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Child mental health gets extra £3.5m
(The Scotsman 07/05/2009)
A £3.5 MILLION fund to help Scottish children with mental health problems was announced yesterday. Public health minister Shona Robison said about 180 specialist staff would be recruited over six years, to help address "long-standing" underfunding of services for children with such problems.
Virginia Ironside’s Dilemmas: Should my daughter have a psychological assessment?
(The Independent 09/03/2009)
My nine-year-old daughter has always been somewhat "different" from birth. She is very obsessive and affectionate to everyone - sometimes quite inappropriately. She's subject to terrific temper tantrums, which she gets over quickly. She also is exceptionally clever, but sadly has no friends at school and seems lonely. The teachers want her to have a psychological assessment, but I'm terrified of my daughter being given some kind of "label".
A woman's personality traits may be "written all over her face"
(BBC 11/02/2009)
A woman's personality traits may be "written all over her face". More than 6,500 visitors to a website attempted to identify the lucky, humorous, religious and trustworthy faces. From this, it appeared that women's faces were more transparent, or "gave more away", than men's faces. A total of 70% of people were able to correctly identify the lucky face and 73% the religious one.
Behaviour link to lifelong health
(BBC 09/01/2009)
People who behaved badly at school are more likely to suffer mental health and social difficulties as adults, a 40-year-study of Britons suggests. Canadian researchers writing in the BMJ examined data from 3,500 people from the age of 13 until they reached their 40s or 50s. Those who had school behaviour problems were more likely to be depressed, divorced or have financial problems.
Green spaces 'reduce health gap'
(BBC 07/11/2008)
A bit of greenery near our homes can cut the "health gap" between rich and poor, say researchers.
Green spaces reduce health gap between rich and poor
(The Independent 07/11/2008)
Proof at last: living near parks and woodland boosts health, regardless of social class. Access to green spaces, whether they be rolling chalk downs or simple playing fields, has an independently beneficial impact on health and health-related behaviour which counteracts the effects of poverty and inner-city deprivation, the research by scientists found.
Green spaces reduce health gap between rich and poor
(The Independent 07/11/2008)
Proof at last: living near parks and woodland boosts health, regardless of social class. Access to green spaces, whether they be rolling chalk downs or simple playing fields, has an independently beneficial impact on health and health-related behaviour which counteracts the effects of poverty and inner-city deprivation, the research by scientists found.
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Antisocial behaviour hormone link
(BBC 01/10/2008)
Low levels of the stress hormone cortisol have been linked to antisocial behaviour in adolescent boys. Cortisol levels in the body usually surge in stressful situations, thought to help people regulate emotions. A Cambridge university study found this did not happen in boys with a history of severe antisocial behaviour. Researchers suggest some bad behaviour may be linked to a chemical imbalance.
Bad boy boost
(BBC 16/09/2008)
One thousand young offenders from three prisons in England and Scotland are being recruited for a major trial to see if nutritional supplements can improve behaviour. Professor Stein believes that food supplements - Omega 3 fish oils in particular - can improve reduce the anti-social behaviour of prisoners.
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