, had devastating consequences for vulnerable urban populations globally.
Aug 24, 2023
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