Health
English school children unwittingly smoking spice-spiked vapes, finds study
Testing hundreds of confiscated vapes in 38 schools in England reveals 1 in 6 (16.6%) contained spice.
Jul 30, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Research reveals harrowing impact of traumatic material on crime investigators
Rape, murders, torture, arson, acts of terrorism and even genocide: if there is one thing police and justice staff know, it is that humanity's cruelty and destruction knows few bounds. In their jobs, the professionals working ...
May 25, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Research and new charity helping families cope with trauma of 'the knock'
Ground-breaking research into the impact on family members when someone is arrested for accessing indecent images of children has now spun off into a charity that helps families after they receive what is known as 'the knock'.
May 11, 2023
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Report reveals 6,500 hospital sexual assaults in England and Wales over four years
More than 6,500 rapes and sexual assaults have been recorded in hospitals in England and Wales, over nearly four years, with only 4.1% of suspects known to have been charged.
Apr 19, 2023
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Violent incidents at GP practices double in five years, investigation finds
The number of violent incidents recorded by police forces at UK general practices has almost doubled in the past five years, finds an investigation published by The BMJ today.
May 31, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Specific facial features can help distinguish children from adults, new study finds
Identifying specific facial features that can be used to distinguish a child's face from an adult's may offer a useful tool for determining whether children are depicted in indecent images of children, according to research ...
Nov 19, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study shows emotional toll faced by police staff analysing child sex abuse images
Police staff who have to analyze and categorize images of child sexual abuse cope with the trauma associated with their work by developing informal ways to support each other, research shows.
Oct 4, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
First responders and NHS staff proved more resilient during early days of pandemic
A new study has revealed first responders and healthcare workers experienced lower levels of psychological distress than the general population during the first lockdown.
Aug 16, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
PTSD and harmful drinking in the UK Armed Forces and UK Police Service
A new paper from the University of Liverpool and King's College London, comparing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and harmful drinking in male members of the UK Armed Forces and the UK Police Service, has found similar ...
Mar 31, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
New survey reveals toll COVID-19 is taking on mental health in Wales
Wales faces a wave of mental health problems in the wake of COVID-19, with younger adults, women and people from deprived areas suffering the most.
Nov 11, 2020
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