Posted on February 9, 2008 by sjennings29
Gender Identity Booklet from the LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing
INSIDE: Definitions, Tips for friends & family, Legally changing name & gender, Medical transition options, Support groups & organisations
Filed under: Equality & Diversity, LGB, Transgender, grey literature, mental health | Tagged: carers, equality and diversity, family, gender, grey literature, guide, lgbt, orientation, scotland, sexual identity, teenagers, trans, transexual, Transgender, uk, young people, youths | Comments Off
Posted on February 9, 2008 by sjennings29
Treating Depression in Alcohol Misuse, Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin 2008;46:11-14
Abstract: Alcohol misuse and depression commonly occur together.Compared with either condition alone, having both can lead to worse outcomes, including poorer adherence to medication and an increased risk of suicide.Here we focus on the treatment of unipolar depression in people who misuse alcohol.
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Posted on February 9, 2008 by sjennings29
Assessing mental capacity: the Mental Capacity Act, BMJ 2008;336;322-325 Authors: Timothy R J Nicholson, William Cutter and Matthew Hotopf
Assessing mental capacity is an important part of a clinician’s role, and the recent Mental Capacity Act can help doctors when making such decisions.
Abstract: Clinicians are often confronted with decisions about mental capacity. Healthcare workers in [...]
Filed under: Acts - Mental Health, mental health | Tagged: changes, clincians, decision making, doctors, england, grey literature, healthcare, mental capacity act, mental capcity act 2005, mental health act, uk, wales | Comments Off
